Conference Guide 2013

Innovate, Create, Inspire E-Learning Conference 2013: Guide #rscinspire13 www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/YH

Welcome

Programme

Welcome to our flagship E-Learning Conference 2013: Innovate, Create, Inspire.

We’re proud to showcase innovative and effective practice from across the region. With a full programme of workshops and activities to choose from, we hope there will be something for everyone.

Let us know what you think, using the tag #rscinspire13.

Our thanks go to everyone contributing towards today’s conference.

Have a great day!

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09:30 - 10:00 10:00 - 10:10 10:10 - 10:40

10:45 - 11:35 11:35 - 11:55 11:55 - 12:45 12:45 - 13:35 13:35 - 14:25 14:25 - 14:45 14:45 - 15:35 15:40 - 16:25 16:25 - 16:30

Registration & refreshments Welcome & introduction Dr. Craig Hammond: “Empty Space, Hope, and the proliferation of Creative Possibilities” Workshop session 1 Refreshments & exhibition Workshop session 2 Lunch, exhibition & music demo Workshop session 3 Refreshments & exhibition Workshop session 4 Question Time Prize draw

Keynote: “Empty Space, Hope, and the proliferation of Creative Possibilities” Dr. Craig Hammond, University Centre, Blackburn College Ernst Bloch (1885-1977) suggested that the Hohlraum, or the empty space, is a hollow gap of possibility which slumbers on the horizon of the future; his work on utopia suggests that far from being negatively inert, the emptiness of the future is a vibrant space, waiting to be chaotically populated by hopeful visions of creative possibility. For Bloch, new futures can be born out of the multifaceted imaginings of new scenarios; it is imperative, therefore, that we rise to the challenge and begin to fill the void with new ideas and educational strategies.

Dr. Craig Hammond’s presentation, ‘Empty Space, Hope, and the proliferation of Creative Possibilities’ will explore some of these ideas in relation to technology and education. Utilising and working out from the notion of ‘anarchogogy’, he will focus on some recent student engagement in a HEA funded project (Enhancing Employability: Community Challenge). With an emphasis upon the role and potential of technology, he will suggest that it offers new ways of generating democratic, collaborative and creative learner engagement.

Exhibition Take advantage of our exhibitors’ knowledge throughout the day

10:45 - 11:35 Interactive area Jisc RSC Yorkshire & Humber

Come and have a go for yourself in our interactive zone. Dedicated advisors will be on hand to guide you through a variety of creative challenges, such as:

Ground floor

meet inspirational characters; • create an e-book challenge; • create a short film challenge.

• Augmented Reality challenge to

The interactive zone aims to inspire you to create fun learning activities for your learners.

How to engage students through the use of interactive posters Gemma Holtam, Barnsley College Room 208

Taking a bite out of the Apple Julie Burns & students, ESPA Room 210

Gemma will present how, as a tutor at Barnsley College, she has used Thing Link (an interactive poster tool) and will ask you to participate in a handson session based on the use of Thing Link as a form of assessment.

The workshop will:

• Demonstrate how the software is used with sixth form learners; • Introduce the pros and cons of the software through feedback from learners; • Examine the different ways that the software could be used in a variety of lessons;

This workshop shows the innovation and creativity of autistic students and their approach to using technology to improve their learning experience.

Hear from the learners first hand about apps they are using on iPads that have motivated them and helped them learn independently. Julie will also outline how the technology has aided assessment, providing a more accurate way of evaluating learner capability in a less stressful environment.

The students will outline the best apps they are working with and also suggest areas where new apps should be developed.

• Provide you with an opportunity to create your own Thing Link.

Workshops 1 This session will identify different approaches to developing an e-learning strategy and offer a chance to share experiences and hopefully come up with new ideas for the way forward. It is aimed at ICT/e-learning teams/managers or anyone else with responsibility for developing other staff.

Val and Emily will describe the approach they have used - influenced by coaching, collaboration and not taking things too seriously. They will lead discussions on key issues such as the balance between ‘carrot’ and ‘stick’ and how we can allow teacher choice The e-learning landscape is forever evolving. But what about the teacher role? Do we consider the teacher role to be ensuring that learners get the best experience and knowledge out of the teacher to support themselves during and after the course - to become the lifelong learner? Where does technology come into this? What should we provide for our learners in terms of this? Why the need to come into college? Daniel will also talk briefly about his latest ventures in:

• Technology in Learning Delivery (up skilling of staff ); • Meaningful introductions via video; • Flipped classroom in training;

yet still meet student expectations, using activities such as ‘think, pair, share’ and ‘the circle of solution’. Come and be inspired!

Room 262 Colour outside the lines: A bigger picture Daniel Scott, Barnsley College Room 207

• Learner environments/Learning

without walls/BYOD/Self Organised Learning Environments; • Learner communication (Microsoft Lync); • Development of Barnsley’s MOOC.

The session will consist of a short presentation followed by discussion:

• What implications does

technology have for our assumptions about the role and shape of education/ training institutions?

• Is the hierarchy of government > funding agency > senior institutional management > teacher > student/ learner still fit for purpose?

• Might social and technological developments lead to the rise of the ‘folk teacher’, a freelance professional with no particular institutional

Inspiring the ‘e-terrified!’ approach to developing an e-learning ‘vision’ Emily Armstrong & Val Maybury, Hull College

allegiance?

• What should a 21st century

educational Community of Practice look like?

Beyond the flipping classroom: Does the whole flipping system need flipping?

Terry Loane, Dawson Loane Room 206

11:55 - 12:45 Interactive area Jisc RSC Yorkshire & Humber

Come and have a go for yourself in our interactive zone. Dedicated advisors will be on hand to guide you through a variety of creative challenges, such as:

Ground floor

meet inspirational characters; • create an e-book challenge; • create a short film challenge.

• Augmented Reality challenge to

The interactive zone aims to inspire you to create fun learning activities for your learners.

TwittEd Dr Elizabeth Kebbell & Adrian Streather, Hull College Room 208

Edmodo is a communication tool linking learners and resources. This session will introduce Edmodo and its general characteristics - how it works and which devices it works with.

The presenters will demonstrate how they use the varying features in different ways, both educationally and personally. This will be followed by group discussions allowing you to consider your own needs and how Edmodo could benefit you.

The session will also discuss the use of Twitter in education - how it can be used to communicate and collaborate with teachers, useful resources, and useful people and discussions to follow. It will conclude with discussions on how you might use both Twitter and Edmodo in your own educational settings.

Accessible innovation, creation & inspiration Emma Millard & Allison Loftfield, Jisc TechDis Room 210

Are you an accidental obstructionist?

Learn how to use the tools you already have to check the accessibility of your documents and presentations. Make the most of what you’ve got!

Workshops 2 Online working for flexible and efficient collaboration Ken Scott & Christine Comrie, Jisc RSC Yorkshire & Humber

New approaches to ways of working can mean that projects that would have been prohibitively expensive can be realised using online tools such as Google docs, online conferencing and Skype. Staff across large geographic areas can collaborate and use their expertise without leaving home or office.

In this two part presentation, Ken will outline a number of tools that can be used to facilitate collaboration.

Christine will then present her experience of working in such a way on the National Jisc RSC Marketing Strategy.

What are the qualities we need in a teacher? Are qualifications, knowledge and experience the most important features, as job descriptions seem to suggest? What would happen if we used online technologies to throw open the challenge to anyone - teach what you know, how you want to teach it, and use whatever tools feel right for you? That is what Peter has tried to create with COOCs, Community Open Online Courses. A space for anyone that has an interest they want to share with others; a non-judgmental, non-accredited, informal and free opportunity to create, teach and learn in a self-organising community. The questions that this discussion will ask you to consider are:

• Can unqualified, informal teachers

play a meaningful part in how we teach and learn in the future?

• What qualities would be needed to

A hands-on workshop exploring the wide range of mobile apps that can be used by teachers and learners.

Find out how iPad and other tablet apps can work for you and your students.

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generate good, engaging courses?

• Does such a model of learning support a wider interest in teaching, technology and learning - or does it muddy the waters for professional teaching?

All are welcome, from any walk of life, as we consider the potential for technology to throw open the doors of education to everyone!

Community Open Online Courses: Technology and the potential for transforming adult teaching and learning Peter Shukie, University Centre, Blackburn College Room 207

Apps for learning Chris Barber, Jisc RSC Yorkshire & Humber Room 206

13:35 - 14:25 Interactive area Jisc RSC Yorkshire & Humber

Come and have a go for yourself in our interactive zone. Dedicated advisors will be on hand to guide you through a variety of creative challenges, such as:

Ground floor

meet inspirational characters; • create an e-book challenge; • create a short film challenge.

• Augmented Reality challenge to

The interactive zone aims to inspire you to create fun learning activities for your learners.

10 Minute E-Learning Recipe Challenge Ross Anderson, Grimsby Institute Room 208

Are you creative and innovative?

Could you create something that inspires learners and tackles learning in an active and enjoyable way? If you have answered yes to either of these questions, then this session is for you.

If you answered no to either of these questions, then this session is also for you!

Why not take the 10 minute e-learning recipe challenge? Take a method of e-learning, add a scenario and mix it up in ten minutes to design a project, session, lesson or task using the selected ingredients.

This session is a fun, hands on workshop that facilitates a ‘stock-pot’ of good practice that can be shared

What the Flip?

Richard Nelson & Linda McKeon, Bradford College Room 210

Bradford College has been researching the concept of Flipped Teaching and running several pilot projects across a number of FE/HE subject areas.

In this session, the presenters will describe the concept of Flipped Teaching, its background and what they have found is effective practice.

You will see examples of Flipped Teaching in action and discuss the tools used. You will also be able to discuss the issues raised and how these could affect the strategy of learning and teaching within your organisation.

with all delegates and demonstrates the flexibility and creativity of e-learning.

Workshops 3 Informing and inspiring to learn Rob Hutton, Barnsley College

Barnsley College has been developing a new learner webpage portal which provides all the information required by the learners to enable them to access and develop information and collaborate with peers/teachers and communicate to peers and teachers/ support areas. All information collected in other systems is displayed on the front page.

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The session will showcase this and other systems the College is developing to engage the learners within and external to the College/ classroom.

During this workshop delegates will have the opportunity to work in groups to develop and create a video using the app, Creative Book Builder, to embed it in an e-book, and to view their book in iBooks.

By the end of the session delegates will also:

• Have been introduced to ideas for applying Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy while learners collaboratively create e-books; • Be aware of different formats of e-book, a variety of e-book authoring tools and some of the free e-book readers available;

This workshop tells the story of Zoe, a learner with autism from Northern College whose learning journey was transformed by making use of a range of apps to support her study.

In the workshop you will get a learner’s perspective with special educational needs (SEN) on how to make best use of an iPad and there will also be an opportunity to try out many of the apps covered to see how you can use tablets more effectively to support your own learners.

• Be signposted to resources to help self-publish e-books.

Collaborating to create e-books in the cloud: Media rich resources for teaching, learning and assessment Anthony Beal, Jisc RSC North West Room 207 Zoe’s story: How a small mobile device can make a big difference to a learner with autism David Pedley, Northern College Room 206

14:45 - 15:35 Interactive area Jisc RSC Yorkshire & Humber

Come and have a go for yourself in our interactive zone. Dedicated advisors will be on hand to guide you through a variety of creative challenges, such as:

Ground floor

meet inspirational characters; • create an e-book challenge; • create a short film challenge.

• Augmented Reality challenge to

The interactive zone aims to inspire you to create fun learning activities for your learners.

Using digital storytelling for portfolio submissions in the language classroom Carolin Schneider, Lucy Parkin & Amanda Deacon, University of Leeds Room 208 Technology for Learning Delivery Cathy Clarkson, Kirklees College Room 210

Digital storytelling is a short form of digital media production that allows people to use digital tools to tell their ‘story’. It emerged with the advent of accessible media, including smartphones. Digital storytelling can encourage a greater engagement with language. The session shows how digital storytelling can be used in the language class room.

The presenters will share their experiences, show how you can use online resources to produce a digital story, and participants will be able to produce their own digital story during the session.

The Technology for Learning Delivery Course is a new Level 4 City & Guilds qualification delivered at Kirklees College for the first time this year.

The course is structured in three parts: tech for CPD; tech for the classroom; and disseminate to colleagues.

This workshop will explore some of the innovative practices the tutors on the course have been doing in using technology, firstly to support their own professional practice through sites such as Pinterest, Diigo and Twitter and secondly in working with their students to explore collaborative technology such as texttomindmap, Padlet and sync.in.

A tutor on the course will talk

about their experiences in terms of developing their IT skills, using technology to support their CPD and working with their students to experiment with technology in a numeracy class.

Workshops 4 Gamifying a library experience Shay Moradi, Librarygame

Librarygame are enhancing the experience of student learners in HE by embedding aspects of games in interactions that take place in the library.

They are experimenting with things like the frequency of visits or reading widely, and introducing competition.

They view innovation as an iterative process and are experimenting with how engaging with the library

can affect the student experience positively and help students aspire to better outcomes.

The session will cover the collaborative methods used at Leeds City College to develop Digital Literacy resources for students and staff.

The Jisc Developing Digital Literacies site states that “90% of new jobs will require excellent digital skills”. This ‘digital divide’ can present particular challenges to students from different cultures, and ESOL learners are potentially more likely to be digitally excluded. As part of a project, Leeds City College looked at a range of resources and technologies to meet the particular challenges faced by ESOL students, assisting them to effectively communicate online and create a positive online presence.

The project coincided with the creation of the new Digital Leaders programme.

Digital Leaders are students who have

volunteered for a role in which they gain new skills hosting events and advising fellow students and staff in the use of technology for learning.

The task now is to bring about the organisational changes needed to extend the project’s finding across the whole college.

During the session you will look at how to set up and share Google Sites as a way of collaborating across a large institution and how the Digital Leaders have benefited from training staff. You will see how a small project can have a large effect on your organisation.

Many students own the latest mobile devices and some organisations are looking to make efficiencies by allowing students and staff to bring in their own devices. Is this a good idea? What do we have to put in place to allow this to be a success and not a liability?

Find out how other organisations are approaching Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). This discussion will explore both the advantages and disadvantages to the three key stakeholders: the learners, the staff and the organisation.

Bring your own device and use it to interact with the discussion.

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Digital Literacy and Digital Leaders: From ESOL to the whole organisation Keith Tellum, Leeds City College Room 207

Should we, shouldn’t we?

The positives & pitfalls of Bring Your Own Device Ken Scott & Kathy Boyer, Jisc RSC Yorkshire & Humber Room 206

Question Time Submit your question using #rscinspire13 The final session of the day will take the form of the BBC’s Question Time. The aim is to generate discussion on topical issues in the use of technology in education. Questions may reflect ideas prompted by today’s event:

• Do we need to attend institutions in order to be educated?

• What are the qualities needed in a teacher? Should there be performancerelated pay for teachers?

• Should all learning be designed for mobile devices?

• Should teachers provide all resources for learners?

• Should we get rid of exams?

Submit your questions throughout the day to the panel via Twitter using the hashtag #rscinspire13, starting your tweet with “Q:”, or submit your question via each workshop feedback card.

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Prize draws:

We aim to create a short video at the conference, demonstrating how presenters and delegates are using technology to be innovative, creative and inspirational - and to create their own job satisfaction. Catch our roving camera during the day to give your one-sentence response to how you are being creative and innovative with technology.

If you don’t want to be videoed, we’re also opening up our Facebook page for your comments on what you are doing with technology that enhances your enjoyment. Post your comment at www.facebook.com/JISCRSCYH Anyone that is videoed or posts a comment will be entered into a prize draw!

Don’t forget to enter the prize draws!