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Linking learninglifewide and lifelong
Andrew Middleton & Sue Beckingham@andrewmid @suebecks
ALT-C 2015, University of Manchester #altc
Student TeacherIdentity
Being & BecomingPPDP and Employability
Establishing our standingOur practice is our profile
social media profiles are a common currency for all aspiring and developing professionals
What's the difference between a student and a teacher?
Common groundemployability as a lifelong challenge and commitment to professional development and establishing good standing
Employability is about capability
Professional ProfilingDeveloping ‘self’ - lifewide and lifelongOur• Social capital - our worth to ourselves and others• Habitus - continuous improvement reflection and profiling
‘Profile’ a tangible dimension to PPDP and Professional Recognition
*PPDP: Personal & Professional Development Planning
Based on: Dacre-Pool, L and Sewell, P, (2010), Moving from conceptual ambiguity to operational clarity: Employability, enterprise and entrepreneurship in higher education, Education and Training, 52, 1, 89-94. Also online
Employability
DegreeKnowledge,
Understanding& Skills
CareerDevelopment
Learning
ExperienceWork and Life
Generic Skills EmotionalIntelligence
Reflection and Evaluatione.g. PPDP
Self-efficacy Self-confidence
Self-esteem
The Employability Continuum
Recognising Lifewide EngagementLife as context Self as context
LinkedIn University project contextDigital-Social Age• Social media: our extended learning environment• Supporting graduateness as professionalism• Digital capability Renamed “Connected U”
Key Challenges:• make PPDP and RIGS (Remaining in Good Standing)
real
‘The LinkedIn University’ - HEA funded project AimConsider how we can establish and maintain our professional profiles using social media
LinkedIn as a platform for professionals• PPDP for students • Professional Recognition for staff
Developing the habit
Connected U is…A digital toolkit about LinkedIn as a presentation layer for reflective practice and learningVideo and written case studies
• students• alumni• academics• employers• advisers
Guidance and links to useful resources
Connected U project reflections
Being involved in the project developed our knowledge
Student Intern
It taught me...the literal day-
to-day tips for maintaining
an interesting and engaging
LI profile
Steering Group member
Its limitations in terms of
privacy controls inhibit
the ability of academics
and students to use it as
a development space
Listening to the case studies was very powerful and these will be an integral part of my toolkit when delivering sessions on this area for both staff and students
Steering Group member
Healthy staff-student relationships can be maintained through LinkedIn's many tools
Student Intern
Connected U project reflections
Changing practice
It’s a “safe space” to start
exploring your professional digital
identity Employability
I have not developed the 'habit' - which is such an important part of using LinkedIn professionally Steering Group member
Connected U project reflections
Have we changed?
Academic
I think it’s essential as far as
student employability is
concerned
Not only is it a digital showcase of
your own skills, it provides a
window to see what other
professionals and companies are
doing Steering Group
member
Connected U project reflections
How important is LinkedIn as an employability tool?
Listening to the case studies was very powerful and these will be an integral part of my toolkit when delivering sessions on this area for both staff and students
Steering Group member
Healthy staff-student relationships can be maintained through LinkedIn's many tools
Student Intern
Connected U project reflections
Changing practice
https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/profiles
