A
- AFL
- Assessment for learning. Shifts the focus from assessment as something that happens at the end of a learning cycle to instead seeing it as an essential element of everyday teaching and learning practice where both teachers and students are active in examining where learning is at, where it needs to go, and how best to get there.
- AR
- Augmentened reality.
- ARS
- Audience response system. An alternative name for polling software, such as Mentimeter. Also, can be referred to as EVS (electronic voting system).
C
- CAD
- Curriculum and Academic Development. A team within the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT).
- CASE model
- Consistency, accessibility, scaffolding and engagement. The Bath Blend teaching framework to support effective blended teaching.
- CLT
- Centre for Learning & Teaching
- CLT PDP
- The Centre for Learning & Teaching’s Professional Development Programme. This is the overarching term for staff development opportunities provided by the CLT.
D
- DAP
- Digital access plan.
M
- Moodle
- The University’s chosen virtual learning environment (VLE).
P
- PHEAF
- This stands for the Pathway to Higher Education Academy (HEA) Fellowship. This is a professional development programme for teaching and teaching support staff, resulting in fellowship at Associate, Fellow, Senior or Principal level.
S
- SAMIS
- Student applicant management information system, the sytem used to store student data and used to enrol students into relevant Moodle spaces. Moodle can also send assessment data directly to SAMIS.
- SE
- Student engagement. A team within the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT).
T
- TDF
- Teaching development fund. Funds awarding by university committee for teaching development activities.
- TEL
- Technology enhanced learning. A team within the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT).
V
- VIP
- Vertically integrated projects. Innovative research-based projects that enable students and staff to collaborate on long-term real-world issues.
- VLE
- Virtual learning environment. A website designed for education, that provides online space for information, learning activities and communication.
W
- WCAG
- Web content accessibility guidelines, an external framework of accessibility standards.