Teaching and Learning

Upcoming Faculty sessions

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The revised Digital Pedagogies Framework is now available to support staff in the development and delivery of their units for the new academic year, and FLIE will be running sessions with faculties next week to introduce the newly updated framework. Why should I attend? As well as highlighting some of the changes that have been… Read more » about Upcoming Faculty sessions

Revised Digital Pedagogies Framework

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The Digital Pedagogies Framework was developed as part of an integrated plan for digital and online pedagogies. It aims to support staff at BU in the preparation, development and delivery of online and blended teaching. The current version has now been revised based on the experience of the academic year 2020/2021 and is aligned with… Read more » about Revised Digital Pedagogies Framework

Unit Preparation workshops

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In conjunction with the rollout of the new curricular units on Brightspace in mid July, and to support staff with planning and building their units for the new academic year, FLIE will be running a series of workshops on Unit Preparation Basics. All new units are active by default and visible for all semesters, so… Read more » about Unit Preparation workshops

Assessment & Feedback masterclasses – slides and recordings

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Dr Anne Quinney and Dai Hounsell, Visiting Professor in FLIE, recently delivered a series of masterclasses linked to the theme of Assessment and Feedback. The three sessions focused on: Peer Assessment Effective Feedback and Designing Assessments. If you didn’t manage to make any of the sessions, you can catch up with the recordings from the… Read more » about Assessment & Feedback masterclasses – slides and recordings

Updated Digital Pedagogies Framework

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The Digital Pedagogies Framework is an instrument to support staff in the development and delivery of their online and blended pedagogies. What’s new? The current version has been revised based on the experience of the academic year 2020/2021 and is fully aligned with the Fused Digital Pedagogy model. How do I find out more? FLIE… Read more » about Updated Digital Pedagogies Framework

Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme – Annual Review

The Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme concludes for this academic year and what a year it has been! In 2020-21 the Researcher Development Programme delivered 107 online sessions across 54 different topic areas and have received fantastic feedback throughout. Thank you to all our facilitators and of course PGRs who engaged and were ready to learn and share. Thank you to… Read more » about Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme – Annual Review

Assessment and Feedback Masterclass – Designing Assessments

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Are there secrets to designing effective assessments?  Join Anne Quinney and Dai Hounsell, Visiting Professor in FLIE, for the final Assessment and Feedback Masterclass in this series. Designing assessments – Wednesday 23rd June 1-2pm Join us to find out more and to share your experiences of designing assessments and ask any questions.  How do I join?… Read more » about Assessment and Feedback Masterclass – Designing Assessments

Fusion Learning Conference 2021 – Programme

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We’re excited to share with you the final programme for our upcoming FLIE conference. All sessions will take place online and links will be advertised nearer the time. Monday 28th June Tuesday 29th June Wednesday 30th June Thursday 1st July Friday 2nd July 10.00-11.00 Conference Opening Prof. Tim McIntyre-Bhatty Keynote speaker: Prof. Stephen Heppell Preparing… Read more » about Fusion Learning Conference 2021 – Programme

Hyperlinks and Mentimeter presentations

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Mentimeter have recently added the functionality to add hyperlinks to presentations. You can add hyperlinks to almost any input field in the Mentimeter editor, with a few exceptions (such as answer options on question slides). Hyperlinks are a great way to provide access to an important resource or website during or after your presentation. How… Read more » about Hyperlinks and Mentimeter presentations

New curricular units on Brightspace

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The new curricular units for 21/22 will be available on Brightspace to staff from 12th July. To help staff prepare for the coming academic year FLIE will be supporting Faculties with online sessions throughout July and September. More details to follow. Student access Students will have access to units for Semester 1/2/3 one week prior… Read more » about New curricular units on Brightspace