BNU Edskill Refresher Training

Refresher training for tutors and ALs at Buckinghamshire New University in preparation for a new age of teaching and learning practice.

Mixed Method Teaching & Learning is here to stay.

This adaption is taken from the Professional Development Certificate for HR and L&D Professionals available on Floor 3 

If you are interested in working towards your Fellowship of HEA, then this an interesting website to look at

https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/guidance/teaching-and-learning/ukpsf#the-framework

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

References if you want to know more


Baddeley, Alan. Eysenck, Michael W. Anderson, Michael C. (2015, 2020). Memory. Psychology Press 3rd edition London and New York: Routledge

Chandler, P., & Sweller, J. (1991). Cognitive load theory and the format of instruction. Cognition and Instruction, 8, 293–332

Mayer, R. E. (2005). Principles for reducing extraneous processing in multimedia learning: Coherence, signalling, redundancy, spatial contiguity and temporal contiguity principles. In R. E. Mayer (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of multimedia learning (pp. 169–182). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Wen, Zhisheng (Edward), Borges Mota, Mailce and McNeill, Arthur. Working Memory in Second Language Acquisition and Processing, Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters, 2015

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/working-memory

Module 4

This is a great online resource to read about how to create screencasts (recorded tutorials)

https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/educational-technologies/all/screencasts

Module 5

Module 6

Interesting article about uninostril yoga breathing

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26865766/