Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
CEL are hosting the second seminar in semester 2 and the topic is the use of social media in teaching and learning. This event will be held on Thursday 18 Feb 16 between 14:00-16:00 in PG30a. With many students engaging with social media, this session provides an introduction and description of some of the tools… Read more » about CEL Seminar: Using social media in teaching and learning on 18 Feb 16
Do you have a teaching and learning issue and want to discuss it with someone? CEL are hosting two sessions in semester 2 which we are calling ‘Challenge CEL’. Please some along and share your issue with and we will do our very best to help. This is the first of the two session and… Read more » about Challenge CEL – 24 Feb 16, 12-1 in Bournemouth House B325
Would you like to attend the launch of CEL’s Technology Enhanced Learning Toolkit but cannot make it to Poole House? Join us for a live stream of the event via Periscope @cel_bu on Tuesday 2 February. We will be live streaming from 11am – see you then!
Webinar: What is Hadoop? 23 February 2016 Online, 15.00 – 16.00 Have you heard of Hadoop but don’t know what it is or what it does? Or do you know that Hadoop is used to store very large datasets but you don’t know what it can do or why it might be relevant to… Read more » about Big data webinars Hadoop and Spark
On 23 January, Bournemouth University will be hosting an international conference that aims to improve how students use technology and interact online. Called the Digital Citizenship Summit UK (DigCitSummitUK), it is a unique conference geared towards safe, savvy, and ethical use of social media and tech. “Digital Citizenship” is an umbrella term used to describe… Read more » about BU to host the next Digital Citizenship Summit UK (DigCitSummitUK)
The next session of our ‘Introduction to Education Practice‘ course will run from the 24th to the 26th of February. This is a research-driven, practice-based course, aimed at doctoral students who are or will be supporting teaching activities. The course has three main aims: • To introduce students to theoretical and practical knowledge on adult… Read more » about Introduction to Education Practice: A Programme for Research Students
The second annual CELebrate event will take place on 13-15 April 2016. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase how you innovate to improve student learning in any way, but particularly this year around key CEL themes of assessment and feedback, technology enhanced learning and employability. If you are interested in proposing a session and… Read more » about CELebrate 2016 – call for abstracts by 8 Jan 16
The first CEL lunch-time drop in session takes place tomorrow in Bournemouth House in B201 at 1pm. These sessions are intended for any academic who want to know more about CEL, discuss ideas, check out opportunities, identify resources, share good educational practices or receive support to inspire excellence in learning and pedagogical innovations. Help us to spread… Read more » about First of the CEL drop in sessions – tomorrow Wednesday 6 Jan 16
A reminder that, as part of the Vision4Learning Project, we are developing the TEL Toolkit to support and encourage our academics to consider different tools and techniques to support the learning for our students. The project team are now modelling the TEL Toolkit and will be using the next V4L Drop In Sessions to welcome… Read more » about TEL toolkit drop-in sessions: 7 & 11 Jan 16
Marian Mayer recently gave an excellent talk on what has been described by John Hilsdon, the noted expert on Learning Development as “Sector Leading” provision. This presentation took place on the 2nd of December 2015 and was part of an ongoing CEL seminar series. It drew on a variety of reasons to support Media students… Read more » about Sector Leading Learning Development in FMC
