Professor Stephen Heppell鈥檚 talk Shoeless and Sausages: Making Learning Better聽was the first in the Talk BU Live series.
It received a great reception from the audience in Dylan鈥檚 Bar, with entertaining insights and ideas around incorporating technology into learning. The talk was recorded and you can view it on BU's .听
Stephen provided an insight into what the future has to offer the world of education and how children can benefit when educators keep up with the ever-evolving worlds of education and technology,
Speaking about his Talk BU experience, Stephen said: 鈥淔or me, watching everyone鈥檚 faces as we dashed playfully from the design of school toilets and chairs, to levels of light and CO2, it was rather like watching the sun come out.
鈥淎 roomful of smiling faces, lit up by BU research, felt pretty good!鈥
TalkBU Live is a monthly, on-campus event at Dylan鈥檚 Bar featuring a short talk by BU staff or students, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
The event aims to get staff and students thinking and talking about topics beyond their degree subjects and schools, with talks on a wide variety of different subjects.