So, I will be honest, I have been dwelling on this blog idea for a while now, and the reason I haven’t written it is because I was stuck. I was struggling to come up with the perfect name for … Continue reading...
Tag: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary
Supporting graduate learners: Optimising the physical and digital environment for case-based learning in veterinary education
A Teaching Innovation Grant was awarded to Emma Love for 2018/19 for a project looking into support for graduates on the Accelerated Graduate Entry Programme (AGEP), specifically looking at the impact physical and digital space had on learning.
The group, … Continue reading...
Tales from a ‘School Trip’ to Langford
Last week, two of our student fellows, Marnie & Toby, went for a ‘school trip’ to Langford to visit the Clinical Skills Lab with Alison Catterall, and to meet with Chloe Anderson and Lindsey Gould. Chloe and Lindsey have developed … Continue reading...
A BILT Project: Evaluating a clinical skills lab as an active learning space: sharing best practice and identifying areas for improvement
A 2018/19 Teaching Innovation Grant was awarded to Alison Catterall, Rachel Christopher, Sam Brown, Sarah Baillie, the Clinical Skills Lab Team from Bristol Vet School.
The Clinical Skills Lab (CSL) at Bristol Vet School provides a student-centred learning space that … Continue reading...
Interdisciplinary Teaching
Since antiquity, humanity’s greatest minds have stretched the boundaries of science, art and innovation. Astronomer, philosopher and mathematician Hypatia was revered in ancient Greece. In China, Zhang Heng created the world’s first seismometer in c.130AD, drawing on his knowledge of … Continue reading...
Using visualisations to develop skills in astrodynamics
Learning about the geometry and kinematics of bodies and their trajectories through space (or ‘astrodynamics’) is challenging due to its three-dimensional nature. To address this, the University of Bristol have developed simulation exercises for students based on a constructivist learning … Continue reading...
Getting Creative in the Archive – University of Bristol Theatre Collection
To celebrate National Storytelling Week 2019, The University of Bristol Theatre Collection ran a creative and free writing workshop for students. Using original artefacts from the archive to prompt stories and conversations, the Theatre Collection stands as a testament to … Continue reading...
The LeapForward Project
Professor Sheena Warman was the lead academic on her project, ‘LeapForward’, for which she was awarded a Catalyst Fund from BILT for 2017/18. The project summary and conclusions can be found below – if you would like to view the … Continue reading...
Testing the use of digital technologies for field-based education to enhance graduate confidence and preparedness
Jenny Riker was awarded an Teaching Innovation Grant in 2017/18. You can find a summary of her project, and the project conclusions below. If you’d like to access a full copy of the report, please contact the BILT Team.
Project … Continue reading...