Bolton College

Beth Derbyshire interviews Dean Baggaley and Aftab Hussain about Ada which is Bolton College's campus digital assistant. The interview also explores FirstPass, which is an online platform that supports students and teachers with the formative assessment of open-ended questions.

Further details about Beth's podcast series and her blog can be found at https://wakelet.com/@Beth43.

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Welcome to episode five of the Education 4.0 series co-curated with our friends at Jisc, looking at the changing world of education in the fourth industrial era.

Aftab Hussein, Technology Lead, Bolton College | Twitter: @Aftab_Hussain

Dean Baggaley, Systems Developer, Bolton College

Aftab Hussain is the ILT Manager at Bolton College. He was recently interviewed by the Edufuturists podcast.

The College has a proven reputation in the use of learning analytics, adaptive learning and conversational services. Ada, the College’s digital assistant is representative of an emerging suite of cognitive services that are redefining how students, teachers and support teams access day-to-day services at Bolton College. The College won the AoC Beacon Award for effective use of technology in further education in March 2019 and he was invited to the garden party at Buckingham Palace as a recognition for his work in educational technology.

Mental Health Awareness Week (13-17 May 2019)

Continuous stress will do some pretty unpleasant things to our mind. Science has linked many diseases to frayed nerves. Paranoia, depression, several syndromes and even just a general feeling of not thinking straight can come from too much stress in your life. It all comes down to how you think and can cause you to make bad decisions. By allowing yourself to relax you can put your troubles on hold and let your mind recover. If your mind is calm, you can evaluate your daily task, projects and problems more quickly than if you’re burdened with unnecessary and often unrelated worries.

The Community Learning Ambassadors at Bolton College's Brownlow Fold Community Learning Centre spoke about what motivate them to engage with Community Learning. They also discuss the benefits that they got from their Community Learning programme.

Music by BENSOUND.com under the Creative Commons Licence: https://www.bensound.com/