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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
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
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
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
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
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?
CEL is piloting a project in which BU students help BU staff to develop their digital skills, knowledge and confidence. Our pilot follows similar successful projects at other HEIs. This help and support can be provided on a one-to-one basis or in small group settings. In terms of what help and support will be available,… Read more » about Help to develop your digital skills
You will have seen the new presentation podia that is spreading across our sites. One of the features of the new presentation equipment is that you can display what is on an Android or iOS device on the projected screen. To learn more of this feature, please read this article from the IT Knowledge base…. Read more » about Presenting using a mobile device
Your TEL Toolkit launched on 1 February 2016 and now is your opportunity to share how you use yours. Bringing together your examples will provide an opportunity to add additional content to your TEL Toolkit and may provoke some new ideas for others too. The competition will be open from 14 March 2016 until 22 April 2016 and you… Read more » about Use the TEL Toolkit? Win an iPad Air
Following Professor Jane Searle’s excellent keynote address on “technology as a tool for inclusion: use and abuse in classroom settings” at CELebrate2016, a discussion forum facilitated by the speaker provided an opportunity for participants to appraise how well BU was maximising technology to foster a more inclusive community of learners. The discussion revolved around two… Read more » about Forum members at CELebrate2016 brainstormed on technology as a tool for inclusion
