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Chris Follows University of the arts London ALT-C 2012 13 September 2012. The DIAL project Digital Integration into Arts Learning. Partially funded by JISC Exploring digital l iteracy in a practice based art and design context Two year project, year two.
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Chris FollowsUniversity of the arts LondonALT-C 2012 13 September 2012
The DIAL projectDigital Integration into Arts Learning • Partially funded by JISC • Exploring digital literacy in a practice based art and design context • Two year project, year two. • DIAL project aims to improve graduate employability and develop confidence and capability in the adoption and integration of digitally enhanced learning for staff and students.
What does a digital academic practice look like... • In a practice based art and design context? • Vocational and non-vocational courses with differing course specific approaches to industry engagement and real world practice? • Specialist colleges and subject areas? • Competitive environment?
What does a digital academic practice look like... • With students who are: • Studio-based independent learners • Dependent on physical spaces, studio, workshop and specialist equipment, spaces and technical support (hard skills) • Combine technical skills, contextual study and research • With teaching staff who are: • Industry professionals • In high demand for studio based teaching and face-to-face contact time • Practice based industry standard skills delivered by technical and academic staff
Challenges for digital academic practice based teaching • Understand academic and professional practice as forms of identity work. • Support students' emerging efforts to develop and manage online identities. • Anxieties relating to presenting oneself online and developing professional open/online identities (lack of hard and soft skills and guidance). • Teachers’ fear of learning/teaching in public (online practice) impacts on student development. Better Improve, experiment and understand flexible approaches to CPD & PPD staff development methods. • Redefine the academic digital environment, clarification of VLE relevance in terms of flexibility to deliver an ‘Edu-Social’ experience, no middle ground to develop and experiment.
How can we best develop digital academic practice? • Reframe academic practice at the public/private boundary. • Experimentation in open and closed practice; develop outward facing course & personal profiles in new Edu-social spaces. • Participation: Digital citizenship, professional learning network e.g. Online mentors, supervision & digital stewardship. • Web making skills for staff and student (hard, Lynda.com) • Web community building skills for staff and student skills (soft, process.arts)
Thank you Chris Follows DIAL project Manager University of the Arts London272 High HolbornLondonWC1V 7EY Email:c.follows@arts.ac.uk Profile: http://process.arts.ac.uk/users/cfollows