With a new VLE rolled out this year, there’s been an opportunity for change and innovation. Come to this session and learn from each other about best practice using Brightspace. At this session we will take an in-depth look at Brightspace and talk about our favourite things that we do with it in our classes…. Read more » about Best of Brightspace: Come learn some new tricks! 18th April, 1-3pm, S102

We’re two-thirds through an amazing year so far which have been wonderfully supported by our migration to Brightspace. We’d love to invite you to join us on the PGCert next year. You can apply here  Please share with internal and external networks! Generally, new academic staff with less than 3 years academic experience are expected to… Read more » about Apply for the 2018-19 PGCert Education Practice

As with the human brain, the neural networks that power artificial intelligence systems are not easy to understand. DeepMind, the Alphabet-owned AI firm famous for teaching an AI system to play Go, is attempting to work out how such systems make decisions. By knowing how AI works, it hopes to build smarter systems. But researchers… Read more » about DeepMind explores inner workings of AI

Four members of the BU Learning Technology team attended the BETT conference in London in January. The event contains a mix of demonstrators, demonstrations and short talks. To give you an idea of what the event is about here is an excerpt from the BETT website: ‘Creating a better future by transforming education Bett is… Read more » about BETT Show London 2018

Apple is holding an education-focused event on Tuesday that teases “creative new ideas for teachers and students.” While rumors previously suggested a cheaper MacBook will arrive soon, it appears Apple will be focusing on the iPad next week. Bloomberg reports that a “low-cost iPad” will be announced alongside new education software next week. Rumors previously suggested Apple is preparing to launch a $259… Read more » about Apple reportedly unveiling a cheaper iPad next week

A few weeks ago I was invited to give a talk at the UCL Knowledge Lab on ‘creativity’, which is one of my favourite subjects but not, perhaps, for reasons you might expect. My title was “Thinking Critically about Creativity” and it gave me the opportunity to reflect further upon how this noun is invested… Read more » about Thinking critically about ‘creativity’