Student outlooks for partnership in a digital learning landscape

The value of students as partners Student interests and expectations of learning technologies Building learning communities

Students’ unique abilities as partners 1.Shifting culture away from consumerism toward building learning communities 2.Exciting and influencing staff 3.Developing innovative approaches and challenging risk aversion 4.Disseminating impact beyond the walls of the institution

What do our students anticipate? What should TEL provide? Multimedia experience Creating content Personalisation Collaboration Flexibility and efficiency A hub of tools Building a digital identity Preferences for the future

People drive communities, not tools …but think about how tools drive interactions Learning is achieved through collaboration All members of a community should be encouraged to be creators Research should not be exclusive Knowledge should be visualised to enhance impact outside of the community’s walls

Collaborative creation Use digital tools to enable collaborative discovery Think beyond document creation Bringing new groups together in dialogue Convenience is key: centralised into one hub Google Apps: Docs, Sheets, Slides: Office in the cloud Trello, Virtual Whiteboard: mindmapping Sites: customisable community hubs Blogger

Expanding participation in research Empower all members of institutional community to lead in research Take advantage of BYOD to avoid need for specialised tools Provide templates and toolkits to launch new research Student networks are well-placed to drive interdisciplinary connections

Stanford University: Cross-cultural rhetoric project Students leading development of communication/collaboration capabilities and resources for living in a digital, global society Innovative approaches through trial and error Students generated own learning through independent projects, facilitated by technology Global reach and embedding change in the disciplines Image source: Kobo Toolbox, Wi5W6A19vchttp:// Wi5W6A19vc

KoBo Toolbox Tools for handheld, collaborative digital data collection and analysis in the field Image source: Kobo Toolbox, Wi5W6A19vchttp:// Wi5W6A19vc

Visualisation of learning Thinking about impact Cope with information overload Go beyond words to engage people in a more accessible way with their learning Increase visibility and interest beyond the lecture hall Employability skills for all disciplines- Students can visualise data, concepts, trends, interactions…

Making it interesting Image sources: Info.gram Blog, 12/12/2012, tmblr.co/ZSH2-xZqdDru; FrogLoop, 12/08/2012,, frogloop.com/care2blog/2012/8/3/infographic-how-do-social-network-users-lean-politically.html

Coventry University Open Media Classes Exploring digital networks for increasing visibility and exploring new practice Open ethos to encourage widespread involvement and exploring for the inexperienced Building on existing staff and student networks across disciplines Increasing impact beyond the institution’s walls Image source: Kobo Toolbox, Wi5W6A19vchttp:// Wi5W6A19vc

Enhancing collaboration digitally Partnerships with students can add something unique to your institutional community. TEL can enhance the way you: Develop partners in research All members of community as creators Communicate and collaborate Spread impact and interest through creative multimodal presentation