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Re-Launching the AL&T Community VLE site. ENGAGE - Annual Learning & Teaching Conference 1 st July 2014 Presented by: Uwe Matthias Richter Anglia Learning & Teaching. Objectives. At the end of this session you will: have defined what you want the site to provide
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Re-Launching the AL&T Community VLE site ENGAGE - Annual Learning & Teaching Conference 1st July 2014 Presented by: Uwe Matthias Richter Anglia Learning & Teaching
Objectives At the end of this session you will: • have defined what you want the site to provide • be familiar with the new format of the community site • have been introduced to the evolving Sharing of Good Practice area and other resources.
What is the site for? 5 minutes with your neighbours: What would you like a Learning and Teaching Community site to provide? What is its purpose?
The Community Site Portal to • Staff development opportunities • Communities • Specific Resources (e.g. APRS, OER, Web Links) • Expertise Exchange & Sharing of Good TEL Practice • Event Blog • Events such as Teachmeets • Communication (Announcements, Discussion Board) Anglia Learning and Teaching Community site
Need to Know: New teaching staff induction VLE site ENGAGE - Annual Learning & Teaching Conference 1st July 2014 Presented by: Helen Webster Anglia Learning & Teaching
How long have you been with us? • Less than a year • 1-2 years • 2-5 years • 5 years or more • Have you mentored a new member of staff?
Different experiences Joining us… • As a previously Hourly Paid or fixed term contract staff member made permanent • From a similar post 92 UK university • From a dissimilar university – international or other UK mission group • From being a student (here or elsewhere) • From a practice or industry context
What’s it like, being new to ARU? Draw on your own experience or that of mentoring others: • What do you need to know? • In the first month? • Over the first six months? • Over the first year? • What is the ‘tacit’ knowledge no one thinks to explain?
What can Anglia Learning and Teaching offer to support new staff and their mentors? • Additional VLE features or information? • Induction activities? • Ongoing staff development in the first year?