Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
Professor Debbie Holley, Professor of Learning Innovation and the Head of CEL, has published an article on Wonkhe “Everything you think you know about universities and technology is wrong” to discuss the changes and challenges that technology brings to universities. “The drivers for change are evident”, according to Debbie, and being “digital” has become “a… Read more » about Professor Debbie Holley’s vision on the changes and challenges that technology brings to universities
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2019, the Centre for Excellence in Learning and the BU Women’s Academic Network co-produced a ‘Women in technology’ and ‘Uncelebrated Women’ event, offered to staff and students across BU. The first workshop, Coding and Learning was led by the inspirational Dr Carina Buckley, Instructional Design Manager at Solent Learning… Read more » about Women in Tech: International Women’s Day at BU
After seeing a demonstration of this App at the BETT in January, I thought this would warrant further investigation. The Qlone (pronounced Clone) App for iPads and iPhones from EyeCue turns the device’s camera into a 3D scanner. The App is free to download and use but has in App purchases for some formats when… Read more » about Qlone App for iPads and iPhones
Bett is the industry show for education technology, bringing together 850+ companies, 100+ edtech start-ups and more than 34,000 attendees. Hosted at the Excel in London, Stephen Pyne and Tracey Webb took the opportunity to visit on 25 January. Tablet Academy – Escape room Fighting the queues, we managed to secure ourselves a slot in… Read more » about BETT 2019 Day Three
The Open University has released its Innovating Pedagogy 2019 report which covers the following themes. Playful learning Learning with robots Decolonising learning Drone-based learning Learning through wonder Action learning Virtual studios Place-based learning Making thinking visible Roots of Empathy Themes from previous reports Read and download the report here. http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/innovating/
During December come to the staff zone on Talbot Campus to interact with the CEL Touchscreen, for useful tips and guides for Brightspace, the Assessment and feedback toolkit, and more via video puzzles and interactive slide shows. The content will change though each of the weeks leading up to Christmas, so come and have a… Read more » about 12 Days of Christmas – CEL Touchscreen Showcase
Academics say that online recordings must be emphasised as a supplementary resource, not an alternative to lectures, or some students lose out….. Dr Edwards added that one of the ways to counteract the drop in attendance was to ensure that lectures provide something special that cannot be replicated in a recording. If lectures are interactive… Read more » about Lecture capture: vital learning aid or a licence to skip class?
Vincent Ryan presented this lecture on Friday 2nd November. It was organised by Miriam Phillips, Lecturer in Journalism and NCTJ Coordinator for the School of Journalism, English & Communication, and although primarily for Journalism students, spare tickets were offered to other staff and students. This is the second time the Google News Lab team (now… Read more » about Google News Lab visiting speaker Vincent Ryan
Most people will have heard of 3D printing, but 3D scanning generally gets little attention and is probably thought of as just a part of the 3D printing process. The other issue’s are of course that scanners have always been big and bulky, require lots of specialist software knowledge and are very, very expensive. But… Read more » about 3D Scanning and Brightspace
Dear colleagues, You may be interested in sharing this with your colleagues – some excellent free training for developing staff digital skills. Forwarded on behalf of ALT: The next course in the The Blended Learning Essentials Program, Digitally-Enriched Apprenticeships – Starts Monday 8th of October https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/blended-learning-digitally-enriched-apprenticeships The Blended Learning Essentials Program on FutureLearn is a… Read more » about Join in – free training for staff developing digital skills – the BLE MOOC
