Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
This is the first of three keynotes at the CELebrate 2016 Conference. Scheduled for Wed 13 Apr, 11:00-12:00. Click here to book a place. Speaker: Peter Bryant, Head of Learning Technology and Innovation, London School of Economics This talk will explore the tensions and forces that are impacting on the role learning technology teams choose (or… Read more »
Did you know there are more than 30 sessions, multiple posters and three keynote speakers at next month’s CELebrate Conference? Here is the conference plan: CELebrate timetable 2016 To read more about the sessions and to book a place, click on this link.
The Going Global Overseas Job Vacancy Database The careers and employability department offer a ‘Going Global’ overseas job vacancy database to students wishing to work abroad. It includes more than 10,000 pages of constantly-updated content on how to work abroad and also includes a database of current overseas job opportunities, work permit/visa regulations and CV… Read more »
INTED 2016 (see #INTED2016 or @debbieholley1 for twitter feed) Summary: 800 delegates, 70 countries, education and technology as a theme, . In Barcelona in July 2017 full papers only The little girl pictured looking after her families goats is worth less to them than the goat, explained Safeena Husain, the Founder and Executive Director… Read more »
Virtual Worlds Virtual worlds are back! Lots of great projects coming out of SMARTLab in Dublin (http://www.ucd.ie/smartlab/ ). They have a large budget for doctoral students and post docs, and nine fully funded places on offer. Interesting work including simulations of living on Mars; some early material used to train up the space station astronauts,… Read more »
CELebrate 2016 takes place from Wednesday 13 – Friday 15 April 2016. This is the ideal opportunity to think about new pedagogic approaches and good ideas. We have three external speakers coming – Professors Jane Seale from Exeter, John Cook from UWE and Peter Bryant from LSE – and over 30 internal colleagues showcasing best… Read more »
When? Wed 16 Mar 11-12 Where? PG30a Augmented integrates digital information with live video or the user’s environment in real time and can be a powerful engagement technique for students. Come along for a demonstration of AR and to see how you might be able to use it to support your teaching and learning. Click… Read more »
The V4L project is driven by BU academics for BU academics to enable and share pedagogical innovation. There are a number of elements to the project such as the tender for the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Toolkit and the Service Design review of the Learning Technologists. To deliver against these… Read more »
Do you want your dissertation to make a difference? If you’re starting to plan your third year or postgraduate dissertation, have you thought about how you can use your research to promote social good? BU has signed up to an NUS initiative called Dissertations for Good (DfG) which connects students with external organisations who then… Read more »
Many staff will have received the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Toolkit pouch in the post in the last week. In addition to the TEL Toolkit where you can learn of the many pedagogic ways of using TEL in your teaching and learning, the pouch also contained information on the digital skills self-assessment. We are asking… Read more »
