CPD

Using AltspaceVR for Virtual Team Meetings

Posted . Filed under Blended learning, CEL Staff, CPD, Digital skills, Postgraduate student, TEL, Virtual reality.

ALtSpaceVR is a free app that can be down loaded onto your PC or Mac.  Altspacevr have just teamed up with Microsoft and are continuing to develop the features of this app.   Once in the Altspace app you can invite colleagues from BU or around the world to join you for a virtual meeting…. Read more » about Using AltspaceVR for Virtual Team Meetings

Using Virtual Worlds for Meetings and Discussions

Posted . Filed under CPD, Creativity, Postgraduate student, TEL, Virtual reality.

    This Friday evening Liz Falconer and myself joined in with a virtual reality chat using the Engage platform (it is freely downloadable using Steam, though not available on Mac at present).  We were able to listen to an expert panel (one being the Vive-president of HTC vive) and join an audience of people from… Read more » about Using Virtual Worlds for Meetings and Discussions

Come and learn about TEL with CEL

Posted . Filed under Assessment and feedback, Blended learning, Brightspace, CPD, Curriculum design, Digital skills, Events and workshops, Flipped classroom, Innovation, Mobile learning, myBU, TEL.

In two weeks time, the PG Dip unit in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL): Creativity in Design commences.  It is a great opportunity to develop your digital skills, learn more about technology in education and to hear the experiences of other colleagues at BU. The unit covers learning theories and TEL theories, social media, virtual and augmented… Read more » about Come and learn about TEL with CEL

MA Education Practice Pedagogic courses

Posted . Filed under CPD, Events and workshops, News.

Welcome to Autumn and new courses for you! CEL are delighted to announce our new MA Education Practice with a variety of entry and exit points. We are offering four short courses/accredited units for BU staff across the academic year. Colleagues can develop their skills and understanding in areas important to the success of BU2018…. Read more » about MA Education Practice Pedagogic courses

Free spaces/ Active Learning Conference with masterclasses on team based learning: teams thinking about changing practice very welcome.

Posted . Filed under conference call, CPD, Events and workshops, Flipped classroom, HE Students.

Dear BU colleagues Please see below – Anglia Ruskin are developing significant expertise and a reputation for active learning approaches; Prof Mike Sharples is an expert of MOOCs and mobile learning. ==== Anglia Ruskin University is running an Active Learning Conference on 12 September 2017 at our Cambridge Campus with pre-conference masterclasses on 11 September…. Read more » about Free spaces/ Active Learning Conference with masterclasses on team based learning: teams thinking about changing practice very welcome.

Report and resources: Southern Region Aspiring National Teaching Fellows Networking event

Posted . Filed under Case Studies Outside BU, Case Studies: In BU, CPD, HEA, National Teaching Fellow, OER.

35 staff from across the Southern Region gathered at Bournemouth University on 7th June to network and learn about the National Teaching Fellow scheme, run by the HEA . A joint event run by National Teaching Fellows Dr Kirsten Hardie, former Chair of the Association of NTFs (Arts University Bournemouth) and Professors Debbie Holley and Stephen Tee, (BU)…. Read more » about Report and resources: Southern Region Aspiring National Teaching Fellows Networking event

Professor Debbie Holley delivers Keynote to BU Careers and Teachers Conference

Posted . Filed under Conference Report, CPD, Creativity.

A keynote presentation to the BU Careers and Teachers conference #BUCATC This keynote suggests that with the move to models of school based teacher training, that trainee teachers and NQTs find their  Continuous Professional Development needs are not being met, and indeed, can be unsuitable to their needs.  I suggest that harnessing their desire co-create… Read more » about Professor Debbie Holley delivers Keynote to BU Careers and Teachers Conference

Findings CEL-funded project disseminated in Nepal

Posted . Filed under Case Studies Outside BU, Conference Report, CPD, Curriculum design, Events and workshops, Nepal, News.

On Thursday 27th April BU staff presented at a dissemination meeting on research conducted into Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in Nursing in Nepal. At the moment nurses in Nepal can stay registered for decades without any evidence of updating their knowledge or recent work experience.  The qualitative research included eight focus groups with a range of nurses from… Read more » about Findings CEL-funded project disseminated in Nepal