Welcome to the December 2014 meeting

Ethos and Outcomes Learning Technologists Leeds - Ethos and Outcomes Collaborative Share attendance and experiences at events and conferences Share ideas and practice Belongs to members Professional Development Opportunity to demonstrate experience of work and developments Empowerment Open To new members in many roles Informal Meeting outcomes posted on blog and circulated Connected Links to internal and external networks Input into and informed by University policies

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December 2014 Meeting

Agenda 3D Visualisation at Earth & Environment – Educational and fun ‘Appy Hour (well minutes!) – Animoto – NearPod – MyMealMate App Network Aims 2015

3D Visualisation at Earth & Environment Rebecca Sellers

Appy Hour (well minutes!) Beth Snowden

Network Aims 2015 James Little

What do we want to do in ? Already agreed from last year: Monthly meetings Featured demos/guests Blog (TELR) Last 2 meetings consulted the network by continue, start, stop activity: (PDF Summary)

Collaborative Share attendance and experiences at events and conferences Share ideas and practice Belongs to members We should Continue monthly meetings Monthly meet ups Invite more academics List of members interests and groups -> Structures and members Case studies in L&T 5-10 minute demo of everyone’s favourite app. Sharing good practice – where we know it works Sharing good practice I love hearing about good other projects and how they have done them e.g. what they have used Technology demonstrations Monthly meet ups Meeting, sharing, working together – try to do more External visitors are essential for horizon scanning All looks good to me! Like the idea of demos – commercial suppliers. Discussing effects of technology techniques in different contexts. Challenging rhetoric Skills development, practice, sharing Any pool of resources that we could use e.g. rooms etc? opportunity for a 5-10 minute demo of everyone’s favourite app. START USING THE BLOG LESS USE OF POWERPOINT Professional Development Opportunity to demonstrate experience of work and developments Empowerment We should More practical sessions so that we only come to things we’re really interested in: (Teaching/Scorative/VLE/Adobe Connect/Online teaching / Animation/Resources for Teaching/Assessment) CPD on the agenda Sometimes feel we rush through or skim over things – knowing what software is being used isn’t that useful – longer demo/hands on session would be better. Technology demonstrations emerging technologies were very interesting – I would like to see more of these More demos/guests Yes for more tech demos – more technical topics as well. Intro to languages (Python etc) HTML5 interactivity. Al + be Edge(?)? Skills development, practice, sharing. Skills development not discussion more valuable. opportunity for a 5-10 minute demo of everyone’s favourite app. LONGER DEMO HANDS ON SESSIONS MAKE SURE SESSIONS ARE RELEVANT Case studies in L&T List of members interests and groups -> Structures and members Open To new members in many roles Informal Meeting outcomes posted on blog and circulated We should Invite more academics More meeting locations External visitors are essential for horizon scanning Like the idea of demos – commercial suppliers. Higher frequency topics – most tools won’t work, but higher number of topics increases chance of “hits” with particular groups Rebrand to Learning Technology Network (get away from role issues)? (JKAL) Connected Links to internal and external networks Input into and informed by University policies We should Invite more academics Reflect on some of the projects of other groups in order to feedback to Schools/Faculties Widen the network Opening out the network beyond learning technologists Occasional informal meet ups (e.g. lunch, quick after work drinks,) Any pool of resources that we could use e.g. rooms etc? External visitors are essential for horizon scanning Like the idea of demos – commercial suppliers. More demos/guests Expand the blog buddybosstheme, terms, privacy, aims, activities Agree plan for shorter monthly meetings Occasional informal meet ups (e.g. lunch, quick after work drinks,) More demos, keep CPD on the agenda like to see demos of what the University has produced or is producing Topics based on tools (external partners) List of members interests and groups -> Structures and members Reflect on some of the projects of other groups in order to feedback to Schools/Faculties (lecture capture/e-assessment). Lots of staff don’t know about these developments! “What should we continue, stop and start?” outcomes summary structured by network ethos into Actions Outcomes are placed multiple times if they are relevant to more than one ethos area. Things to stop have been turned into positive actions (i.e. ignoring the blog has been turned into use the blog)

Learning Technology Network Activities BLOG * Re-launch blog with - extended profiles - Interests - Resources to share - Meeting outcomes posted on blog and circulated Face to Face Meetings(1): * Map out series of topics and changing locations for year. People to attend on interest. * Invite external speakers * Monthly, 1 hour Face to Face Meetings(2): * Keep overall balance of demos, hands-on and discussion. (tech versus discussion) – but specific meetings could be all or specific * Making clear options for skills development. Face to Face Meetings(3): * Discussing effects of technology techniques in different contexts. Challenging rhetoric * Existing tech versus emerging Sharing Knowledge * On the Blog * In meetings * Case studies * Good practice * Pool Resources Connections * Invite more academics and roles * Members to invite colleagues Summary of actions mapped to areas of activity: Actions are summarised - multiple outcomes from the previous page are merged – i.e. multiple requests for continued meetings or external visitors

What do we want to do in ? Between now and next meeting: Refactor blog profiles to include information on: Skills Resources Structure/Location/Faculty Map out meetings schedule with location of meetings Next meeting – revisit and address others (ad-hoc meetings, blog posts) Rest of year – monitor areas of activity and revisit halfway through

Happy Christmas & New Year!