A series of monthly institution-wide sessions aimed at colleagues in Schools to introduce the basics of Blackboard Ultra and get to grips with the features they will be expected to use when setting up and delivering modules and assessing learning. A key feature of these sessions will be to help colleagues design impactful learning experiences on the VLE, ensuring that the VLE becomes an expansion of the learning ecosystem.
A workshop for colleagues to seek formal recognition for their work in teaching and supporting learning in HE through Advance HE’s Fellowship Scheme.
As a current Link Tutor at Teesside University you are invited to attend this staff development session to support you in undertaking this activity.
In this overview of the use of large language models in teaching and learning, Hunter explains the technology underlying LLMs, talks about why we don’t need to worry about hallucinations (but should never blindly trust LLMs), and outlines the ways that we can use LLMs to provide personalised learning in higher education.
Blackboard Ultra is the University’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a modern, responsive platform, designed to function on all devices (including mobile), and is used for all our campus taught courses. A series of monthly institution-wide sessions aimed at colleagues in Schools understand the basics of Blackboard Ultra and get to grips with the features they will be expected to use when setting up and delivering modules and assessing learning.
The Online Learning Designers contribute towards positioning Teesside University as a sector-leading catalyst for innovation and change, preparing the institutional terrain for the high impact adoption of Online Learning. For all online learning courses, the Academic Transformation Programme is an integral part of preparing for the course approvals process and the journey from course approvals to course launch.
The annual LTExChange Symposia Series will bring together and engage key stakeholders to support new thinking and share practice innovations as we consider what it means to be a truly “Connected University” in what is an increasingly uncertain higher education landscape. Through the series we will be considering, more specifically, what it means for the university, staff and students to be ‘globally connected’ and how we can prepare our staff and students to adapt and develop ‘socially and ethically engaged’ approaches to learning that will meet future challenges.
A workshop for colleagues to seek formal recognition for their work in teaching and supporting learning in HE through Advance HE’s Fellowship Scheme.
Blackboard Ultra is the University’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a modern, responsive platform, designed to function on all devices (including mobile), and is used for all our campus taught courses. A series of monthly institution-wide sessions aimed at colleagues in Schools understand the basics of Blackboard Ultra and get to grips with the features they will be expected to use when setting up and delivering modules and assessing learning.
This session will focus on the University’s Personal Tutoring Code of Practice; we will discuss its aims and rationale and the key principles that form the basic underpinning of the Code. This session is relevant to all new academic colleagues who are Personal Tutors within their Schools and may also be relevant to other academic and support staff who wish to find out more about Personal Tutoring at Teesside University.
