Teaching and Learning

Building the University of the Future – Lego workshop

Posted . Filed under Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creativity, Curriculum design, Events and workshops, Flipped classroom, Gamification, HE Students, Innovation, Lego, Lego serious play, PGCert, Reflective practice, Teaching and Learning, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

The Centre for Excellence is committed to inspiring creative approaches to learning and teaching. CEL has several boxes of lego that staff can borrow. Please contact  Curie Scott  We were delighted to host Professor Alison Smith (Professor of Learning and Teaching at the University of Winchester) who facilitated two sessions . Here is a summary… Read more » about Building the University of the Future – Lego workshop

Regional event: Intro to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

Posted . 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

Sharing practice: the instructional design team at Solent

Posted . Filed under Digital skills, Teaching and Learning, TEL, VLE.

In January I visited Dr Carina Buckley and her Instructional Design team at Southampton Solent University.  It was a great chance to see how a similar team to our own was approaching TEL in HE and if there was any best practice we could share. Their ‘SOL Baseline’ to guide their academics in the philosophy… Read more » about Sharing practice: the instructional design team at Solent

JISC – Horizons report – emerging technologies and the mental health challenge

Posted . Filed under Augmented Reality, Blended learning, Case Studies Outside BU, Communities of Practice, Education, Equality and Diversity, HE Students, Innovation, News, Resource, Teaching and Learning, Virtual reality.

This report is split into two sections. The first section focuses on summarising the major strategic challenges the sector is facing, analysing the current state of the most relevant emerging technologies and then mapping where the emerging technologies could help with the strategic challenges. The second section consists of a horizon scan of mental health and wellbeing. In… Read more » about JISC – Horizons report – emerging technologies and the mental health challenge

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

Posted . Filed under News, Research, Teaching and Learning, TEL.

Professor Debbie Holley

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

Women in Tech: International Women’s Day at BU

Posted . Filed under International Women's Day, Resource, Teaching and Learning, TEL, TELID, Women's Academic Network.

Women's Academic Network

  To celebrate International Women’s Day 2019, the Centre for Excellence in Learning and the BU Women’s Academic Network co-produced a ‘Women in technology’ and ‘Uncelebrated Women’ event, offered to staff and students across BU. The first workshop, Coding and Learning was led by the inspirational Dr Carina Buckley, Instructional Design Manager at Solent Learning… Read more » about Women in Tech: International Women’s Day at BU

18th March Animation, Simulation and Visualisation: Virtual and Augmented Reality

Posted . Filed under Augmented Reality, Blended learning, Creative Methods, Creativity, Curriculum design, Digital skills, Education, Events and workshops, Teaching and Learning, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

Date:     18th March 2019 Timings 10-1pm room:  Student Hall, Talbot campus The CEL/TEL team at Bournemouth University are investigating Augmented and Virtual Reality and how that might be used to enhance learning. Come and join us for an introduction to Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR and AR). We will showcase examples of how work… Read more » about 18th March Animation, Simulation and Visualisation: Virtual and Augmented Reality

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

Posted . 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”

Education for Sustainable Development Teaching Awards (deadline 29 March)

Posted . Filed under Blended learning, Co-creation, Education, Equality and Diversity, Sustainability, Teaching and Learning.

The Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL) has launched its fourth Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Teaching Awards, which highlight the great things you’re doing to inspire our students to learn and think about the world around them and how they can make a difference. ESD Teaching Award 2019 Climate change is rarely out of… Read more » about Education for Sustainable Development Teaching Awards (deadline 29 March)