The Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL) was soft launched in early 2013, led by Professor Roach.  Professor Thomas took on leadership in September 2013 and it was then formally launched in April 2014 to make its impact more obvious and effective across BU. Its aims are to: Develop and support collaborative communities to inspire excellence in… Read more » about What the CEL blog offers you

The practice of more experienced students being trained to guide and facilitate the learning of less experienced students in an organised and supported way is gaining momentum as a global phenomenon; peer learning schemes now exist on all continents and hold relevance for students of all cultures. Some UK schemes have been in existence since… Read more » about New international peer led academic learning network

Just a reminder that units for 15/16 are ready to go in myBU! Contact your Faculty Learning Technologist for any support you need to update your content or to develop activities for your students –  they are more than happy to help and advise. Here’s how to contact them:

This Friday 7th August is the start of the annual myBU rollover. “Rollover” is a general term used to describe the creation and preparation of units for the new academic year. Units are, in the first instance prepared in the VLE Data Management System (VLEDMS) which is the intermediary system between UNIT-e (currently) and myBU…. Read more » about myBU Rollover begins this week

As we continue to look at the use of Panopto (including some nice editing options!) this post on student engagement with video is interesting https://www.edx.org/blog/optimal-video-length-student-engagement