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Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
Over the next few months, BU will be testing out virtual classrooms. A virtual classroom is an online learning environment that brings academics and students together who are geographically separated. The environment allows many people to participate in the same online classroom session, sharing audio, video and resources such as documents and presentations. BU will… Read more » about Trialling the virtual classroom
There are many technology enhanced learning (TEL) tools available to you that can help with your teaching and learning. To help you determine your strengths, we have developed a short digital skills self-assessment online questionnaire. Why would you spend time completing the questionnaire? Here are our three reasons: The self-assessment will give you a good… Read more » about Do you know your Panopto from your WePresent?
CEL is piloting a project in which BU students help BU staff to develop their digital skills, knowledge and confidence. Our pilot follows similar successful projects at other HEIs. This help and support can be provided on a one-to-one basis or in small group settings. In terms of what help and support will be available,… Read more » about Help to develop your digital skills
Some staff who have completed this online questionnaire have commented that they found it useful to confirm how much they did know and also to identify pedagogic areas and TEL Tools which they had heard of but realised they did not know well. This acted as a prompt to use the TEL Toolkit to learn… Read more » about What did you learn from the digital skills self-assessment?
Over the next 5 months, CEL is piloting a project in which BU students help BU staff to develop their digital skills, knowledge and confidence. Our pilot follows similar projects at other HEIs that have been both welcomed by staff and successful in helping staff. This help and support can be provided on a one-to-one… Read more » about Developing your digital skills with the help of students
Horizon Report 2016: Improving digital literacy a daunting task for the under 25s The 13th edition of the annual Horizon Report from the NMC, that is designed to identify emerging technologies that are likely to have an impact on teaching and learning, has highlighted improving digital literacy as one of six major challenges facing… Read more » about NMC 2016 – horizon scanning for technologies
We launched this online questionnaire last month and so far 90 people have completed it. Out hope is that all academic staff and as many professional service staff as possible will complete the questionnaire. Please click here to complete the questionnaire. Remember it only takes a few moments, benefits yourself and BU and can be… Read more » about Digital skills self-assessment questionnaire: Have you filled out yours?
Some staff who have completed this online questionnaire have commented that they found it useful to confirm how much they did know and also to identify pedagogic areas and TEL Tools which they had heard of but realised they did not know well. This acted as a prompt to use the TEL Toolkit to learn… Read more » about What did you learn from the digital skills self-assessment questionnaire?
Over the next 5 months, CEL is piloting a project in which BU students help BU staff to develop their digital skills, knowledge and confidence. Our pilot follows similar projects at other HEIs that have been both welcomed by staff and successful in helping staff. This help and support can be provided on a one-to-one… Read more » about Developing your digital skills with the help of students
Summer of Student Innovation 2016 Our challenge: could your students make an impact? Jisc’s Summer of Student Innovation competitions are an opportunity for students to have an impact on life and study in work based learning providers, colleges and universities across the UK. Do your students have a bright idea that uses… Read more » about Summer of Student Innovation 2016
