Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
This month saw the inaugural meeting of the Brightspace UKI LT Connect group. Thanks to D2L (suppliers of Brightspace) for organising this group which brings together Learning Technology teams from UK HE Institutions using Brightspace. In our first meeting we enjoyed presentations from some of the attendees around different aspects of their VLE activities and… Read more » about Brightspace UKI LT Connect meeting
Can there possibly be a silver lining to our experience of teaching and learning during Covid-19? A Wonkhe/Aula survey of 630 academics and professional staff found some interesting positives. More than 80% are more willing to experiment with digital technologies for learning and teaching. The devil, of course, is in the detail in context. In… Read more » about Blended and Flipped the time has come!
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
