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The Newsletter from the Centre for Learning & Teaching

August 2020 - issue # 1

News and Events

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Watch again: Building belonging through the Bath Blend

On Monday 20th July, we held the third of our Bath Blend Summer Series: Building belonging through the Bath Blend.

If you weren't able to attend or would like to review the fascinating Lightning Talks delivered by colleagues from across the University, click here to watch the Building Belonging event video.

Watch again: Your blend - opportunities and challenges

On Monday 13th July, we held the second in our Bath Blend Summer Series: ‘Your blend: opportunities and challenges in blended learning and teaching’.

This Panel event offered an opportunity to discuss long-term blended approaches to delivery. Click here to watch the Panel event video.

Bath Blend Essentials

Our Bath Blend Essentials are quick guides to help introduce you to key aspects of online and blended learning and teaching and are full of practical hints and tips. Read more about Bath Blend Essentials on the CLT Hub.

Conversation with Cake

Join us for our next virtual Conversation with Cake sessions (on Teams).

Tues 4 Aug - 12:15 - 13:45 - more information

Gary Motteram & Gillian Forrester (2005) Becoming an Online Distance Learner: What can be learned from students’ experiences of induction to distance programmes?, Distance Education, 26:3, 281-298, DOI: 10.1080/01587910500291330

https://www.pearson.com/uk/learners/higher-education-students/he-student-blog.htm

CRADLE 2020

One of the advantages of conferences being rearranged as online events is that they have become more accessible. There are no travel costs and, in some cases, organisers have waived registration fees. The conference below is a case in point - free to attend, although it may mean a few early starts and late evenings!

19 to 20 October 2020 - University Assessment, Learning and Teaching: New Research Directions for a Postdigital World (Deakin University, Australia)

To mark its fifth anniversary, Deakin University’s Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) is hosting a higher education research conference that aims to provide a focused forum for HE research as a discipline.

Registrations are now open for CRADLE 2020.

Coming soon – further guidance and support

The TEL team are currently planning further guidance and support to be rolled out during August. These include:

*A series of short and focused 'how-to' video guides for key tasks to set up your blended learning environment using core University technologies (Moodle course design, Video creation (Re:View – Panopto), Synchronous Online learning (Webinars, Group breakouts, MS Teams meetings).

*Drop in Q&A sessions to 'ask the team'.

*Scheduled webinars to demonstrate common tasks in core technologies.

Look out for details on the CLT Hub.

TEL team win University awards

The Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team in the CLT, and TEL Manager Dr Chris Bonfield, are among the winners of this year's Staff Recognition Awards. They'll find out which category of award they have won at a Virtual Award Ceremony to be held on 7th September. In the meantime, I'm sure everyone would like to join us in congratulating Chris and the TEL Team.

Farewell to Dr Rachael Carkett

As some of you may know, Dr Rachael Carkett will be leaving the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the end of this month. Rachael has worked at the University of Bath for over 15 years - and in academia for much longer.

If you would like to join us on Thursday 30th July, at 4 pm, to wish Rachael farewell, please contact Nadine Grimmett at: clt@bath.ac.uk.

New academic professional development curriculum

From September 2020, academic and professional services staff will be able to access a new curriculum to support the development of their teaching and research. The Academic Professional Development for All Staff provision - better known as APDaS - will offer access to development opportunities for all staff interested in enhancing their teaching practice, or research skills.

Read our blog about the APDaS curriculum.

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Interested in pedagogical research?

This week, our PedR@Bath Community got together virtually to talk about current projects and the way forward for the group. It was great to catch up with everyone after a break from our regular meetings! If you'd like to join the PedR@Bath Community or are interested in finding out more, get in touch with Sue Watts at: clt@bath.ac.uk.

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