Welcome to first meeting of 2014!

Overview Welcome / Intro Last Meeting Outcomes Updates: – Digital Learning Update – Changing Landscapes Update The network a year on eAssessment / use of Turntin App and workflows Desktop to ‘mobile’ – shifting where we create content? Blogging Explosion! Any other business Next meeting

Welcome!

Vision for the Network Share attendance and experiences at events (Conferences, MELSIG, WRLTF, ALT-C) Share ideas and practice Opportunity to demonstrate experience of work and developments Enabling Collaboration… “continuing the conversation” and bringing back to the network Professional Development and recognition

Vision for the Network

Introductions

Last Meeting Outcomes James Little

Last Meeting Outcomes 1.Academic Champions welcomed 2.Neil Morris gave an updated on BLTTIG outcomes 3.Activities around working together 4.Augmented Reality show and tell 5.Social Media resource 6.Continued contributions to community site 7.Stand at Student Education Conference 2014

Digital Learning Update Carol Elston

Changing Landscapes Update Jane O Neill

The network (almost) a year on James Little

Progress on Aims for last year 1.Follow up on activity generated from within and outside the network by posting a write up on the blog - continuing 2.Disseminate information top-down and bottom-up (to schools/faculties and back up to committees BLTTIG, etc) – links with other teams 3.Research into technology enhanced learning. Journal club or writing them. Publish them – who would like to take forward 4.Quarterly Newsletter from useful contributions to blog and meeting (using Paperli?) - 5.Link to academics outside of network – Academic champions to invite 6.Knowing who's who in the network - starting 1.Extended profiles on blog with areas of interest 2.Match membership of list to blog profiles 7.Make clear interests covered in the group (through meetings, blog activities) 8.Phased introduction to blog and features - accelerate 9.Create a genuine Community of Practice

Aims for What should we continue doing? 2.What should we stop doing? 3.What should we start doing?

eAssessment (e-submission and marking): Use of Turntin App and workflows Overview and Discussion

Discussion How are people intending to use it: – Submission – Marking – Assessment – Providing Feedback -

Discussion What issues are people having? –

Discussion What solutions could people identify? –

Discussion What improvements or evidence (pedagogic and technical) could use of eAssessment be championed using? –

Outcomes Circulate and setup a mini-meet to discuss further

Desktop to ‘mobile’ – Shifting where we create content? James Little

Desktop to ‘mobile’ – Shifting where we create content? Current use of ‘established’ tools to create content: – Word – Articulate – PowerPoint Mobile consumption possible

Desktop to mobile – Shifting where we create content? Shifting towards services and mobile solutions for creating content. Why? – Technology trends – new tools often only being created in this way – Enabling greater access and flexibility (Students and Staff) – Expectation to create and consume (Pinterest/YouTube)

Desktop to mobile – Shifting where we create content? NearPod Demo Service: App/Web-based Can take existing PowerPoints / PDFs

Desktop to mobile – Shifting where we create content? What other apps or services are you aware of / would recommend?

Working Together (next meeting)

Show and Tell: Augmented Reality James Little Rebecca Sellers

Themed topic: Social Media Michelle Schneider Kirsten Thompson

Community Site and Blog All

Let’s Create a Blogging Explosion!

Community Site and Blog Update… Re-branded to ‘TELR’ University of Leeds Technology Enhanced Learning and Research Covers whole areas of University activity #TELR Twitter hashtag to flag and share ideas.

Community Site and Blog Update… The blog/forums act as communication channels between activities across Learning Tech Network/Digital Learning Team and people in Faculty/School roles. The forums and group areas of the site are for internal UoL discussions and are private. The blog is internal but also outward facing The blog is standalone but will be embedded in the SDDU and upcoming Digital Learning Team websites

Past Blog Content

A big wind blows for…. New blog post ideas Ideas could be: – Link to existing blog posts or sites across University / Education – Topics – Events

Any Other Business Carol Elston Zoe Gilchrist

Next Meeting 6 May pm GTSC – Who would like to help organise the next meeting? – Suggestions for topics? Informal lunchtime/after work meet up Online meeting – theme based

Thank you Will circulate notes from this meeting via the Blog, Twitter and website.