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Many lecturers at BU teach classes with 60-120+ students. These are large cohorts! In the last workshop on this topic, it was clear that the specificity of discipline/field and teaching context are critical. The workshop in January draws on case studies and will make space for audience experience and group thinking. As I said in… Read more » about Teaching Large Cohorts – Education Enhancement Workshop Summary
February is around the corner, and with it come new instalments of the Education Enhancement Workshop Series. Some events will be hosted by FLIE and you can find all the details and register on our Eventbrite page. Others will be hosted by the Doctoral College and you can enquire here for more details. All events… Read more » about Education Enhancement Workshop Series – February
Welcome back to FLIE! The Education Enhancement Workshop Series & Conference 2022 is about to kickstart. Here’s a reminder of what’s happening this month. Soon we will share the February events, so please keep an eye on the blog, on Brightspace or on Eventbrite for more news. The FLIE team
The Faculty of Health and Social Sciences has secured Health Education England funding and, led by Dr Ursula Rolfe, started to develop some simulation pilots. A faculty simulation event on 9th December encouraged staff to drop in, view the technologies used by the Clinical team, and the simulation pilots run by Social work and Nursing… Read more » about FHSS Simulation showcase
The new year is looking busy for the FLIE team. We have prepared a series of workshops following comments from you and themes from our student feedback that are focused on Enhancing your Education practice in order to further develop your pedagogical expertise. The workshops will be provided and facilitated by FLIE with some guest… Read more » about FLIE Education Enhancement Workshop Series 2022
We will be running our Unit Preparation Basics session in January to support staff with planning and building their units for Semester 2. Maybe you didn’t teach in Semester 1, or maybe you just want a quick refresher on preparing your Brightspace unit for the new semester, simply sign up to one of the two… Read more » about Unit Preparation Basics – upcoming workshops
FLIE will be starting the new year with a bang with a new schedule of workshops and training delivered by our academic staff and Learning Technologists (more details to follow soon). We will now be requiring registration for all our timetabled events via Eventbrite. If you don’t have an account yet, you can easily… Read more » about FLIE is now on Eventbrite
The second FLIE workshop versed on the topic of Inclusion, Equity and Social Justice. We had the pleasure of having Chiko Bwalya, SUBU VP Education, joining us and offering some eye-opening insights on inclusion, diversity and decolonisation from a student perspective. Race and student perspective Chiko shared her experience as a student at BU and… Read more » about Inclusion, Equity and Social Justice – Workshop summary
The problem of teaching large cohorts has attracted a lot of attention in HE. Anything above a ratio of 60 students to 1 lecturer changes the pedagogical dynamics. A systematic review of the bigger picture of managing large cohorts from induction to graduation and the redesign coming from this kind of intense commitment is the… Read more » about Teaching Large Cohorts – Workshop summary
You might have seen some of Bournemouth University’s Virtual Reality (VR) kit in action last week during the Restart a Heart Day. The university’s Learning Technologists were out in force with Oculus VR equipment to show you how the heart works, and what it looks like from the inside. So, if you saw someone… Read more » about Virtual Reality & Higher Education: suggestions, benefits and value
