Teaching and Learning

How To Practice ‘Safe Techs’: Practical Virtual & Augmented Reality Hygiene Advice

Posted . Filed under Augmented Reality, Education, Health, Innovation, Teaching and Learning, Virtual reality.

Forbes article from Sol Rogers of Consumer Tech. The coronavirus outbreak has put everyone on a hygiene alert. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has outlined basic protective measures: Wash hands frequently, maintain social distancing, avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth, and practice good respiratory hygiene. But what are the best practices if you are sharing immersive… Read more » about How To Practice ‘Safe Techs’: Practical Virtual & Augmented Reality Hygiene Advice

Is Immersive Technology The Future Of Journalism?

Posted . Filed under Augmented Reality, employability, HE Students, Innovation, Teaching and Learning, Virtual reality.

Forbes Article by Sol Rogers, Contributor to Consumer Tech Nonny de la Peña, named the ‘Godmother of Virtual Reality’, helped invent virtual journalism. With early pieces like Hunger in Los Angeles and Gone Gitmo, Nonny shone a light on the potential of immersive media to change journalism. Talking to VFX Voice, Nonny said, “As journalists,… Read more » about Is Immersive Technology The Future Of Journalism?

12 Apps of Christmas

Posted . Filed under Blended learning, News, Teaching and Learning, TEL.

The Digital Education Unit at the University of Glasgow has pulled together 12 apps that are useful in teaching and learning for online and distance education. Starting on the 9th of December 2019 they will reveal one app per day for 12 consecutive working days. They’ve added some festive cheer by creating a different short… Read more » about 12 Apps of Christmas

Brightspace tools : Intelligent Agents

Posted . Filed under Brightspace, News, Teaching and Learning.

At the end of November, Sophie McGown Customer Success Manager at D2L, ran some sessions with BU staff providing a more detailed look at one of Brightspace’s most powerful tools; Intelligent Agents. Sophie shared some best practice and top tips before assisting staff in building and scheduling Intelligent Agents to run on their units. What… Read more » about Brightspace tools : Intelligent Agents

New Brightspace Feature Pilot – Activity Feed

Posted . Filed under Co-creation, Creativity, Education, FLIE, Teaching and Learning, TEL, TELID, VLE.

As a part our ongoing evaluation of updates to Brightspace, for Semester 2, we will be piloting a new widget called ‘Activity Feed’ which replaces the current ‘Announcements’ tool on your unit Homepage. The Activity Feed allows linked content and activities to be more easily embedded in posts and brings a new approach to the… Read more » about New Brightspace Feature Pilot – Activity Feed

Did you know there’s an app for Brightspace?

Posted . Filed under Brightspace, Digital skills, Education, HE Students, Innovation, Mobile learning, Student, Teaching and Learning, VLE.

Called ‘Brightspace Pulse’ it was originally developed as a way for students to receive notifications, however, it has been redesigned and now offers almost full Brightspace functionality. Students can access their course material on the go and staff can manage their Units from anywhere. As an example, I was recently asked to help where a… Read more » about Did you know there’s an app for Brightspace?

Green screen – an easy way to create an impression…

Posted . Filed under Education, Innovation, News, Teaching and Learning.

At our recent research day, ‘Nurses today, tomorrow and the future’, our librarian Jose Lopez Blanco and I decided to give a future ‘feel’ to the day. Working with FLIE LTs Tracey Webb and Stephen Pyne, we used chroma keying (where a block of colour is replaced by an image or video) using a piece… Read more » about Green screen – an easy way to create an impression…

Pearson Global Learner Survey 2019

Posted . Filed under Education, News, Teaching and Learning.

Pearson have published their inaugural Global Learner Survey, capturing the opinions of learners worldwide. Internationally, learners are relying less on traditional institutions and are adopting a self-directed approach to their education, embracing technology and online learning to facilitate this. Learners are looking for vocational and soft skills bite-size learning across their lifetime. The report highlights… Read more » about Pearson Global Learner Survey 2019

Posted . Filed under Co-creation, Coaching/ Mentoring, Communities of Practice, Creative Methods, Creativity, Curriculum design, Education, FLIE, Flipped classroom, HE Students, Innovation, MA Education, Reflective practice, Teaching and Learning, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

At FLIE, we promote working with creative methods with HE students to encourage divergent thinking. We showcased work previously using collage, images, lego and origami Working with creative methods assists active learning in both small and large groups through reflection, personalisation and social learning, Rebecca Hindley, Lecturer & Faculty of Management Peer Assisted Learning (PAL)… Read more » about