Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
We have had an ongoing issue where Turnitin assignment marks are not being displayed on the assignment pages in Brightspace that list student submissions and instead it just shows ‘refreshing…’ This makes it difficult to keep track of what has been marked and what marks have been awarded prior to mark release. This has been raised… Read more » about Viewing ‘Draft’ assignment marks on Brightspace
We are delighted to accept presentation abstracts from BU academic and professional service staff for this year’s Fusion Learning Conference which is being held on 5th July 2023. The core themes for this year’s conference are: Student engagement and success: evaluating pedagogical practices and resources as conduits to enhancing student learning. Digital Transformation to enhance student learning: embedding digital… Read more » about Do you want to present at the BU Fusion Learning Conference 2023?
Join us for an exciting webinar, ‘A Ghostwriter in the Machine,’ led by Klaus Mundt and Mike Groves, discussing the recent years of Machine Translation (MT) and its emergence as a useful writing tool for students and academics whose first language is not English. However, there are limitations and implications that come with the use… Read more » about A Ghostwriter in the Machine
The next talk in the Academic Integrity webinar series ‘The Student View of Contract Cheating’. Presented by Deborah Horrocks from Turnitin Join the webinar on Wednesday 10th May 2-3pm, and view the abstract below: “In 2022 Turnitin conducted a student survey asking about their attitudes to essay mills and contract cheating – it showed students… Read more » about The Student View of Contract Cheating
A potentially controversial topic in the discourse of our Academic Integrity webinar series, ‘Toward a Continuum of Academic Misconduct’ is led by Professor Bruce Macfarlane, introducing the ways in which the attitude toward academic integrity has blurred lines in the debate on what constitutes misconduct. Join the webinar on Wednesday 2nd May 12-1pm, and view… Read more » about Towards a Continuum of Academic Misconduct
MathWorks is the company behind MATLAB (a programming and numeric computing platform) and Simulink (a block diagram environment used to design and simulate before moving to hardware). BU has a campus-wide licence for these tools making them available to all staff and students. MathWorks is hosting a Teaching with Virtual Labs in Simulink webinar for… Read more » about MathWorks webinar 10th May 2pm
My Unit Feedback is a unit survey run at all levels (0, 4 , 5, 6 and 7) and replaces the MUSE survey. It will ask students about their learning experience on each of their units. The feedback received helps you to further build on your areas of good practice and identify any areas for… Read more » about Setting up your ‘My Unit Feedback’ survey
We are delighted to accept poster entries from BU academic and professional service staff for this year’s Fusion Learning Conference which is being held on the 5th July 2023. The core themes for this year’s conference are: Student engagement and success: evaluating pedagogical practices and resources as conduits to enhancing student learning. Digital Transformation to enhance student learning: embedding… Read more » about BU Fusion Learning Conference 2023: Poster Entry
In addition to the usual weekly drop-in sessions that Learning Technologists run for their faculties, we will be running some face-to-face lunchtime drop-ins in FG04 to support staff with any questions during this marking and assessment period. No need to book, just bring along your questions in person to FG04 on the following days and… Read more » about LT Lunchtime drop-in sessions S2
The following FLIE events are now available to book. Workshops will be hybrid so you can choose to attend online or in person. Use the links in the table to book your place via Eventbrite. Theme Date and Time Content Assessment and Feedback: Revert, outrun, or embrace 12th June 1000 to 1200 FG04 At… Read more » about FLIE Events now available to book on Eventbrite
