Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
All staff are invited to take part or present at the Fusion Learning Colloquium, FLIE’s annual Fusion Learning event taking place on Thursday 30th June which includes speakers, poster presentations, panel discussions, demonstrations and more. The event offers engagement in current and emerging student learning and opportunities for education innovation and excellence at BU and will… Read more » about FL Colloquium – Thursday 30th June
A reminder of our upcoming Fusion Learning Colloquium on 30th June where you are invited to share your work in the area of Fusion-based learning in the form of posters or abstracts to showcase innovation and excellence for student learning. All posters and abstracts will be included in a Colloquium proceedings with an ISBN and you… Read more » about Fusion Learning Colloquium 30th June – key dates
The students loved their VR experience, with one feeding back: “Interactive, inspirational, emotional, eye opening, immersive.” Students from our mental health pathway returning today for a Recall day to reflect on their practice with their lecturer Josie Tuck, were somewhat surprised to find our tech team (John Moran and Dave Hunt from FLIE) and Debbie… Read more » about Virtual reality Student experience
You are invited to share your work in the area of Fusion-based learning in the form of posters or abstracts to showcase innovation and excellence for student learning. All posters and abstracts will be included in a Colloquium proceedings with an ISBN. Your submission can reflect on themes relating to your approach to Fusion-based Learning including… Read more » about Fusion Learning Colloquium – 30th June 2022
We are running our Fusion Learning event this summer in the form of a Colloquium and it includes speakers, poster presentations, panel discussions, demonstrations and more. The event offers engagement in current and emerging student learning and opportunities for education innovation and excellence at BU. Staff are invited to showcase their Fusion Learning practices in… Read more » about Fusion Learning Colloquium – 30th June 2022
I’m delighted to confirm that the following student from SciTech has recently achieved Associate HEA Fellowship from Advance HE after applying through our accredited TeachBU programme: Associate Fellow: Jasmine McCain This is the first time that a BU undergraduate has gained fellowship in any category, and her application was based upon her work supporting teaching… Read more » about SciTech Undergraduate Awarded Associate HEA Fellow
Intelligent Agents are a useful tool to track engagement on your unit and to send automated personalised communications to students. Next time you use Brightspace’s Intelligent Agents tool you’ll notice a couple of improvements following a recent update: New user interface The Intelligent Agents tool now has an improved layout which uses expanding/collapsing boxes to economise… Read more » about Update to Intelligent Agents tool
Mentimeter have recently updated their slide library with some new slide types. When you next log into Mentimeter you’ll see them listed under ‘Type’ when you chose to add a new slide. Mentimeter works well when used synchronously with larger groups, either face-to-face in the classroom or in an online environment. The new question slides… Read more » about New Mentimeter slide types
After the Easter break, FLIE will be back with two more Education Enhancement Workshops. You can book your spot via the links below. May Using the Generic Assessment Criteria – 11th May (12:00 to 13:00) Co-creating teaching and learning (relational pedagogies) – 18th May (12:00 to 13:00) While you wait for these sessions you can access the… Read more » about Education Enhancement Workshops – May
A typical submission via Brightspace’s assignment tool with Turnitin enabled will generate a Similarity Report. Turnitin is a platform that allows for assignment feedback via a number of tools, as well as generating a Similarity Report for the submitted piece of work. The Similarity Report is a guide to help you understand the academic integrity… Read more » about Utilising Turnitin Similarity Reports
