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Mentimeter’s upcoming webinar aims to help you to teach with more confidence. Whether you’re looking to run quick knowledge checks, spark deeper reflection, or collect ongoing student feedback, this upcoming webinar is designed to give you practical tools to do just that. The webinar is running on Wednesday May 28th 2025 at 15.00. You can sign… Read more » about Upcoming Mentimeter webinar
Our annual Learning and Teaching conference is taking place on Monday 7 July 2025 in collaboration with the 4th European Team-based Learning Symposium at BU. The event will include speakers, poster presentations, panel discussions, demonstrations and more. Staff are invited to showcase their Learning and Teaching practices in the form of posters and short presentations… Read more » about FLIE Learning and Teaching conference 2025 – Abstracts and Poster submissions
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important across all subject areas, not just in STEM. IBM is working to make its AI training more relevant for students in every discipline — and they’re inviting you to feedback to help shape it. What’s the opportunity? As part of the Department of Computing & Informatics’ longstanding relationship with IBM, BU… Read more » about Boost your CV and help IBM improve their AI training
Mentimeter have introduced two AI-enhanced features to help support you when building your presentations. Create a presentation with the AI Menti Builder The AI Menti Builder is an automated way of creating a starting point for your Mentimeter presentation. Designed to save you time, all you have to do is provide a simple prompt outlining… Read more » about New Mentimeter AI-enhanced features
Sign up via Eventbrite for our annual Learning and Teaching conference taking place on Monday 7 July 2025. It includes speakers, poster presentations, panel discussions, demonstrations and more. The conference takes place in collaboration with the 4th European Team-based Learning Symposium at BU. This in person event offers engagement in current and emerging student learning,… Read more » about Sign up for the FLIE Learning and Teaching Conference 2025
Microsoft are running 50 days of AI discovery and learning starting on Tuesday 8th April. Whether you’re a tech guru or an AI newbie, they promise something for you. You’ll be able to take part in live events, in-person training, self-paced learning, hackathons, and more. The event includes sessions aimed at students to strengthen their… Read more » about Join Microsoft’s AI Skills Fest – 8th April-28th May
Congratulations to FLIE Learning Technologist Matt Jarvis whose work was shortlisted for the Annual H5P Awards 2025 under the ‘Impressive use of Multimedia’ category 🎉 FLIE worked with Library colleagues to produce guidance for BU students on the use of generative AI in their studies. The resulting interactive resource, designed in H5P, aims to provide… Read more » about FLIE shortlisted for the Annual H5P Awards 🎉
Do you struggle to balance the use of AI in teaching without compromising the depth of student learning? Are you concerned that increased reliance on technology might be making students less inclined to engage in deep, critical thinking? If these questions resonate with you, our upcoming webinar is designed to address these very challenges. Join… Read more » about Mentimeter interactive webinar 10th April 3pm
Did you know you can now allow participants to identify themselves in a Mentimeter presentation? Mentimeter is BU’s online polling tool which can add an interactive element to your lectures and presentations. By default, Mentimeter is completely anonymous and as such is helpful in getting an overview of your audience’s opinions or understanding on a… Read more » about Gathering participant names with Mentimeter
We are running our annual Learning and Teaching conference on Monday 7 July 2025. It includes speakers, poster presentations, panel discussions, demonstrations and more. This in person event offers engagement in current and emerging student learning and opportunities for education innovation and excellence at BU. Staff are invited to showcase their Learning and Teaching practices… Read more » about Save the date – FLIE Learning and Teaching Conference 2025
