Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
The Playful University Platform (PUP) was launched on the backdrop of the first Playful University Conference at Aarhus University in Forskningsford Denmark in 2019. The community has recently published a book called Playful Higher Education: Voices, Activities & Co-creations from the PUP Community. This book is ‘for people and from people with a passion for… Read more » about Playful Higher Education (Free Download)
The FLIEflix portal signposts you to a range of help and guidance offered by FLIE using a boxset format which brings together our online support under recognisable themes. It’s a resource you can return to time and time again and we’ve recently added some updates. Education Enhancement Workshop resources You’ll now find a summary of… Read more » about Updated resources on FLIEflix
FLIE is now on LinkedIn. A brand new page where you can follow the latest news from the FLIE team and the projects we are working on. We will be there to give you tips, showcase our content and announce events that we are putting together. In Geli’s words: “We aim for this channel to… Read more » about FLIE on LinkedIn
According to figures just released by Advance HE, there are now approx. 155,000 HEA Fellows in the combined categories of Associate Fellow, Fellow, Senior Fellow and Principal Fellow. If you want to apply for fellowship in an appropriate category, or to upgrade your existing fellowship by applying for a higher category, then remember to use… Read more » about 155,000 HEA Fellows!
Big congratulations to my FLIE colleagues Dr Gelareh Roushan and Dr Mark Readman on being awarded UKCGE (UK Council for Graduate Education) Recognised Research Supervisor for their support of doctoral students at BU. BU now has 15 academics who hold this prestigious award of which 3 are in FLIE. Any experienced research supervisors interested in… Read more » about Big Congratulations to my FLIE Colleagues
Hybrid teaching describes the situation where some students attend the lecture or seminar face-to-face in the room, and other students join the same session remotely using a platform such as Zoom. As staff and students return to campus for semester 2, here is a reminder of some of the online resources we have to support… Read more » about Hybrid teaching guidance
Global staff mobility, including training and teaching, leads to professional development and networking and brings great value to BU and our students, whilst offering invaluable international experience. We are pleased to announce that staff, both academic and professional support, can now apply for funds to support these activities through Erasmus+. Erasmus+ funds are a great… Read more » about Funds now available to support Global Staff Mobility: Erasmus+
The Groups tool in Brightspace allows you to create and manage groups of students within a unit. Groups can be used with release conditions to control the visibility of communications and content, and also to manage how students interact for collaborative activities and assessment. But did you know that group information can be bulk uploaded… Read more » about Creating Groups in Brightspace via bulk upload
Congratulations to the BU Department of Design and Engineering for being awarded the ATHENA SWAN bronze award. One of the developmental workshops is open to BU staff. A workshop organised by Dr Roya Haratian and Professor Philip Sewell Date: Wed 19th of Jan 2022, 12:00 -13:00 Workshop Place: Online – MS Teams: Access Link Workshop Topic: Microaggressions: A… Read more » about Workshop – Microaggressions: A Risk For Everyone
If you are currently working on your unit(s) for Semester 2, don’t forget to use the FLIEflix portal on Brightspace which signposts you to a range of help and support offered by FLIE … including guidance on assessment and feedback; interacting with your students; and managing your unit etc: https://brightspace.bournemouth.ac.uk/d2l/le/lessons/241079 FLIEflix doesn’t contain new material,… Read more » about Help with Semester 2 Units
