Education

Book now for CELebrate2018

Posted by & filed under ALDinHE, Assessment and feedback, Blended learning, Brightspace, CEL Staff, CELebrate, CPD, Creativity, Curriculum design, Digital skills, Education, HE Students, Sustainability, Teaching and Learning, TEL, VLE.

  Book now for CELebrate2018 here  In this year’s CELebrate symposium, we are convening a range of different opportunities to work with staff in thinking about approaches to large group teaching, learning and assessment. Our Keynote is from Sarah Knight (Jisc Digital Futures directorate) speaking on “How are students’ expectations and experiences of their digital… Read more » about Book now for CELebrate2018

5 Ways Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality Will Change Education

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There are two technologies that have really captured the attention of educators as well as futurists. These are artificial intelligence and virtual reality. What are the implications of these new technologies in education? Quite simply they can revolutionise our educational system. The question is, at what cost to the educator? There are many articles that… Read more » about 5 Ways Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality Will Change Education

HE policy update for the w/e 27th April 2018

Posted by & filed under Creativity, Digital skills, Education, employability, Fair access, Funding Stream, HE Students, Innovation, News, Policy, Research, Student, Widening participation.

HE review deadline approaches – the latest on fees and funding Thank you to the staff and students who responded to the HE review survey that we ran before and after Easter, we are preparing our response and will use the data from the survey to inform it. We asked respondents for their top 3… Read more » about HE policy update for the w/e 27th April 2018

Registration open for 7th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (7OSME)

Posted by & filed under Creative Methods, Creative Methods, Creativity, Education, HE Students, News, Research, Teaching and Learning.

  I’m the organising committee for the 7th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (7OSME). Yes, isn’t amazing that this is even a ‘thing’. This two day event is on 5-7 September 2018 in Oxford. This is a rigorous academic meeting and welcomes educators and researchers across disciplines such as design, maths,… Read more » about Registration open for 7th International Meeting on Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (7OSME)

13th June CELebrate2018: Teaching, Technology and the TEF (keynote speaker Sarah Knight from JISC)

Posted by & filed under ALDinHE, Assessment and feedback, Blended learning, Brightspace, CELebrate, Co-creation, CPD, Creative Methods, Creativity, Curriculum design, Digital skills, Education, employability, Equality and Diversity, Events and workshops, Flipped classroom, iVLE, LEAP, Lego, News, PREP, Student, Teaching and Learning, TEF, Virtual reality, VLE, Widening participation.

  This year our CEL ‘CELebration’ events were Faculty based with a series of Faculty led Assessment and Feedback fiestas, conferences and laboratories. For CELebrate2018, the key theme that arose from working with staff across the University, was working with large groups. In this year’s CELebrate symposium, we are convening a range of different opportunities… Read more » about 13th June CELebrate2018: Teaching, Technology and the TEF (keynote speaker Sarah Knight from JISC)

Pioneer in the gamification of education in Malta

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Gabby Govus, a teacher at St Catherine’s High School, Pembroke, shares her experience of conducting digital literacy lessons in classrooms using Microsoft’s innovative IT tools over the past four years. A group of students from our school were recently hosted by the Microsoft Innovation Centre for a Minecraft Education in the Classroom session. The event… Read more » about Pioneer in the gamification of education in Malta

Reflections from the OER18 Conference

Posted by & filed under ALT, Co-creation, Digital skills, Education, EU, OER, TEL, Virtual reality.

Myself and two colleagues (Liz Falconer and Denyse King) attended the OER18 Conference Yesterday.  They presented two case studies (VR Avebury, and VR Healthcare) and illustrated how VR (virtual reality) brings unique considerations for open access.  For example, considerations about whether settings, avatars, props etc are available to others; and indeed, the point that OE-VR… Read more » about Reflections from the OER18 Conference

New article published online

Posted by & filed under CEL Staff, Curriculum design, Education, News, Writing.

A paper written by Dr Jenny Hall from CEL and Dr Sue Way from the Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) has been published online in the journal Midwifery. It is titled ‘A discussion paper: Do national maternity policy reviews take account of the education and training of the future midwifery workforce? An… Read more » about New article published online

new Research Report on Smart Wearables 2018-20122

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Juniper is a research company focussing on high-end tech – worth following and tracking their ‘reports’ which summarise contents of full research (full research is only available commercially) ==== Overview Juniper’s Smart Wearables research provides an end-to-end analysis of the trends and ecosystem developments impacting this innovative segment. The research charts key macro trends, player strategies, and is… Read more » about new Research Report on Smart Wearables 2018-20122