The University of Bristol has pledged to make the city a better place1. Our research institutes are leading the charge to action this2, but how can we connect our research to our teaching? How can we … Continue reading...
Tag: Education and Student Experience
When Problems Create Solutions: A Problem-Based Approach to Teaching
Problem based learning (PBL) is an approach to teaching that supports creative and complex problem-solving. It seeks to address open-ended problems and real-world scenarios that researchers and industry encounter in professional practice. The higher education sector has employed PBL … Continue reading...
ABC Learning Design: presentations and Q&A at UCL
Emilie Poletto-Lawson is an Educational Developer (based in Academic Staff Development) and a BILT fellow working on the BILT theme of inclusive assessment.
This blog of a follow up from the blog post “ABC Learning design: workshop at UCL… Continue reading...
ABC Learning Design: Workshop at UCL
Emilie Poletto-Lawson is an educational developer (based in Academic Staff Development) and a BILT Fellow working on the BILT theme of inclusive assessment.
If you are at the stage of reviewing how the year went or planning next years teaching, … Continue reading...
How do I make my assessment inclusive?
Emilie Poletto-Lawson is a BILT fellow (based in Academic Staff Development), working on the BILT theme of inclusive assessment. July 2019
What struck me, the more I read about inclusive assessment, was that what I was looking at was “simply” … Continue reading...
Learning Games #3
The third Learning Games event took place against a backdrop of thundery showers in the Victoria Rooms on Wednesday 8th May. In attendance were colleagues from both professional and academic backgrounds, ranging in discipline and service but all with … 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...
Learning Games #2
The second ‘Learning Games’ event took place on 17th January. To give everyone a chance to eat their lunch, the session started with a discussion around the tables about where we would like to use games in our teaching, … Continue reading...
Informal exploratory writing: three activities you can try with your students
The following post was written by Amy Palmer, BILT Digital Resources Officer.
Studies have shown there is a strong correlation between the amount of writing a learner completes and their attainment (Arum and Roksa, 2011). John Bean, in his book … Continue reading...
‘Using Games in Teaching’ – 26/10/2018
The first ‘Using Games in Teaching’ event, organised by Chrysanthi Tseloudi and Suzi Wells from the Digital Education Office, saw 25 colleagues from across the University come together to discuss their experiences, hopes and ideas for gamifying learning. A wide range … Continue reading...