Building Capacity in Learning and Teaching

JISC projects enhancing pedagogy

Chris Butcher and Karen Llewellyn SDDU

LTC8 Jan 7th 2011

Where are we now? Where are we going? and ….what are your thoughts?

Plan A !•Leeds Building Capacity project – brief outline/update•LBC project website – short tour•Focus on a key strategic priority - effective feedback•Focus on some technology – play with ‘flips’•Feedback and discussion - collectively•Lunch!

Building Capacity in L&T

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Part of JISC’s Building Capacity Programme:• £100k until July 2011

• Mapping JISC technology projects and intelligence to Leeds strategic priorities across Research, Learning and Teaching

• ‘Adopting’ and ‘adapting’ for the Leeds context

• ‘Leeds Learning’: toolkits and case studies for dissemination

Leeds Building Capacity Project

Strategic L&T Priorities

2009/10•Digitisation/ing learning resources•Distributed environments for blended learning•Providing effective feedback to students

2010/11•Curriculum review•Open access/resources

Where are we now?Guided by the LBC Project Advisory Group and in collaboration with JISC:

• Mapping JISC projects to priorities• Selecting potential projects fit for Leeds• Communicating ‘intelligence’ to L&T communities• Facilitating ‘take-up’ of project outputs/outcomes

i.e. there is funding available! but also.....• Identifying ‘gaps’ in JISC provision

• Developing a dialogue with L&T communities• Creating platforms for a dialogue:–Faculty Pro Deans and Directors for L&T–Themed events e.g. Effective Feedback Week 12/10–LTC8 !– Leeds Building Capacity Project Website

www.sddu.leeds.ac.uk/lbc/

Communicating ‘intelligence’

Where are we now?

LBC project priority: Effective Feedback •AFAL (Aberystwyth)- comparison of 3 methods

audio: digital recorder/MP3 posters, non-electronic worka/v asynchronous: headset/adobe acrobat/PDF reports/proposalsa/v synchronous: headset/screencast/website link essays/presentations

https://sites.google.com/site/audiofeedbackuk/home/

•ASEL (Bradford & Hertfordshire) – audio choice in both assessment & feedback forms - encouraged dialogue with students

http://aselproject.wordpress.com/

•ASSET (Reading & Plymouth) – videogeneric, rapid feed-forward - increased student engagement

http://www.reading.ac.uk/asset/

Where are we going?• Example of a JISC project output ASSET: use of audio/video e.g. FLIP camcorder–Demo – one prepared earlier! –‘Play’ for 5 minutes: In 3s, make a short video Record your responses to the question:

How might this technology be used to support feedback or feed-forward to students? Any barriers?–Play back–Feed back your responses to the group

• Broader discussion

Using the FlipSwitch on: press power button on RHS Record: press record button to start /stop touch +/- to zoom in/outPlay: touch button to start/pauseNB: ‘Built in’ microphone - so need to be near the flip(Delete: touch delete button select ‘yes’ to confirm)

Q: How might this technology be used to support feedback or feed-forward to students?•Any barriers?

Feedback and DiscussionPossible broader questions:•How far are these kinds of technologies useful to enhance learning and teaching e.g. providing feedback to students? An enhancement or addition to existing practices?

•What other kinds of (existing) technologies might we deploy across the university ? e.g. Grademark/Turnitin - Rafe Hallett and Kevin Linch (History)•What are the possible barriers?

•How might we best develop platforms to create an ongoing dialogue to build capacity in L&T?

To conclude….

Any further reflections or questions related to Building Capacity in L&T…. or R

Please email: k.a.llewellyn@adm.leeds.ac.uk

It would be great to hear from you

Meanwhile - thanks for being here !

NB: LBC website www.sddu.leeds.ac.uk/lbc/