Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal learning narrative through digital media

Dr Sarah Copeland (University of Bradford) And Dr John Couperthwaite (PebblePad)

Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal learning narrative through digital media

Understanding personal learning narratives

“Reflection on creative practice” And “Creative reflection on practice”

Kirk,CandPitches,J.2013.Digitalreflec;on:usingdigitaltechnologiestoenhanceandembedcrea;veprocesses.Technology,PedagogyandEduca;on,Volume22,Issue2

Reflection technologies: “technologies that enable students to 'look and listen again' to their digital artefacts, a process that encourages them to reflect not only on the learning itself, but also on the process by which they came to that learning”

Steve Wheeler, http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/digital-reflections.html

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Social media as evidence

Towards a better understanding of social

storytelling

Storytelling as pedagogy

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Storytelling as pedagogy

Create a short user story to describe how using social media would support a portfolio.


Over to you !

Activity 1. Defining user stories…

Create a short user story to describe how using social media would support a portfolio.


Example: -  As a University Lecturer applying for a HEA Fellowship -  I need to include examples of my Tweetchat activity -  So that I can demonstrate engagement with fellow educators


Activity 2. Understanding challenges… What are the challenges associated with using Social Media in personal and professional portfolios ? Consider:

•  Technology •  Ownership •  Context •  Pedagogy •  Relevance


Activity 3. Making it work… For the user story below, identify steps to overcome the challenges. A ‘challenge’ will be assigned to each group. Challenges: Technology / Ownership / Context / Pedagogy / Relevance Scenario: -  As a University Lecturer applying for a HEA Fellowship -  I need to include examples of my Tweetchat activity -  So that I can demonstrate engagement with fellow educators

Next steps


Useful links: Connect/Link With Us:

Ucisa, Social Media Toolkit #SocialStory TweetChat The Conversation Prism Social Media Guides, Sheffield Hallam University Visitor and Residents, JISC InfoKit Kirk & Pitches paper PDP and Social Media, Sheffield Hallam University

Dr Sarah Copeland Education Developer, University of Bradford Twitter: @xarahc Blog: StoryTEL LinkedIn: SarahCopeland2 Dr John Couperthwaite Consultant, PebblePad Twitter: @johncoup Blog: Technology Enhanced Musings LinkedIn: JohnCouperthwaite