Week Commencing 19th May, 2025
Since the university moved to Blackboard Ultra in September, there has been a fantastic effort from academic staff to reshape and develop their modules in a variety of creative ways.
To celebrate the end of the first teaching year using the new VLE, the Technology Enhanced Learning Unit will be running a series of short online talks to showcase innovative and successful practice throughout the University, with an overarching theme of student engagement and retention. This will be in partnership with Darren Cooper, the University Lead for Continuing Professional Development in Learning and Teaching.
Topics will include:
- Developing fully online and highly blended courses using Blackboard Ultra
- Encouraging engagement with course readings and Talis resource lists
- Using Blackboard for guided activities in the classroom
- Using the reporting tools to monitor student engagement and support retention
Talks will be around 45 minutes to an hour, with time for questions at the end. The sessions will be recorded and hosted via Darren Cooper’s Learning Design For Teaching Excellence site on SharePoint, as a resource for all to use.
The finalised schedule will be published at a later date.
We hope you can join us.
