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Research Staff Association (RSA) coffee morning – 28 Oct 15 at the EBC

The first Research Staff Association (RSA) coffee morning will be taking place on Wednesday the 28th October, in the café area of the EBC (Lansdowne Campus) from 10 to 11am. This is an informal opportunity to meet other research staff over coffee and cake, discuss your work and share ideas for future collaborations. It will… Read more » about Research Staff Association (RSA) coffee morning – 28 Oct 15 at the EBC

Colleagues – a crowd sourced and intellectually stimulating reading list request!

What readings have influenced your pedagogic approach? Please share and we will create a list! Colleagues – a crowd sourced and intellectually stimulating reading list request – from John Hilsdon, Head of Learning Development , University of Plymouth Here is my mine (Debbie Holley) David Noble and his wonderful work anticipated the commodification of Higher… Read more » about Colleagues – a crowd sourced and intellectually stimulating reading list request!

Maiden Edition of CEL Quarter Education Research Report

The aim of this report is to highlight research activities occurring in CEL and celebrate milestones. It is intended for all those staff who are involve in different projects and producing outputs which can feature under UoA25. CEL July- Sept quarterly. docx The report consists of publications, research projects in progress, conference presentations and submitted bids… Read more » about Maiden Edition of CEL Quarter Education Research Report

Developing your learning and teaching skills

If you are interested in developing new and honing existing learning and teaching skills you should have a look at CEL’s Learning and Teaching Fellowship scheme which is open for applications. The aim of the Scheme is to allow you to engage in pedagogic research activities or evaluation and develop innovative practices, disseminating this to… Read more » about Developing your learning and teaching skills

Fusion Funding Workshops: Tuesday 6th October (Talbot) Wednesday 7 October (Lansdowne)

Got a great learning idea? Professional /Academic staff can apply.. funding up to £2000 for  Fusion Educational projects – come along and find out more at one of two workshops this week… Workshop One Talbot: Tuesday 6 October CEL space 16.00/17:00 Pg30a Workshop Two: Lansdowne: Wednesday 7th October, Wednesday 7th 12:00/13:00 R303 Did you know?… Read more » about Fusion Funding Workshops: Tuesday 6th October (Talbot) Wednesday 7 October (Lansdowne)

Association for Learning Technology Conference: Augmenting Reality

Dr Debbie Holley is passionate about Learning Technology, and below shares an account of her recent presentation at the Association for Learning Technology annual conference Our Abstract AR is where embedded animations, video clips, 3D graphics ‘come to life’ when a SMART device is help up to an image, which ‘triggers’ the media. There has… Read more » about Association for Learning Technology Conference: Augmenting Reality

(Not) Being Seen as Students – BERA blog

During the summer, the Fair Access Research project ran focus groups with final year HSS and Sci Tech students. The groups were part of a pilot study exploring perceptions of the student experience and widening participation. BERA have published a blog by Dr Alex Wardrop, which touches on some of the themes addressed in her recent CEL post. Drawing on findings from… Read more » about (Not) Being Seen as Students – BERA blog

On being passionate…

“Students have got to feel that they’re driven by somebody who has a real passion for what they’re doing. Cos if you don’t, what the hell are you doing in there in the first place?” This quote comes from a Bournemouth University student participating in our “How Brilliant are We?” research project, and is one… Read more » about On being passionate…