Digital skills

Leadership masterclass: 24th January 14.30 John Traxler – Professor of Digital Learning, Institute of Education, University of Wolverhampton

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Can I draw your attention to a forthcoming masterclass led by an outstanding researcher and innovator? ‘what is the nature of the educational innovation required for our mobile and connected society?’ Facilitator: John Traxler – Professor of Digital Learning, Institute of Education, University of Wolverhampton Date: Tuesday 24th January 2017 Time: 2.30-4.00 Location: Talbot Campus – book through OD… Read more » about Leadership masterclass: 24th January 14.30 John Traxler – Professor of Digital Learning, Institute of Education, University of Wolverhampton

Return of the award winning ‘The 12 Apps of Christmas’

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Colleagues, please see below to register – enjoy! Debbie   It’s that time of the year again and the award winning ‘The 12 Apps of Christmas’ course is back for a third year. To register this year, please see https://the12appsofchristmas2016.wordpress.com/   This year, the course is a collaborative effort. Educators from Ireland, UK and America… Read more » about Return of the award winning ‘The 12 Apps of Christmas’

Leading technology-enhanced learning online toolkit

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Thank you to Chris Fowler for sharing We’re pleased to share with you the latest addition to our Research and Development series which focuses on examining how strategic change initiatives and the embedding of technological developments in institutions may enhance students’ experience of higher education. One specific strategic change-focused initiative was central to our examination… Read more » about Leading technology-enhanced learning online toolkit

Faculty completion of the digital skills self-assessment questionnaire

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We have been running this questionnaire since the launch of the TEL Toolkit in February. In addition to asking academic staff to complete the questionnaire in CEL workshops, on the TEL Toolkit and here in the CEL blog, we have been supported in ESEC and the DDEs as we strive for the highest possible completion… Read more » about Faculty completion of the digital skills self-assessment questionnaire

Try something different

Posted . Filed under Digital skills, Events and workshops, News, Seeking advice, Seeking help, TEL.

With its vast agile space, glass-fronted seminar rooms and buzzing collaborative zones, BU’s new Fusion Building offers the perfect opportunity to reimagine learning scenarios – both inside the new walls and elsewhere on our campuses.The Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL) is supporting staff to ‘try something different’ and inspire our students through innovative learning. There… Read more » about Try something different

What the digital skills self-assessment is telling us

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Thank you to everyone who has completed the digital skill self-assessment.  To date we have had 337 completed questionnaires.  Our goal is that all academic staff will complete the survey but the survey is also open to any member of staff who wants to assess their confidence in the digital arena against the processes, systems… Read more » about What the digital skills self-assessment is telling us

Have you completed the digital skills questionnaire?

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In response to requests for help in completing the Digital Skills Self Assessment, we have created a 9 minute video which runs through the questionnaire, explains the questions being asked and the responses that are anticipated. Click here to watch the video. Click here to complete the digital skills self assessment. This video was created… Read more » about Have you completed the digital skills questionnaire?

Best paper award for CEL

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Dr Debbie Holley and David Biggins presented a paper, co-authored with Dr Marketa Zezulkova and George Evangelinos, at the 3rd EAI International Conference on e-Learning e-Education and Online Training (eLEOT) in Dublin between 31st August and 2nd September 2016.  The paper was entitled Digital Competence and Capability Frameworks in the Context of Learning, Self-Development and… Read more » about Best paper award for CEL

Working in an online classroom

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For the last few weeks we have be trialling a virtual classroom environment which uses software provided by Blackboard.  The application is called Collaborate. Collaborate allows you to create virtual, online spaces to which you can invite up to 100 students and colleagues and share video, audio, documents (PDFs, images and PowerPoints) and a whiteboard. … Read more » about Working in an online classroom