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10th anniversary year and the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE)

Posted April 10, 2019. Filed under ALDinHE, Case Studies Outside BU, Creative Methods, Curriculum design, Digital skills, Research.

Colleagues – some interesting articles here: This is our 10th anniversary year and the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE) has a number of exciting developments to report: Firstly, Issue 14 is now live online: http://journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldhe/index The contents of this edition are as follows: Editorial PDF Papers Making use of students’ digital habits in higher education: What they… Read more » about 10th anniversary year and the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (JLDHE)

Professor Debbie Holley speaks at the Queen Mary Language Centre ‘Thinking Materials’ Conference

Posted April 8, 2019. Filed under Case Studies Outside BU, Case Studies: In BU, CEL Staff, Co-creation, Conference Report, CPD, Creative Commons, Curriculum design, Digital skills, Equality and Diversity, Events and workshops, HE Students, Public Engagement, Research.

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Thinking Materials the conference theme: Materials are more complicated than simply a resource in a lesson. Each material is a living and breathing entity that might embody beliefs, theories, experiences, departmental needs and approaches, as well as being emergent in the time and space in which it is employed. Materials also need to work in… Read more » about Professor Debbie Holley speaks at the Queen Mary Language Centre ‘Thinking Materials’ Conference

Regional event: Intro to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

Posted March 25, 2019. Filed under Augmented Reality, Blended learning, Case Studies: In BU, Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creativity, Digital skills, Education, Events and workshops, Flipped classroom, Gamification, HE Students, Innovation, Research, Teaching and Learning, TEF, TEL, Virtual Avebury, Virtual reality, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

Bournemouth University hosted the South Coast Academic Regional Network (SCARN). SCARN enables PGCert leaders from various Universities around the region to discuss Education practice and collaborate for conference and writing opportunities. SCARN meets 2-3 times a year and this event was hosted by Dr Curie Scott from CEL on Monday 18th March 2019. SCARN members… Read more » about Regional event: Intro to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

International Women’s Day Networking Event: a CEL and Women’s Academic Network co-production

Posted March 13, 2019. Filed under International Women's Day, Public Engagement, Research, Resource, Women's Academic Network.

International Women’s Day Networking Event Celebrating International Women’s day – a WAN and CEL co-production! International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th every year. It is a focal point in the movement for women’s rights, and has it origins from 1910 International Socialist Women’s Conference who suggested a Women’s day to be held annually. Here… Read more » about International Women’s Day Networking Event: a CEL and Women’s Academic Network co-production

Professor Debbie Holley’s vision on the changes and challenges that technology brings to universities

Posted March 11, 2019. Filed under News, Research, Teaching and Learning, TEL.

Professor Debbie Holley, Professor of Learning Innovation and the Head of CEL, has published an article on Wonkhe “Everything you think you know about universities and technology is wrong” to discuss the changes and challenges that technology brings to universities. “The drivers for change are evident”, according to Debbie, and being “digital” has become “a… Read more » about Professor Debbie Holley’s vision on the changes and challenges that technology brings to universities

The biggest impact of artificial intelligence? helping humans make discoveries we couldn’t make on our own

Posted February 26, 2019. Filed under AI, Research.

Research productivity—the number of researchers it takes to produce a given result—is declining annually. Could AI make research faster and more productive, reviving areas that have become too expensive for businesses to pursue? This MIT Technology Review article looks at the way AI is reinventing the way we invent, the predictions for machine learning and… Read more » about The biggest impact of artificial intelligence? helping humans make discoveries we couldn’t make on our own

7.3.19 Book now for “Building the University of the Future – Lego Event”

Posted February 25, 2019. Filed under AdvanceHE, Blended learning, Creative Methods, Creative Methods, Creativity, Curriculum design, Education, Events and workshops, Flipped classroom, Innovation, Lego, Lego serious play, Research, Student, Study Skills, Study Support, Teaching and Learning, Visual learning, Visual thinking, Widening participation.

Event Date: 14:00 – 15:30, Thurs 7th March 2019 Room: PG30a, Talbot campus Book now on eventbrite Higher education is experiencing an unprecedented period of change in which the future face, shape, identity and purpose of the university are all being challenged. With an uncertain political, social and technological future on… Read more » about 7.3.19 Book now for “Building the University of the Future – Lego Event”

Threshold Concepts in Action Conference – attend days 3,1 or 2 – it’s up to you

Posted February 19, 2019. Filed under Education, Events and workshops, HE Students, Research.

Threshold Concepts in Action – Inaugural Scottish Threshold Concepts Conference, University of Dundee, 27th June 2019 (pre-conference TBL masterclasses 26th June) #UoDthresholdconcepts2019 Call for abstracts Since the first literature about threshold concepts was published by Meyer and Land in 2003, a large body of work has been undertaken across the wide range of disciplines… Read more » about Threshold Concepts in Action Conference – attend days 3,1 or 2 – it’s up to you

Fusion Inaugural Public Lecture: “Seeking community creatively: one social worker’s journey” presented by Professor Lee-Ann Fenge

Posted February 5, 2019. Filed under CEL Staff, News, Public Engagement, Research.

On Tuesday 26 February Professor Lee-Ann Fenge, Professor of Social Care at the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences Bournemouth University, will join the “Fusion Inaugural Public Lecture” event and give a talk about “Seeking community creatively: one social worker’s journey”. In her inaugural lecture, Professor Lee-Ann Fenge will use a narrative approach to explore… Read more » about Fusion Inaugural Public Lecture: “Seeking community creatively: one social worker’s journey” presented by Professor Lee-Ann Fenge

“Go Create!” In-conversation seminar Wed 6 Feb 1-2 pm R201

Posted January 30, 2019. Filed under Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creative Methods, Creativity, Drawing, Education, Flipped classroom, HE Students, Innovation, Reflective practice, Research, Teaching and Learning, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

How can drawing be applied for thinking within your educational practice? Come and talk through ideas Curie Scott Exploring self-ageing through participatory drawing R201 Wed 6 Feb at 1pm. All are welcome! Unlike children, adults are usually nervous when asked to draw. Curie created a four week Drawing Programme where participants used expressive drawing to think… Read more » about “Go Create!” In-conversation seminar Wed 6 Feb 1-2 pm R201

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