Learning Leeds 7 th October 2013 Meeting

Overview Last Meeting Outcomes and Updates A summary of ALT-C experiences JISC RSC Yorkshire and Humber BlackBoard Mobile App – Discussion and demonstration over academic and student use Response Systems Discussion Introducing the Digital Learning Team Community site and blog Next meeting

Last Meeting Outcomes and Updates James Little

Last Meeting Outcomes and Updates 1.Meetings Features of face-to-face meetings to now include: Standing agenda items to enable continued discussion and revisiting between meetings One person to talk to a theme (i.e. social media or VLE) per meeting Multiple people to help organise meetings Different activities/balance between communication information. Report of each meeting sent round and created by a different person/group each meeting

Last Meeting Outcomes and Updates 2. Informal lunchtime meetings to start 3. Online meetings to be explored 4. Contributions to blog – profiles and content

Aims for this year and progress 1.Follow up on activity generated from within and outside the network by posting a write up on the blog - starting 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

Sharing events with the community: ALT-C Experiences ALT-C Attendees

Connecting to new networks: About JISC Y&H RSC Eddie Gulc - eLearning Advisor JISC RSC Yorkshire and Humber

Themed topic: The VLE/Blackboard Mobile App VLE Team

Themed topic: Response systems discussion (Socrative/Tophat Monicle/QuestionPress/PollDaddy) James Little

Discussion of Ideas or Paper

Connecting to new networks: Introducing the DLT Team Carol Elston and Stephen Livesey

Community Site and Blog All

Community Site and Blog Update… The blog/forums can act as communication channels between activities across Learning Tech Network/Digital Learning Team and people in Faculty/School roles. – James and Stephen to coordinate this with respect to own teams. The forums in the group areas of the site are for internal UoL discussions (i.e. not public) The blog is internal but also outward facing (as demonstrated by examples from other institutions) The blog can be standalone on the site but also embedded in the SDDU and upcoming Digital Learning Team websites

Content for the blog - suggestions Training Needs Analysis e.g. POWtoon – New technology releases/discoveries (apps, software, web services) with a guide to starting to use it Hints and tips for specific programmes (or links to useful areas and pages) e.g. e-learning heroes for Articulate How groups currently use technology for their own purposes (case study) – leading onto discussion over similar and alternative approaches. How to generate online interest What Projects are others working on at the University / brief outlines (link to casebook) How-Tos New policies and procedures that affect everyone Briefings and trainings that are coming up Feedback from LT Forum Reports from events and conferences – i.e. MELSIG / WRLT Updates on internal projects (i.e. FutureLearn) Examples of things that you are particularly excited about – new tools / how they’re being used, new tricks in current tools Feedback on how/why a decisions around technology was made – process. i.e. Why Storyline was picked to generate an ebook, impact upon accessibility, platform choice, types of interactivity. Use of technology / products with student feedback Student practices and how we might enhancement (communication preferences / collaboration methods) Innovative examples and papers noticed elsewhere Calls/ Conference alerts (ALTC, etc) Updates on network activities Features technologies / approaches Showcasing other content on the web Sharing sector news Events of interest (internal and external) Social Media Management Calendar of Events Conference visits / training sessions VLE Developments and related products (integrations such as lecture capture) E-Learning Conferences, Blackboard specific Guide to using iPad pedagogically Attendance at Events Tips and tricks... How tos Projects. New policies and procedures info/briefings. Share experiences with each other... Discussion. Links to content repositories. And repositories. Content for student focus... Impact. Student practices.... Communication preferences, Reposting other content to blog. How will this link to case study website. News feeds. Reading online journal club. New research. About section.

Content for the blog – ALTC Report

Content for the blog – Filming Video

Content for the blog Training Needs Analysis e.g. POWtoon – New technology releases/discoveries (apps, software, web services) with a guide to starting to use it Hints and tips for specific programmes (or links to useful areas and pages) e.g. e-learning heroes for Articulate How groups currently use technology for their own purposes (case study) – leading onto discussion over similar and alternative approaches. How to generate online interest What Projects are others working on at the University / brief outlines (link to casebook) How-Tos New policies and procedures that affect everyone Briefings and trainings that are coming up Feedback from LT Forum Reports from events and conferences – i.e. MELSIG / WRLT Updates on internal projects (i.e. FutureLearn) Examples of things that you are particularly excited about – new tools / how they’re being used, new tricks in current tools Feedback on how/why a decisions around technology was made – process. i.e. Why Storyline was picked to generate an ebook, impact upon accessibility, platform choice, types of interactivity. Use of technology / products with student feedback Student practices and how we might enhancement (communication preferences / collaboration methods) Innovative examples and papers noticed elsewhere Calls/ Conference alerts (ALTC, etc) Updates on network activities Features technologies / approaches Showcasing other content on the web Sharing sector news Events of interest (internal and external) Social Media Management Calendar of Events Conference visits / training sessions VLE Developments and related products (integrations such as lecture capture) E-Learning Conferences, Blackboard specific Guide to using iPad pedagogically Attendance at Events Tips and tricks... How tos Projects. New policies and procedures info/briefings. Share experiences with each other... Discussion. Links to content repositories. And repositories. Content for student focus... Impact. Student practices.... Communication preferences, Reposting other content to blog. How will this link to case study website. News feeds. Reading online journal club. New research. About section. Let’s continue…

Groups and Discussions Numerous groups setup Enable people self- creation Continue discussions – transfer some previous from list.

Groups and Discussions Numerous groups setup Enable people self- creation Continue discussions – transfer some previous from list. Let’s continue…

Next Meeting(s) 2nd December pm - 4pm TR1 – 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.