Visual learning

12 Days of Christmas – CEL Touchscreen Showcase

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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

Bournemouth University Kindness – Taking Ubuntu to the Arctic Circle

Posted by & filed under Communities of Practice, Creative Methods, Equality and Diversity, Events and workshops, service excellence, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

Article written by Laura Roper. A team of advocates for Lean Management Thinking and Service Excellence at Bournemouth University were given the opportunity to visit the Arctic University of Norway and attend the annual LeanHE Conference taking place there.   It may have been -3 degrees, but the welcome for the Bournemouth University delegation was very warm…. Read more » about Bournemouth University Kindness – Taking Ubuntu to the Arctic Circle

MA Corporate Communication students experience LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

Posted by & filed under Co-creation, Creative Methods, Creativity, Education, Lego, Lego serious play, Reflective practice, Sustainability, Teaching and Learning, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

Tauheed Ramjaun, Lecturer In Corporate Communications, FMC attended a Lego workshop run by the Centre of Excellence. CEL has boxes of lego to loan out if you are interested in using it for education. Here is his report of using Lego. During this first week of teaching, I had the opportunity to apply the LEGO®… Read more » about MA Corporate Communication students experience LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®

Reflecting on research using creative methods

Posted by & filed under Creative Methods, Creative Methods, Creativity, Education, HE Students, Research, Study Skills, Teaching and Learning, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

We invited a lecture hall of postgraduate research (PGR) students to reflect on their hopes for their research studies using a collage methodology. Image-making enables cognitive disruption (in a good way). Collage can be mediated in various ways. In this situation, magazines and cut-out magazine images were spread across the lecture theatre. PGR students were… Read more » about Reflecting on research using creative methods

Virtual Avebury Showcase

Posted by & filed under Research, UoA23, Virtual reality, Visual learning.

The Virtual Avebury project will be holding a showcase afternoon between 14:00 – 16:00 on 3rd October 2018 in room F202. Staff and students are welcome to come along, don a virtual reality headset and hand-held touch devices, and experience how Avebury Henge, Wiltshire, might have looked and sounded around 2,300 BCE. You can walk and… Read more » about Virtual Avebury Showcase

Origami for Science Maths and Education International Meeting

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The Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (7OSME) 7th International Meeting occurred recently in Oxford. The conference started with a visit to The Satellite Applications Catapult at Harwell. They work with organisations to make use of, and benefit from, satellite technologies. Michael Loweth from ‘Oxford Space systems’ are one of the companies there. They develop… Read more » about Origami for Science Maths and Education International Meeting

Interesting Articles: VR uses, the human connection and 30 Must-Read Higher Education IT Blogs

Posted by & filed under Education, Innovation, News, Student, TBL, Teaching and Learning, Virtual reality, Visual learning.

Here is a collection of interesting articles picked up this week.   The 2018 Dean’s List: EdTech’s 30 Must-Read Higher Education IT Blogs Whether they are administrators or IT gurus, these bloggers know the ins and outs of how technology is reshaping education. Click here for the full article.   Fostering Human Connection for Meaningful… Read more » about Interesting Articles: VR uses, the human connection and 30 Must-Read Higher Education IT Blogs

Next week: Origami workshop and Lego workshop

Posted by & filed under Creative Methods, Creativity, Education, HE Students, Lego, Lego serious play, Origami, Research, Study Skills, Study Support, Teaching and Learning, Visual learning, Visual thinking.

CEL have worked with interested staff to create a number of workshops using creative approaches in research, education and professional practice. Our final ones are coming up – come and join us! book your place with Organisational Development These workshops are hands-on making events to gain skills for you to use these techniques yourself, please… Read more » about Next week: Origami workshop and Lego workshop

Coming up! Facilitating with Lego©, using strength based methods

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Lego© has been successfully used within Learning and Teaching across BU as well as developing stronger teams. CEL are offering Lego© workshops with two of our experts, Susanne Clarke and Tim Gale on both campus sites. Come, experience the process and consider how you may use Lego in your own research, education or professional practice…. Read more » about Coming up! Facilitating with Lego©, using strength based methods