Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence

The (virtual) 18th Academic Practice and Technology Conference (#aptconf)

Posted July 10, 2020. Filed under Brightspace, Co-creation, Covid-19 responses, Curriculum design, Digital skills.

The (virtual) 18th Academic Practice and Technology Conference (#aptconf) 12 presentation rooms, two keynotes and an amazing ‘high fidelity’ site for networking – well done to UCLs Simon Walker and Sandra Lusk leading the way with the virtual MSTeams conference. The team used MSLive Events for the keynotes, and Dr Gideon Shimison launched the event with his keynote ‘The Brave New University’ reflecting on what has really changed since the 1950s model of learning depicted in the cartoon…. Read more » about The (virtual) 18th Academic Practice and Technology Conference (#aptconf)

LT online drop ins during July

Posted June 29, 2020. Filed under Brightspace, Digital skills, News, Teaching and Learning, TEL.

Further to our usual day-to-day support, Learning Technologists will continue to be online at 11am every weekday in July. We’re here to help colleagues with any enquiries around the use of Brightspace and other TEL tools. Simply click on the link in the table below between 11-11.30am to speak ‘face-to-face’ with an LT and we’ll… Read more » about LT online drop ins during July

23 Things for Digital Knowledge

Posted June 10, 2020. Filed under Digital skills.

The University of Edinburgh has created an open access resource to develop digital knowledge. It could be useful for staff and for students who wish to extend their digital skills. Anyone can engage with it by simply dipping in and exploring the 23 topics in any order at any pace, or by following it as… Read more » about 23 Things for Digital Knowledge

CEMP Workshop: Doing Education On Screen

Posted June 10, 2020. Filed under Blended learning, Digital skills, Education, Events and workshops, News, Teaching and Learning, Webinar.

Learning from Research Time: Jun 17, 2020 02:00 PM to 05:00 PM This online event led by the Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP) will share findings and best practice from research into learning in virtual spaces. It is open to all BU staff and will offer a supportive space for discussing how we… Read more » about CEMP Workshop: Doing Education On Screen

LT online drop in sessions running throughout June

Posted June 4, 2020. Filed under Brightspace, Digital skills, News, Teaching and Learning.

Further to our usual day-to-day support, Learning Technologists will be online at 11am every day in June. We’re here to help colleagues with any enquiries around the use of Brightspace and its tools. Simply click on the link in the table below between 11-11.30am to speak ‘face-to-face’ with an LT and we’ll do our best… Read more » about LT online drop in sessions running throughout June

Using learning analytics to improve student success

Posted May 15, 2020. Filed under Brightspace, Digital skills, Learning analytics, News, Teaching and Learning.

Have you utilised the Intelligent Agents tool in Brightspace? Intelligent Agents can be used to delve into unit analytics and enhance the student experience by automatically monitoring student activity and addressing concerns promptly with automated responses. They have the potential to deliver real impact whilst saving you valuable time. Intelligent Agents work with release conditions…. Read more » about Using learning analytics to improve student success

Me@BU toolkit improvements

Posted May 12, 2020. Filed under Digital skills, News, Student, Study Support, Teaching and Learning.

Dr Camila Devis- Rozental –joined the ‘Debbie and John’ Tech Thursday to share her work on ME@BU. Camila has been using the space (which appears on all the staff and student Brightspace landing pages) to create resources for students to help them with their transitioning into Higher Education. Based on a research piece of work… Read more » about Me@BU toolkit improvements

Sharing links for Virtual Classroom sessions

Posted May 7, 2020. Filed under Blended learning, Brightspace, Digital skills, Education, News, VLE.

As with many TEL tools, there’s often lots of different ways to achieve the same task. Part of what we do is to try and determine the best option, or best options for different types of scenarios. The following guide covers some options for sharing links to Virtual Classroom sessions so that your sessions are… Read more » about Sharing links for Virtual Classroom sessions

Improving student engagement with Panopto Quizzes

Posted April 30, 2020. Filed under Assessment and feedback, Brightspace, Digital skills, Education, Innovation, Teaching and Learning, TELID, VLE.

Are you worried that students are not engaging with your Panopto presentations? Lets face it, no matter how interesting the subject, sitting in front of a screen for long periods can be rather tedious. So how about micro lectures? why not break that 50 minute or 2 hour presentation down into bite size chunks of… Read more » about Improving student engagement with Panopto Quizzes

Online learning@BU

Posted April 23, 2020. Filed under Assessment and feedback, Brightspace, Digital skills, Education, FLIE, Health, Mental Health, News, Study Skills, Study Support, Teaching and Learning, VLE.

Staff from various teams within the university have been collaborating to develop a new tab on ME@BU (available from the Brightspace Homepage) titled Online learning@BU. This new resource will support students with their remote learning activities. The tab, which was launched yesterday, is divided into key areas that specifically address this new way of working. It will give students the tools,… Read more » about Online learning@BU

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