Staff Development Centre

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2. A journey towards Web 2.0From the e-library to e-common room (via the e-classroom) Tony Churchill Staff Development Centre, University of Leicester

3. Content The questions about Web 2.0 this session aims to address by this session are… • How has the nature of e-learning in HE courses changed? • What staff development initiatives can encourage collaborative e-learning?

4. An example of a cognitive map… Politics (-) Association of racist fan ‘crews’ with the team Geography (+) Living near London Lee Bowyer (-) Current player with conviction for race-linked violence Reasons for supporting West Ham Social (+) Neighbour with a season ticket Players (+) Hero worship of Moore, Hurst & Peters Identity (+) Moved to South Wales where no-one supported them! Success (+) 1964 – FA Cup 1965 – Cup Winners Cup 1966 – World Cup Clyde Best (+) One of first high profile black players

5. Research questions… What are the drivers for – and barriers to - e-learning you have encountered? Has it transformed learning and teaching in your institution? If not, why not?

6. Issues influencing implementation Academic Managerial Technical

7. Defining Web 2.0 Web (or E-Learning) 1.0 • typified by software enabling the creation of interactive content Web (or E-Learning) 2.0 • typified by software enabling collaboration

8. e- The development of learning E-learning 1.0 E-learning 2.0 • Library • Web search • Discussions • Learning diary • Portfolio • Observations • Lectures • Seminars • Workshops Formal learning Informal learning Summative assessment

9. Possible development stages e-Common Room e-Library e-Classroom

10. E-learning 1.0: Principal Investigator’s Project • Course: To provide support and training in the 5 themes identified from the survey and focus groups • Emphasis on relevance to PIs • Case studies contributed by PIs • PI-based examples (e.g. job specifications) • Resource development in PowerPoint & Word • Converted to Macromedia Breeze Presentations • Interactivity (quizzes, hotspots, hyperlinks, JavaScript)

11. Possible development stages Stage Two Access to existing materials + Communication + Enhanced materials + Assessment & evaluation = Interaction e-Common Room e-Library e-Classroom

12. Examples of Web 1.0 work Recent work at Leicester includes… Plagiarism avoidance • Don’t cheat yourself(password) Principal Investigators Project • Leadership • Selection http://www.le.ac.uk/researchleader/ Staff Induction & Development (SID) • Diversity(password) • Workstation audit(password) https://blackboard.le.ac.uk/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_4112_1

13. E-learning 2.0: Reflections & beyond • Course: Post-Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice • a requirement of probation for lecturers new to teaching in the sector. Also an opportunity for Continuing Professional Development for more experienced colleagues. • Content: A face-to-face course evolving to provide:- • A model for colleagues considering incorporating e-learning in their own course • Support for experienced colleagues through Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning • A basis for online delivery of programme

14. Possible development stages Stage Two Access to existing materials + Communication + Enhanced materials + Assessment & evaluation = Interaction e-Common Room e-Library e-Classroom

15. Communication Knowledge building or reflection • Knowledge development • Information exchange • Development Communities of practice Within a course or programme Blended course • 2. Socialisation • Access & motivation Little or no communication Repository Content Pre-structured course Co-structured course Source of information (after Collis & Moonen and Salmon, 2002)

16. Nature of media • Narrative • Interactive • Adaptive • Communicative • Productive Laurillard 2002 e-Library e-Classroom e-Café (or e-Common Room)

17. Examples of content-led pedagogy • Creating a report to then be used as a learning resource • Searching for information and sharing what is found • Testing one’s insight through the multiple development of test questions to be used by others • Reusing task-directed discussions • Contributing to peer-assessment activities • Being a peer-mentor • Contributing via role-play games • Co-creating: collaborative knowledge construction (Collis & Moonen, 2001, pp. 99-101)

18. Is it a Community of Practice? Domain • Multiple domains of interest – internationalisation; citizenship; employability • Members collaborate face-to-face and online to learn from each other Community • Communities defined by domains of interest rather than the nature of contract • Dissemination of outcomes through the wiki becomes a focus of community explorations - nurturing joint activity and discussions Practice • Members move between core and periphery groups depending on the relevance of activities to their practice

19. Conclusions • SOME elements of e-Learning can enable creative teaching • It can play a role in the transformation of learning and teaching • Collaborative e-learning is at the heart of such transformation • For further details of these models (or to collaborate on such training) contact… Tony Churchill • tc40@le.ac.uk or • 0116-2231876 Thank you for participating in this session!

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