Guest blog by Dr Lewis Coyne, Study Skills Tutor for Social Sciences and Law
The past 10 months have brought about a minor revolution in the teaching and support offered at higher education institutions. The … Continue reading
Tag: online learning
How can online communities enhance online learning?
It is no news that there has been a major change to the way curriculums are being delivered across the Education sector. There has been a distinctive rise of e-learning over the past couple of months, … Continue reading
Top Tips for Building Inclusive Online Communities within Breakout Rooms
As the first post on the building inclusive online communities’ theme, I wished to clarify what the aims of this theme are to BILT. Building Inclusive Online Communities is about exploring how we can maintain … Continue reading
Designing an online course that is more about questions than answers
Guest blog from Professor Bridget Anderson and Emma Newcombe
This time in 2019 we at Migration Mobilities Bristol (MMB), one of Bristol’s Specialist Research Institutes, were busy planning a programme of international visits and … Continue reading
BILT Hackathon: 9 solutions to great asynchronous learning
The BILT Hackathon first involved us splitting into groups and discussing the main challenges that we as students are finding whilst participating in blended learning. Some challenges we discussed did not affect us all equally, … Continue reading
Digital icebreakers
We’re all familiar with the use of icebreakers in workshops, seminars and meetings. Usually it’s a rapid-fire series of names, disciplines and role titles. They can also take alternative forms like an individual task that is then shared with the group … Continue reading
Employability in the curriculum – the Why and How of real-world learning
‘Real-world’, or ‘authentic’ learning are terms you are probably familiar with by now. This approach is a key feature of the curriculum framework, and one on which BILT have already shared a lot of … Continue reading
BILT Friday Briefing Issue 39
News
New briefing format
You will notice that the briefing is now in a new format and platform. This is because Amy Palmer (Digital Resources Officer) is now on maternity leave. We wish Amy well … Continue reading
The Civic University Online
A few months ago, I wrote a blogpost on urban spaces and the concept of the civic university. This topic is now reconsidered in the context a pandemic-affected world and has led me to … Continue reading
Learning to live well in lockdown: A student’s diary on the Science of Happiness course
When I heard the Science of Happiness course was being made available, I was immediately curious. Not only did Bruce Hood’s course offering provide the prospect of doing something to cheer me up during lockdown, … Continue reading