Dr Chris Moore of UWE recently presented at the Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference (2016) about his approaches to embedding authentic assessment into a unit delivered to a large cohort of students. The unit in question was a Level 4 Anatomy unit attended by over 200 students with delivery of 12 topics, spread over 24 weeks involving lectures, practicals and tutorials. Assessment… Read more » about #BbTLC2016: Authentic assessment with large cohorts
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CELebrate Workshop: The challenges and rewards of teaching qualitative analysis using CAQDAS
I delivered this workshop as part of #CELebrate2016, with three main objectives. First, to acquaint participants with the principles of using Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) for qualitative analysis; second, to discuss the rewards that come with introducing students to the potential uses of CAQDAS while they are learning qualitative analysis techniques; and… Read more » about CELebrate Workshop: The challenges and rewards of teaching qualitative analysis using CAQDAS
Panopto end user licence changes
For those staff who already use Panopto and for those who plan to use it in the future, we would like to make you aware of a change that is effective from today. When you open Panopto and start to make a recording, you will be asked to agree to a new end user licence… Read more » about Panopto end user licence changes
Do you use Turning Point or other audience response system?
A joint mini project between the Learning Technologists and CEL is looking into the tools we use to elicit responses from students in class. These are collectively known as audience response systems and are very useful tools to engage students in a lecture or seminar setting. You may have used or heard about Turning Point… Read more » about Do you use Turning Point or other audience response system?
Schedule for the presentation equipment refresh
IT have been upgrading the presentation equipment across the 190 teaching rooms on the BU campuses. Here is the schedule for completing the upgrade in the coming months. AV Refresh Schedule April 2016 If the equipment in the room(s) you teach in has changed recently, you can contact ITS for help or log in to… Read more » about Schedule for the presentation equipment refresh
Informal Learning in the Workplace
Professor John Cook of UWE gave a fascinating keynote address at the recently held CELebrate 2016 on the subject of Informal Learning in the Workplace. The address drew on a large European project on Learning Layers intended to develop technologies that support informal learning in the workplace, with particular focus on Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) within… Read more » about Informal Learning in the Workplace
Challenging educational paradigms: The changing role of the learning technologist
Peter Bryant of the London School of Economics gave a thought provoking keynote address at the recently held CELebrate 2016 on the subject Challenging educational paradigms: The changing role of the learning technologist. Here are some excerpts from the presentation: “The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed” – William Gibson ‘Six years ago, for the first… Read more » about Challenging educational paradigms: The changing role of the learning technologist
Trialling the virtual classroom
Over the next few months, BU will be testing out virtual classrooms. A virtual classroom is an online learning environment that brings academics and students together who are geographically separated. The environment allows many people to participate in the same online classroom session, sharing audio, video and resources such as documents and presentations. BU will… Read more » about Trialling the virtual classroom
CEL seminar: Using Peerwise for research methods and academic writing – Mon 25 Apr
Monday 25 April 2016. 12:00 – 13:00. PG30a (Poole House). Peerwise is a free, online multiple choice question and answer application in which students create questions that are answered by other students. While Peerwise can be used for subject-specific questions, a set of questions have been developed on the more general topics of research methods… Read more » about CEL seminar: Using Peerwise for research methods and academic writing – Mon 25 Apr
Do you know your Panopto from your WePresent?
There are many technology enhanced learning (TEL) tools available to you that can help with your teaching and learning. To help you determine your strengths, we have developed a short digital skills self-assessment online questionnaire. Why would you spend time completing the questionnaire? Here are our three reasons: The self-assessment will give you a good… Read more » about Do you know your Panopto from your WePresent?
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