Centre for Fusion Learning Innovation and Excellence
Embedding excellence through fusion of education, research and professional practice
On Radio 4 this morning Rabbi Jonathan Sacks discussed AI with some of the world’s leading thinkers. The programme started by highlighting the amazing advantages that AI can bring to the human race. For example, AI will enable cheap and fast diagnosis of medical conditions. They already have an algorithm that can diagnose 40… Read more » about AI- Empathy and Human Interaction. What are the implications for educators?
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
Dear colleagues, apologies for cross posting: ========== Call for Proposals (pdf) The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning invites you to join its 15th annual conference, which will be hosted in Bergen, Norway, from October 24 to 27, 2018. International scholars and educators will come together to share recent work and to… Read more » about ISSOTL 2018 Call for Proposals
Dear colleagues, apologies for cross posting: ============== Journal of Student Affairs in Africa (JSAA), Vol. 6 (2018): “Space, language and identity politics in 21st century higher education” Guest editor: Philippa Tumubweinee As a way of introducing the theme to be tackled in a 2018 guest-edited issue of the Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, it is… Read more » about Call for submission of papers
If you’re planning on applying for HEA Fellowship in 2018 then we highly recommend you attend one of the upcoming series of sessions to be run by Dr Martyn Polkinghorne and Dr Hywel Dix. The interactive one hour sessions are designed for colleagues interested in applying for Associate, Fellow or Senior Fellow and will introduce… Read more » about Planning on applying for HEA Fellowship in 2018?
This Friday evening Liz Falconer and myself joined in with a virtual reality chat using the Engage platform (it is freely downloadable using Steam, though not available on Mac at present). We were able to listen to an expert panel (one being the Vive-president of HTC vive) and join an audience of people from… Read more » about Using Virtual Worlds for Meetings and Discussions
“…If the college don’t push it forward, how are people going to get to know each other, you just don’t…” Helen Pokorny (University of Westminster, Debbie Holley, Bournemouth University and Suzanne Kane, Salford University “…If the college don’t push it forward, how are people going to get to know each other, you just don’t…” from… Read more » about Generation TEF: Teaching in spotlight – presentation on BME students, their travels and thoughts for HEI policy
Dear colleagues, a new article “Transforming learning through student research” has just been published and you may find it useful. Here is an excerpt from it: “Given the huge potential for research of all types to enhance learning outcomes, higher education can benefit from integrating student research activities into curricula at all levels across all domains…. Read more » about Transforming learning through student research
By Peter Phillips CEL Innovation Awards, Project Update We were awarded money through the CEL innovation award to develop a prototype board game for student paramedics called Duty Calls. This game is a fun way for student paramedics to learn about the issues of professionalism and their responsibilities as aspiring healthcare professionals. Duty Calls has… Read more » about Educational game development: ‘Duty calls’
In the higher education context, the ‘students as researchers’pedagogical approach supports “students in their engagement with undergraduate research within and/or beyond the formal curriculum with the aim of furthering their own knowledge and understanding, and in some cases contributing to, the broader knowledge base of their discipline” (Walkington, 2015: 5). At BU, research underpins our… Read more » about ‘Students as researchers’ pedagogy at BU
