Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
Today’s CEL seminar was on the subject of cohort identity and was excellently presented by Geli Roushan and Susanne Clarke. The fact that there was cake at the seminar in no way influenced this blogger’s view of the event! A ‘Cohort’ is an organisational group that can evolve at different levels eg a seminar group,… Read more » about Building cohort identity
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
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!
The Centre for Excellence in Learning offers the opportunity for BU staff in both academic and professional and support roles to bid for projects that will lead to enhancements in learning and teaching. The latest round of funding opens on Wednesday 14 October and staff are encouraged to submit their proposals. There are 5 briefs… Read more » about Details of the CEL Fusion projects
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
Staff from across BU have the opportunity to bid for pedagogic development or research projects For the last two years, the Centre for Excellence in Learning has offered the opportunity for BU staff in both academic and professional and support roles, to bid for projects that will lead to enhancements in learning and teaching. The… Read more » about CEL Fusion Investment Fund Projects
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
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)
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
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
