Education

Innovating Pedagogy 2019 – OU Report

Posted by & filed under AdvanceHE, AI, Augmented Reality, Blended learning, Creative Methods, Creativity, Curriculum design, Education, Gamification, Innovation, TEL, TELID, Virtual reality.

The Open University has released its Innovating Pedagogy 2019 report which covers the following themes. Playful learning Learning with robots Decolonising learning Drone-based learning Learning through wonder Action learning Virtual studios Place-based learning Making thinking visible Roots of Empathy Themes from previous reports Read and download the report here. http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/innovating/

Hot off the press: The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Posted by & filed under Co-creation, Creative Methods, Digital skills, Drawing, Education, HE Students, Learning analytics.

Student group

Colleagues Please see below – our own PGCERT external examiner, Dr Jenny Marie has an article on the consderations of the challenges, conflicts and competitions when expanding staff-student partnerships across three instituions and a timely and interesting read on the potential challanges and pitfalls of using learner analytics as a tool for supporting student wellbeing… Read more » about Hot off the press: The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Top ten VR and AR articles for 2018 from Digital Bodies

Posted by & filed under Augmented Reality, Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creativity, Education, Equality and Diversity, Gamification, Mental Health, Virtual reality.

Curtesy of Digital Bodies here is their top ten VR and AR articles of 2018. Stand alone VR headsets arrive. The shifting AR VR market. Top ten Augmented Reality quotes. AI in Mixed Reality Environments. A stunning AR art exhibition. Coming developments in VR headsets. Accesability developments. A captivating AR storytelling experience. VR in healthcare…. Read more » about Top ten VR and AR articles for 2018 from Digital Bodies

The use of Lego for an Assessment Centres Workshop

Posted by & filed under Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creativity, Education, Lego, Lego serious play, News, Reflective practice, Study Skills, Teaching and Learning, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

Manne Garon-Buffery, Placement Coordinator to Level 5 Design & Engineering students, shares her experience of using Lego for the first time. CEL has boxes of Lego for short term loan for teaching and training, please contact Curie Scott  Level 5 Design & Engineering includes four cohorts totalling 190 students studying Product Design, Industrial Design, Design… Read more » about The use of Lego for an Assessment Centres Workshop

Open online seminar series: new for 2019

Posted by & filed under Blended learning, Case Studies Outside BU, Creative Commons, Curriculum design, Digital skills, Education, Events and workshops, HE Students, OER, Webinar.

Word cloud to depict series of emotions re online learning

Apologies for cross posting, but teams thinking about curriculum development may find these of interest. These are faciliatated by top TEL researchers and digital ‘do-ers!’ ====== Link to original blog post: http://teachcom.myblog.arts.ac.uk Information: This open online seminar series from UAL …The series is exploring open and creative approaches to teaching and learning. It’s an ultra-low… Read more » about Open online seminar series: new for 2019

Getting to Know Alexa

Posted by & filed under AI, BIG DATA, Blended learning, Brightspace, CEL Staff, Co-creation, Communities of Practice, Education, Flipped classroom, Innovation, TeachBU.

Following on from my discussion of domestic virtual assistants, I wanted to know more about how they worked in practice. I already have the Google Mini home and it is currently quite limited. It is linked to the Google Home Assistant which is basically your Google account, so it should link to all your Google… Read more » about Getting to Know Alexa

The rise of the digital: Linkedin highlights its role in talent development

Posted by & filed under Case Studies Outside BU, Digital skills, Education, employability, Resource.

Staying relevant in the age of automation is what respondents said to the Linkedin workplace research that offers the backdrop to this years report on workplace learning. 68% of those surveyed preferred to learn at work when developing their digital skills, and expect their employers to create the space for this to happen. And ensuring… Read more » about The rise of the digital: Linkedin highlights its role in talent development