Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
CEL ran one of its TEL workshops at Lansdowne yesterday which focused on gaining the most from myBU. The workshop centred around the attached mindmap which gives academics a view of the features and use of myBU. If you have a look at the mind map and see aspects of myBU that you would like… Read more » about Gaining the most from myBU
Some staff who have completed this online questionnaire have commented that they found it useful to confirm how much they did know and also to identify pedagogic areas and TEL Tools which they had heard of but realised they did not know well. This acted as a prompt to use the TEL Toolkit to learn… Read more » about What did you learn from the digital skills self-assessment?
Win an iPad2 Air! 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… Read more » about TEL Toolkit competition – How do you use yours?
Over the next 5 months, CEL is piloting a project in which BU students help BU staff to develop their digital skills, knowledge and confidence. Our pilot follows similar projects at other HEIs that have been both welcomed by staff and successful in helping staff. This help and support can be provided on a one-to-one… Read more » about Developing your digital skills with the help of students
The Centre for Excellence in Learning (CEL) played an active role during yesterday’s Service Excellence Conference 2016 by hosting a fun session with technology in PG30a. During the afternoon session facilitated by Debbie Holley and other technology experts, several participants had a thrilling experience with Oculus Rift, Virtual Reality Glasses, Google Cardboard, Augmented Reality and Virtual Roller-coasting…. Read more » about CEL at the Service Excellence Conference 2016
During the Service Excellence Conference, CEL is hosting a technology session between 2pm and 3:45. Why not drop in to experience some augmented reality, virtual roller-coasting and Oculus Rift??
Over the next 5 months, CEL is piloting a project in which BU students help BU staff to develop their digital skills, knowledge and confidence. Our pilot follows similar projects at other HEIs that have been both welcomed by staff and successful in helping staff. This help and support can be provided on a one-to-one… Read more » about Developing your digital skills with the help of students
Following on from some of the ideas discussed in a previous post – 5 Different Things to Do With Panopto – there will be a Tablet Talk session on Friday 6th May that will explore some of the potential uses of mobile video through Panopto. The session will cover: A brief overview of Panopto for those not familiar… Read more » about Upcoming Tablet Talk: ‘Mobile Video for Learning, Teaching, and Fusion’
IT Services recently rolled out the Panopto Recorder software to all staff PCs and learning spaces, including the presenter PCs in seminar rooms. It is also available in all Lecture Theatres. You can use Panopto to record live lectures, or to pre-record lectures and similar activities in advance from your own desktop. You can also use… Read more » about Panopto – Now available on all staff PCs
Professor Sian Baynes Keynote: A teaching philosophy for digital education : Manifesto for teaching online Professor Bayne teaches on MSc in Digital Education; and is part of the team working on one of the most influential MOOCs in the world: E-Learning and digital cultures MOOC and has recently set up the Edinburgh University Research in… Read more » about Professor Sian Baynes Keynote (Report from ALDinHE Conference 2016 #aldcon)
