Using digital tools you feel comfortable with to give students an authentic learning experience
Sarah Watson reflects on using familiar tools to develop an innovative simulation for her Accounting and Finance students.
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The lab sheet as tutor: scaffolding students and those who teach them
Jon White explains how writing every lab worksheet in two editions, one for students and one for tutors, supports absent students and new teaching staff.
Read moreDeveloping immersive experiences to support dementia education
A project between UWE Bristol, NHS colleagues and external developers has created immersive VR and 360-degree experiences to help learners explore the challenges of living with dementia.
Read moreBuilding community through Ultra discussions
Paul Redford shares how he has made discussions a central part of the fully online MA Education Leadership
Read moreMA Journalism: Building AI assistants that encourage students to think
Using Microsoft Copilot Studio to create AI assistants that support practice, feedback and independent learning without simply giving students the answers.
Read moreFeedback that sticks: case study from Occupational Therapy
In the third post in the series Hazel Cottle shares how she has been actively investigating and trialing changes to feedback practice
Read moreTeaching Students to question AI, not fear it
Dr Liz Anderson shares development of a student-focused AI literacy resource for use within the Biomedical and Biological Sciences programmes at UWE.
Read moreDeveloping an immersive ‘Stop and Search’ scenario for policing
The Digital Learning Team have developed an interactive 360° scenario that places students in realistic policing situations
Read moreAI-Proofing assessment through code vivas
Simon Emberton explains how a first-year programming module was redesigned to focus on assessing student understanding
Read moreGamifying finance education: using AI to create engaging and authentic learning
Four Bristol Business School academics share how they used AI to help create WorkReady Finance, a phone-based business game that turns finance concepts into real-world decisions.
Read moreFrom spreadsheet chaos to a collaborative student support tracker
Case study on a practical solution to improve collaboration and student support across teams
Read moreCops uncuffed: Creating podcast resources for policing students
Dominic McVeigh showcases a project using podcasting to create learning resources for policing and criminal justice students
Read moreCreating short videos to support students with primary research
Claire Holmes showcases her Digital Skills Gold project - a short video resource to help healthcare students understand the difference between primary and secondary research
Read moreStandardising marking information for policing assessors
Ian Lowe shares how he improve the consistency and accessibility of assessor marking guidance across the policing programme
Read moreTransforming collaboration: Developing our staff Sharepoint hub
Alison Arrowsmith, Senior Midwifery Lecturer, shares a project to design, develop, and implement a new staff SharePoint site for the midwifery team
Read moreUsing Blackboard Forms as a portfolio tool: Reflections from a professional short course
This case study looks at how Blackboard Ultra Forms were piloted as a lightweight portfolio tool
Read moreUsing Ultra’s AI conversation tool to support student assessment confidence
This case study examines how Blackboard Ultra’s AI conversation tool was piloted to provide assessment support
Read moreUsing ‘Release Conditions’ rules in Blackboard Ultra
Two examples of using Release Conditions to control access to online exams
Read moreBringing post‑partum psychosis to life through immersive simulation
This case study explores a collaborative project to design an immersive learning experience for Year 3 Mental Health Nursing students
Read moreUnlocking the potential of videogames in Politics and IR teaching (and beyond)
In this case study Dr Jane Kirkpatrick shows how videogames can be used to support experiential learning of complex social and political ideas.
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