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Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
Hello all, hopefully you’ve enjoyed the bank holiday weekend! Last week, I was asked to support Kat King on the delivery of a session on her Sport and Physical Culture 23/24 unit. The aim of the session was to give guidance on how students could for their assignment, record, edit and submit a podcast. The… Read more » about Podcast Assignment Types
We are experiencing a rapid pace of digital transformation in HE including Generative Artificial Intelligence that impacts our approach to developing inclusive and engaging learning and teaching strategies. A reminder that FLIE have developed some resources to support staff in their pedagogical enhancement and innovation. Our Engaging Assessment Practices In the Era of Generative AI area… Read more » about Engaging Assessment Practices in the Era of Generative AI
Join other educators to learn how to improve learning outcomes, increase student satisfaction and facilitate active learning at these interactive webinars delivered by Mentimeter. Enhance teaching with AI and Mentimeter – Thu 23 May Insights into how artificial intelligence is reshaping the educational landscape, how education institutions can feel empowered by this change, and how… Read more » about Upcoming Mentimeter webinars for HE customers
At TeachBU, we’re thrilled to unveil our latest range of dynamic workshops tailored to meet the diverse needs of applicants, mentors, and assessors alike. Dive into a transformative experience designed to spark innovation, develop collaboration, share and elevate your educational prowess using TeachBU. 🌈 Workshop Extravaganza for Future Fellows: For Teach BU Applicants: TeachBU has your… Read more » about 🌟 Introducing TeachBU’s Spectacular Workshop Series: Elevate Your TeachBU Journey! 🌟
Here are some useful resources and upcoming events from MATLAB to support you and your students in using the tool. Using MATLAB and Python together – Cheat Sheet This cheat sheet provides instructions and code to help make it easier to use MATLAB and Python together. MATLAB and Simulink – upcoming webinars Search the list… Read more » about MATLAB and Simulink news
We’re continuing our GenAI drop-ins this semester where we will try to demystify the nature of AI and demonstrate the use of a range of AI tools to perform tasks that can both save time and enhance your teaching practice. Are you confused about how GenAI tools can help you with your academic work? Do… Read more » about GenAI drop-in – Wednesday 17th April @BGB
We are experiencing a rapid pace of digital transformation in HE including Generative Artificial Intelligence that impacts our approach to developing inclusive and engaging learning and teaching strategies. A reminder that FLIE have developed some resources to support staff in their pedagogical enhancement and innovation. Our Engaging Assessment Practices In the Era of Generative AI area… Read more » about Engaging Assessment Practices in the Era of Generative AI
MATLAB recently delivered a face-to-face workshop at BU exploring some of the functionality of the tool, including data processing in a live script environment. The second half of the workshop focused on using MATLAB for AI and deep learning, and you can find a recording of this part of the session below. Online training suite BU… Read more » about MATLAB workshop resources
If you’re running a video assignment with your students, you might want to steer them to some of the online guidance available, including a short video which provides them with an overview of the whole process; from Recording, to Editing, to Submitting. Clicking on Help in the navbar on any unit on Brightspace, will take… Read more » about Video assignments with Panopto – improved student guidance
We are currently aware of an issue affecting audio feedback (“Voice comments”) with Turnitin assignments. Voice comments must be recorded using Firefox or Safari browsers Issue Where audio feedback (“Voice comments”) has been recorded by staff on a student assignment using Chrome or Edge browsers will be distorted when played back. Workaround Until this issue… Read more » about Issue: Turnitin voice comments
