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Dr Jonny Branney has been awarded the prestigious National Teaching Fellowship for 2024, a recognition that celebrates individuals who have made a significant impact on student outcomes and the teaching profession. This accolade, recognized nationally and internationally, places Jonny among a select group of educators who contribute to promoting excellence in teaching and learning. Jonny’s… Read more » about Congratulations to Dr Jonny Branney on being awarded the National Teaching Fellowship!
Are you looking to rethink the assessment plan on your unit? Would you like to move to more authentic assessment practices or enhance your use of groupwork? or maybe you’d like to understand what your assessment type options are? These resources have been developed to support you with your pedagogical enhancement and to help better… Read more » about Engaging Assessment Practices
The rapid pace of AI advancements requires that the university remains updated with evolving technologies and potential disruptions in the field, while navigating the developing ethical and regulatory landscape. Ensuring compliance with ethical standards, privacy regulations, intellectual property, and emerging AI-related legislation presents challenges and potential legal risks. For now, the simplest approach is to… Read more » about AI, Data Protection and Information Security
Developing a virtual reality film as a tool for dementia education Project team and film stars: Dr Michele Board, Rebecca Dew, Ryan Muldoon, Emma Lucas, Helen Aldridge, Natasha Randall-Geddes, Dr Linda Agyemang, George, James Sansom, John Child, Marian Child, Michael Kelleher, Marcus Renshaw FLIE Team: Jakob Rossner, Tracey Webb, Robert Walter This week saw… Read more » about Insight Dementia Virtual Reality Film
Do you have access to all your Brightspace units for 2024/25? Do you need a quick reminder of how to add staff to units? or a refresher on how to copy content across from previous units or your sandbox site? Or maybe you want to reflect on a previous unit and rethink your unit design… Read more » about Brightspace unit preparation for 24/25
The JISC LA platform has been redesigned to provide a more modern user interface and improved functionality and usability for attendance capture and monitoring. Many of these improvements have been the result of our staff feedback via surveys and enquiries which have been collated during the last two years. Watch a video on the platform… Read more » about JISC Learning Analytics ‘summer upgrade’ for 2024/25
Be inspired this summer by the innovative teaching practices showcased on our FLIE Summer Reset site! We’ve interviewed some of the academic staff who Learning Technologists have collaborated with this year to produce some excellent pedagogic practice. Watch our series of short videos to find out how BU colleagues have explored new tools and approaches… Read more » about Showcase celebration of your practices in 23/24
The new curricular units for 2024/25 are now available on Brightspace to staff. (Students will have access to units for Semester 1/2/3 one week prior to the start of Semester 1, for the majority of programmes this will be Monday 9th September). Standardised Coursework brief template and updated Assessment module There is now a standardised single… Read more » about Rethinking assessment in the era of GenAI – staff guidance
‘Embrace generative AI in your teaching toolkit by staying curious, experimenting with new tools, and focusing on how these innovations can simplify tasks and enrich student learning experiences.’ – ChatGPT This is the final part in our series on sharing the resources from our AI Literacy training. We hope you have found these posts useful… Read more » about AI Literacy resources for BU staff – part 4
**UPDATE – We encountered some technical issues with the release of the units for 24/25 but this has now been resolved** The new curricular units for 2024/25 will be available on Brightspace to staff from Thursday 4th July. Students will have access to units for Semester 1/2/3 one week prior to the start of Semester… Read more » about New curricular units on Brightspace for 2024/25 – Thu 4th July
