Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
The current round for CEL FIF proposals closed yesterday, 9th November. Eleven applications have been received focussing on either Technology Enhanced Learning, Employability, Work-based learning and professional practice, Innovative assessment, feedback and forward, and generic pedagogic development/research. Thank you to everyone who submitted an application. We are reviewing the applications on Friday and expect to… Read more » about Many bids received in response to the CEL FIF call
We are in the process of developing a resources for BU academics that will provide help, support and guidance in gaining the most from the available TEL tools such as myBU, Xerte and Panopto to mention but a few. The toolkit is being developed and populated this semester and is due for release in semester… Read more » about 7 reasons to engage in the TEL Toolkit
Jacqueline Priego is presenting at the Latin American and Caribbean Conference of Social Sciences – get in touch for potential collaborations. This week, CEL’s Jacqueline Priego is travelling to Medellin, Colombia, to present at the VII Latin American and Caribbean Conference of Social Sciences, Organised by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO). This… Read more » about CEL researcher travelling to Colombia – fostering links with Latin America
Debbie Holley went along to the stunning British Academy building in London for a Horizon 2020 briefing day about social science and research. Calls are already well documented, insert link, but keynote speaker Phillippe Keruafran, Deputy Head of Unit Research and Innovation, traveling from Brussels to give his talk, encouraged social scientists to look… Read more » about Horizon2020
In a follow-up post to her thoughts about student loans, Hannah Arendt, and the limits of life, Dr Alex Wardrop discusses why an independent fair access regulator can help us tell stories about widening participation differently. “If we keep continue to speak the same language to each other, we will reproduce the same story. Begin… Read more » about Fair Access Regulation and Fair Access Research
CEL is scheduling at least 8 seminars/workshops in semester 2 on issues related to technology enhanced learning and IT in teaching and learning. We are looking to include topics such as social media, student engagement using Peerwise, use of the new presentation equipment and lecture video capture using panopto to mention but a few. If… Read more » about Suggestions for the TEL/IT seminars in Semester 2?
For the Vision4Learning project, we have scheduled additional sessions to allow staff more opportunity for involvement. The purpose of these sessions is to review the TEL Toolkit and we welcome as much feedback as possible to suggest enhancements before the site is built. The next drop in sessions are between 8am and 11am on: Monday… Read more » about More Vision4Learning sessions scheduled
Graduation Ceremonies have been taking place all week CELebrating the fantastic achievements of our students. In particular, one student from the Faculty of Management was selected to participate in the 2015 series of The Apprentice. Jenny Garbis, a BA (Hons) Business Studies with Finance student, not only achieved a First in her degree but was… Read more » about CELebrating our students’ achievements
How often do you hear students saying ‘oh that was really boring’ about various lecture content, even though we, as lecturers, thought that was our best ever explanation of a challenging topic? The flipped classroom is one method of addressing undergraduate apathy towards lectures and traditional methods of teaching. The optimal two-way relationship is often… Read more » about Call to academics to participate in flipped classroom resource bid
Dear All, Colleagues from Hybrid Pedagogy have organised November as Gigi-writing month – and we are all invited to join in: http://www.digitalwritingmonth.com/home/ Here’s the invite: How Does One DigiWriMo? 1. There are no secrets to doing DigiWriMo, no right way and no wrong way to do it. Some people may write a novel using their… Read more » about A digital challenge for November!
