{"id":3566,"date":"2014-09-06T09:27:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T08:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/?p=3566"},"modified":"2014-09-06T09:52:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T08:52:28","slug":"highlights-of-alt-c-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/2014\/09\/highlights-of-alt-c-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights of ALT-C Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a collection of the highlights from the ALT-C Conference held at the University of Warwick, 1-3 September 2014.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Keynote: Jeff Haywood<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>(Quote Jeff Haywood: \u201cWe JUST NEED a lot more leaning designers\/technologists, and they must work as a team.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>See \u201cLearning technology and groundhog day\u201d \u2013 Terry Mayes (1995) \u2013 hype of technologies and not much happens. Patience and persistence are important.<\/p>\n<p>See Horizon Report 2014:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One year or less: Flipped classroom; learning analytics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Solvable challenges\n<ul>\n<li>Low digital fluency of faculty<\/li>\n<li>Relative lack of rewards for teaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Difficult challenges\n<ul>\n<li>Competition for new models of education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Keynote: Catherine Cronin<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We can ask students \u2013 how do you work online, what tools do you use, what could we use together in this class, do we want to try a new tool together? E.g. Kahn Academy videos<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Keynote: Audrey Watters<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Google \u2013 Ngram viewer \u2013 shows use of a particular word over the years, e.g. \u2018luddite\u2019.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Working with academics in terms of learning design<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Univ of South Wales:<\/b> Wales OER strategy: \u00a0Champions networks \u2013 focus groups to get going<\/p>\n<p><b>Univ of Manchester Library:<\/b> Rapid development of e-learning resources. Search: My Learning Essentials (see example on proofreading etc.)<\/p>\n<p>Challenges<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Getting the time of Subject Matter Experts<\/li>\n<li>Appreciation for expertise<\/li>\n<li>Avoiding an info dump<\/li>\n<li>Managing feedback from Subject Matter Experts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Univ of Northampton<\/b> (winners of team award for learning technologists of the year): streamlining design and structure of VLE courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quality matters<\/li>\n<li>JISC QA\/QE<\/li>\n<li>Ed\u2019burgh Napier\u2019s framework<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They employed a VLE administrator \u2013 liaison point. Copy material across for staff to new site. Admin side of supporting academic staff. What can we do to support you?<\/p>\n<p><b>Foundation template (bronze)<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan 2012: they came up minimum standards \u2013 quality checklist (double sided doc) \u2013 they will post it online<\/li>\n<li>Rubric used in the creation of the new VLE sites<\/li>\n<li>Contextual help for tutors<\/li>\n<li>Positive feedback from students \u2013 \u201ctransparent, readable materials\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Less confusion for students<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility benefits<\/li>\n<li>They are mentors for staff, encouraging them to use the new template<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Univ of Liverpool:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>VLE minimum standards to avoid student dissatisfaction<\/p>\n<p><b>Univ of Nottingham, School of Health Sciences:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Used Laurillard\u2019s conversational framework.<\/p>\n<p>Collaborative curriculum development: worksheets and cards \u2013 opens up a conversation, in a workshop. Used Ulster\u2019s set of cards to facilitate workshop: http:\/\/jiscdesignstudio.pbworks.com\/w\/page\/60261367\/Curriculum%20Design%20at%20the%20University%20of%20Ulster<\/p>\n<p><b>Dave White:<\/b> School pupils are developing independent learning habits \u2013 find the quickest and easiest way to get their homework done. These are the seeds of the skills we want them to develop. They\u2019re almost self-identifying themselves as digital natives \u2013 \u201cwe\u2019re good at this; we can do this now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b>London Met:<\/b> Create a group of digital ambassadors \u2013 create resources with us. Workshops with digital ambassadors \u2013 pay them something.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conversation between staff and students (think about WebLearn ambassadors)<\/li>\n<li>Use the students\u2019 enthusiasm to attract lecturers into the dialogue and re-evaluate their practice.<\/li>\n<li>Get students and staff into the partnerships. Create a focal point for dialogue\u2026 students are enthusiastic and they want to get involved. Want to talk to their lecturers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How do you share good practice? See website: <strong>LondonMet e-learning matrix<\/strong>. (Staff point of view)<\/p>\n<p><b>University of South Wales:<\/b> Podcasts of learning technologists interviewing academic staff and providing hints and tips:<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2018Electric Sheep\u2019<\/b> \u2013 16 episodes, one hour long. Big international audience. Engage with and learn from staff and students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/electripsheepshow.tumblr.com\">http:\/\/electripsheepshow.tumblr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two parts: team members each discussed a new website or tool; move on to an interview, discussion section with a new topic each week. How they use tech in their field, which tools they use, how they felt about the use of tech. Pick a particular task or problem that they wished tech could solve, then we came up with a tool to solve it. What they were using and why they were using it \u2013 go the participants re-engaged and re-excited.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Learner analytics (LA)<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>CETIS \u2013 Centre for Educ Tech and Interoperability Standards<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See Cetis conference, June 2014 (good list of issues to consider)<\/li>\n<li>Learning Analytics Community Exchange (LACE)<\/li>\n<li>Greller, W. &amp; Drachsler, H (2012). Translating learning into numbers: a generic framework for LA. Ed Tech &amp; Soc 15(3), 42-57.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Lecture Capture and video<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Set up a few recoding booths \u2013 for people to use themselves. Make sure the tools are what academics are used to working with \u2013 not something new they need to learn.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">MOOCs<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>University of Southampton<\/b>: MOOC on the new subject of Web Science. Done through Future Learn.<\/p>\n<p>Who is behind a MOOC? Good team diagram: digital content producers, rights specialists, facilitators, educators, back end s\/w developers, front end designers, CURATORS (learning designers) \u2013 overall view of it all.<\/p>\n<p><b>University of Northampton<\/b>: Open Northampton<\/p>\n<p>Drivers and benefits<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Belief in openness and sharing<\/li>\n<li>Raise profile of the academic<\/li>\n<li>Raise profile of the university<\/li>\n<li>Improve quality of the material<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reflections on open practice:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design material with openness in mind<\/li>\n<li>Raised awareness of copyright<\/li>\n<li>DL materials development<\/li>\n<li>Reusability and transferability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Challenges<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Copyright \u2013 esp use of artwork, diagrams, tables<\/li>\n<li>Time constraints<\/li>\n<li>Concern over \u2018losing control of my material\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>Concern over \u2018is my material good enough\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Archiving policy<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Glasgow Caledonian Univ:<\/b> recommends working on digital strategy and archiving policy. Clear process for archiving modules and making space for ongoing creation of new ones.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Tools<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>WordPress-based system called Sens\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>Online survey tool: Polldaddy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a collection of the highlights from the ALT-C Conference held at the University of Warwick, 1-3 September 2014. 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