Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
A few days ago, we held a technology enhanced learning (TEL) workshop for one of the departments in SciTech. The 2 hour session was run by CEL and the focus was on a number of tools that could be used in teaching in learning, a subset of 4 being chosen from the soon to be… Read more » about CEL workshop on TEL for SciTech
We are excited with the developments on the TEL Toolkit which you’ll recall is to be released in the first week in February. We are working on the content, videos and images that will be used on the site. Demonstrations of the toolkit have taken place this week for the first time and the response… Read more » about TEL Toolkit developments
A reminder that, as part of the Vision4Learning Project, we are developing the TEL Toolkit to support and encourage our academics to consider different tools and techniques to support the learning for our students. The project team are now modelling the TEL Toolkit and will be using the next V4L Drop In Sessions to welcome… Read more » about TEL toolkit drop-in sessions: 7 & 11 Jan 16
As part of the Vision4Learning Project we are developing the TEL Toolkit to support and encourage our academics to consider different tools and techniques to support the learning for our students. The project team are now modelling the TEL Toolkit and will be using the next V4L Drop In Sessions to welcome as much feedback… Read more » about TEL Toolkit drop in sessions – 7th and 11th of January
BU’s IT Services has introduced a new and convenient way of showing presentations using BU’s – or your own – devices without wires or adaptors. This new installation is part of the wider Audio Visual Refresh Project, which has seen equipment in teaching spaces and meeting rooms across the university being replaced with the most… Read more » about TEL Toolkit: Presentation equipment
Dr Geli Roushan reports on an Academic Leadership Tour that was hosted by the University of Groningen to learn more about how the University is using Blackboard (Bb), or as we refer to the application, myBU. A number of UK universities were joined to hear Groningen’s experience of Bb where their IT and education departments have… Read more » about What we can learn from how others are using Blackboard/myBU
Study: Millennials Spend More Than 3 Hrs/Day on #MobilePhones buff.ly/1LQksrm By Rhea Kelly 11/19/15 The average U.S. millennial (aged 16-30) with Internet access spends 3.1 hours a day on a mobile phone — totaling 21.7 hours a week or 1,128 hours (47 days) a year, according to a new study from global research consultancy TNS…. Read more » about Study: Millennials Spend More Than 3 Hrs/Day on Mobile Phones
Extract from the JISC introduction: At Jisc, we have been looking into the hot topic of employability and the growing ‘employability gap’: the fact that the skills students have as they leave our educational institutions aren’t meeting the expectations of employers, and that employers also want wider, softer skills as well as demonstration of knowledge… Read more » about ‘Unlocking the digital potential of graduates: technology for employability
JISC have revisited their excellent guide to mobile learning – new case studies, videos and lots more… Extract from Guide: “Mobile learning can be many things to different groups of people. Superficially, it appears from the outside to be learning via mobile devices such as smartphones, MP3 players, laptops and tablets. Certainly, these are important… Read more » about The new and updated JISC Guide to mobile learning
Greetings OER Friends: In case you missed this good news… The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released its latest OER report yesterday: Open Educational Resources: A Catalyst for Innovation, Educational Research and Innovation. (PDF) OECD post re-tweet CC post re-tweet Creative Commons (CC) is also pleased to see OECD using a CC license… Read more » about The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) release of latest OER report (thanks to Cable Green)
