tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31504556158220653862024-03-19T08:48:07.556+00:00Sue Beckingham: My Learning JourneyMusings: capturing thoughts, ideas and things I'm learning about Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-4392426647644622972020-01-05T16:21:00.002+00:002020-01-05T16:21:51.858+00:00Tweetchats, Personal Learning Networks and CPD. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last summer Laurie Phipps got us thinking once again in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">response this time to the tweet from @EdTechPossum below. I started writing this post and then somehow the holidays followed by the autumn semester took over and it remained in draft. Now the start of a new year and just before I return to work, it was my intention to reflect on the past decade. Having re-discovered this draft I thought it was time to finish it. </span></span><br />
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True to his word Lawrie did write this up titled '<a href="http://lawriephipps.co.uk/?p=9371" target="_blank">Inspired by a Possum</a>' and makes it clear that this is <i>just a quick capture and is limited by the sample size and the nature of the collection. </i>It made for an interesting read for different reasons. One was perceptions of what people liked or disliked about tweetchats and the other was around what personal development is considered to be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Unsurprisingly the respondents included ideas, feedback and opportunity to learn in relation to what they liked about tweetchats. During a tweetchat it is usual for participants to discuss and question, as well as to share links to further related resources. I frequently participate in tweetchats and always come away learning something. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In answer to what was the main dislike, the responses included people not feeling they had a way in, and people wanting a way of breaking the ice or being introduced. As an introvert I often feel all of these in face to face group conversations. Whereas online I have gained confidence I think through observing how others interact and realised that it's fine to just jump in and contribute to the chat despite not knowing the people taking part. Perhaps more importantly it is also ok to take time to think and then respond as and when you wish to as a dialogue can take place over time. The time lapse to respond may just be a few minutes or it may be longer. You get to choose. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Taking part in online small group webinars which involves real time conversations however does take me out of comfort zone. In these situations I often have to challenge myself to contribute. Facilitators like <a href="https://twitter.com/Bali_Maha" target="_blank">Maha Bali</a> in the <a href="http://virtuallyconnecting.org/" target="_blank">Virtually Connected</a> online conversations have helped to draw me and many others into conversations and it makes such a difference. I need to think about how we could replicate this in tweetchats, to help people new to the concept find a way in. Asking people to introduce themselves just before the chat starts could be one way. The difference with the tweetchats is that unless you participate even if this is just a like or retweet, no-one knows you are even listening. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of Lawrie's questions related to the timing of some of the cited tweetchats as these take place in the evening. He asked: Do you take the time “back”? (e.g. if you participate outside of working hours do you try and take some time off in lieu of participation). He specifically wanted to question why a CPD activity took place out of working hours. This surprised me as I have always taken the stand that my own personal development is something I choose to do and that this is different to the CPD training I am <i>required</i> to undertake as requested within my workplace. For example courses like fire awareness and unconscious bias, or as members of the Department Leadership team we all had to take a series of eight management development workshops. These are undertaken during work time. I would expect time in lieu if I was asked to take a work related course in the evening or over the weekend. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For me my personal development is not always essential for my role, but it is something that continues to help me to grow as an individual. I do strongly believe that my online connections who I may or may not have met in person have contributed to my learning and therefore advocate the term 'personal learning network'. Many of my connections are just that - people I personally choose to connect with, interact with, and learn with. I hope over time I have also been able to contribute to others development in some small way. These conversations and learning opportunities mostly take place through Twitter. Tweetchats are just one example that contribute to my CPD. I frequently use my commute to and from work to catch up on news and through the use of <a href="https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/" target="_blank">Tweetdeck</a> and the free version of <a href="https://hootsuite.com/create-free-account#/" target="_blank">Hootsuite</a>, I can filter tweets by groups or hashtags, allowing me to focus on many different conversations. I choose when and what I want to engage with. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For a long time now it has become second nature to share things I have found interesting by tweeting a link or retweeting what others have shared. I don't feel I have to engage constantly with others and refer to positive silent engagement (as opposed to the term 'lurking' which for me still has negative connotations) where I can choose to simply 'listen in'. As I have said many times, as children we all learned through listening and observing. It is no different online. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It saddens me deeply that there are people that use these online spaces to spread hatred and misinformation. I hope in time there will be ways to eradicate this. It should go without saying, but if there are tweets in your stream that offend or upset you, then you can choose to unfollow those responsible, block accounts that you don't want following you, or mute conversation threads. This aside, I do feel it is important however to listen to different viewpoints and make my own decisions. I don't always agree with what others might say and yet I don't feel I have to make that known. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My network includes people from many different countries and it is fascinating to learn about different cultures and also through shared interests. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From a personal development perspective I think we can learn so much from each other through the sharing of our ongoing lifelong learning journeys. As an educator I gain so much from those who reflect on the process of that learning. I need to become a better open reflector and look up to the likes of </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MarenDeepwell" target="_blank">Maren Deepwell</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> S</span><a href="https://twitter.com/sheilmcn" target="_blank">heila MacNeill</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. So in 2020 I must endeavour to do this and share more of my own learning experiences. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I recently had the privilege to be invited to take part in a short interview with Dr Maren Deepwell - a new series of 'In conversation with' posts that can be found on the <a href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/category/in-conversation-with/" target="_blank">ALT Blog</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having read previous posts where Maren has talked to Melissa Highton, David Hopkins, Elizabeth Charles and Maha Bali, it is fascinating to see the variety of responses to the same set of questions. I find it so interesting to hear about what others are working on. The #altc community have a common interest in the use of learning technology but the members have a wide range of roles. I think this is what makes it such a rich network and as I mentioned in one of my reponses, it is a very generous community that provides support and shares a wealth of information through the Jisclist, Twitter and events. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Never sure who reads posts like this I was over the moon to find that Stephen Downes had picked up on this one and wrote a short post on his <a href="https://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=69790" target="_blank">own blog</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you Maren for inviting me to take part in this. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can read the full post here: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2019/08/maren-deepwell-marendeepwell-in-conversation-with-sue-beckingham-suebecks/">https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2019/08/maren-deepwell-marendeepwell-in-conversation-with-sue-beckingham-suebecks/</a>. </span><br />
<br />Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-11878809637843718652019-07-14T16:02:00.000+01:002019-08-12T16:15:28.166+01:00The ALT Conference Preview - Radio EDUtalk <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We talked about the themes of the conference and how these were developed by the conference chairs. I love how they engaged in '<a href="https://visualthinkery.com/" style="color: black;" target="_blank">Visual Thinkery</a>' with the very talented <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanMMathers" target="_blank">Bryan Mathers</a> which led to the beautiful Celtic inspired conference logo below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We talked about the use of social media and Martin described its use as "turbo charging the power of the event". At last year's conference over 18k tweets were shared during the three days. The use of live streaming and recordings on YouTube of the keynotes and other talks certainly opens the conference up to those that are unable to make it and also presents the opportunity to rewatch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The conference programme is very exciting with a great selection of sessions to choose from. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm really looking forward to learning more about how holograms and chatbots are being used.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can listen to the whole interview on<span style="color: #666666;"> </span><a href="http://www.edutalk.info/show/radio-edutalk-10-07-19-data-dialogue-doing-altc/" style="color: #666666;" target="_blank">Radio #EDUtalk</a></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Keith Smyth, Professor of Pedagogy at the University of the Highlands and Islands. </span></li>
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<b>The conference venue</b><br />If I was a little nervous before, finding out where I will be presenting has sent my heart racing! I am experiencing feelings of both fear and excitement in equal measure. A sneak peak at where <a href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2019/keynote-speakers/">the keynotes</a> at this conference will take place!</span><br />
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<br />Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-31405270317226441732019-07-07T10:04:00.000+01:002019-07-09T13:28:18.684+01:00Becoming a Certified Management and Business Educator #CMBE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Chartered Institute of Business Schools launched a new scheme called the Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This provides business school educators (and those subjects that include business) with a framework for continuous professional development and a designation recognising their commitment to excellence in teaching. </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It focuses on ongoing development and complements the HEA Fellowships and the PGCert in HE, giving educators a platform to continuously develop their practice as well as providing a recognised designation when this has been achieved. It also demonstrates a commitment to the quality of learning and teaching. Educators need to commit to 40 hours of CPD a year. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Like other schemes such as SEDA and HEA there is an option for those who don’t currently meet the criteria. They are able to join the scheme through the Associate Management and Business Educator (AMBE) route. Individuals on the AMBE route can then qualify as CMBE after completing three years’ CPD.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The framework supports educators to develop their practice according to their development needs across e</span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nhancing teaching and learning practice; s</span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">cholarship of teaching and learning; and a</span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">cademic leadership. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What I like about this scheme is the need to record your CPD, and that this can be done in a way that suits you. Secondly the very process of doing this will be useful to reflect on at annual appraisals/PDRs. Thirdly and for me most important is that by becoming a Certified Management and Business Educator, I will demonstrate to my students that I value reflecting on my own practice and the need for continuous professional development and lifelong learning. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Furthermore </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope to connect with other educators in the community who are also involved in the scheme and listed in the <a href="https://charteredabs.org/cmbe-directory/" target="_blank">CMBE Directory</a>. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have added my certificate to my LinkedIn profile and shared via Twitter tagging </span><a href="https://twitter.com/CharteredABS" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">@CharteredABS</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and #CMBE. Having been a member of the SEDA (Staff and Educational Development Association) and ALT (Association for Learning Technology) for many years, I very much value the learning that can take place within these communities where the open sharing of our practice is so beneficial. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To find out more about this scheme go to: <a href="https://charteredabs.org/cmbe/">https://charteredabs.org/cmbe/</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the highlights of my year as a Visiting Fellow at Edge Hill University is being invited to speak the annual two day SOLSTICE Conference. I feel so priviliged to be speaking alongside the other Visiting Professors and Fellows, as well as other international guests speakers sharing their practice. I can't thank the EHU CLT team enough for the warm welcome we received on arrival. </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sue Beckingham – Sheffield Hallam University and Visiting Fellow</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Professor Sally Brown – Visiting Professor</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dr. Mark Childs – The Open University and Visiting Fellow</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Professor Keith Smyth – University of the Highlands and Islands and Visiting Professor</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Simon Thomson – University of Liverpool and Visiting Fellow</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Professor Peter Hartley – Visiting Professor</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Professor Phil Race – Visiting Professor</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Professor Pauline Kneale – University of Plymouth and Visiting Professor</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">There was a rich and varied </span><a href="https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/solstice/files/2019/05/2019-Book-of-Abstracts.pdf" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">programme</a><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> over the two days which included a great session led by Prof Sally Brown who asked us "Who are you and who do you want to be?" Sally reminded us that professional identity is not a fixed entity: we are likely to have a number over the course
of our careers and often hold several simultaneously, so how can we manage these and
maintain balance in our lives? It was a both a fun session (which involved designing our identities on a t-shirt) and an opportuity to explore these questions. Keith Smythe presented his work on the Digitally Distributed Curriculum which is based on the values of
praxis, participation and public pedagogy, and which is constructed around the four
dimensions of co-location, porosity, co-production and open scholarship. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The wonderfully creative Sarah Wright led an active session on the creative deployment of technologies to enhance the student experience; Dawne Irving-Bell a hands on beginners guide to sketchnoting; Sarah Mersic a session on AR learning; and Suzanne Faulkner on the use of Snapchat for student tutorials. They all got me thinking about new ways to enhance my teaching with alternative approaches. That's why these events bring so much value to educators. It's not just hearing about new or different ways to do things, it is also the time to ask questions, reflect and consider how you might adopt something different. Making conections with people outside of your subject group or immediate teaching team allows you to learn from others, share your own innovations and potential develop new collaborations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This year I presented with my colleague Prof Peter Hartley a workshop on 'Communication revisited – new perspectives and their implications for our practice in learning and teaching.' More to come on this topic as we have been accumulating evidence and research findings to inform our revision of a
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A favourite part of the event was surprising Prof Phil Race with a 'This is Your Life' to celebrate his 75th birthday. The tweets during and after the event are captured in this Wakelet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scott Ibberson tweeted a table of reading habits a few days ago and it got quite a few of us thinking about our own habits and how we bookmark a page in a book that we are reading. My initial response was also neutral good: </span><i style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">uses scrap of paper/shopping list/receipts as bookmark</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I reshared the tweet and it was fascinating seeing how others responded. It also got me thinking about it more deeply and reflecting that I really engaged in a <i>variety </i>of the options depending <i>what</i> I was reading, <i>why</i> I was reading, <i>where</i> I was reading and <i>when</i> I was reading.</span><br />
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When reading academic books, especially when undertaking research, I like to use sticky translucent flags to mark interesting sections. They can be easily re-used and moved around and they don't spoil the book pages.</div>
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I tend to buy notebooks with a ribbon bookmark for work. I do like the moleskin notebooks that also have a pocket in the back page to hold extra bits and bobs like a mini ruler. I also use these kind of tabs to mark pages I might have to go back to for a meeting at work. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When away for a beach holiday I can easily get through 8-9 novels so it's a Kindle is a good space saver. That said I do like to buy 2-3 from charity shops to take with me. Once read I then swop with other books where the hotel has a book corner for guests to do this. My chosen bookmark good be place face down if I decide to go for a dip in the sea or whatever scrap of paper I can find if the book needs to back in my bag. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So revisiting the table I find I really have a a variety of my reading habits dependent on whether I am reading for leisure, study or work. Here are some of my reflections. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>uses proper leather bookmark embossed with initials</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've never had a personalised bookmark but would love one with gold initials. I do have a couple of '<i>proper</i>' bookmarks that have been given to me as presents. For some reason (unbeknown to myself!) these have been saved for something special and sit on a bookshelf in my study. I also have some handmade bookmarks given to me as gifts and these are saved too as they are so delicate. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Neutral good</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>uses scrap of paper/shopping list/receipts as bookmark</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Typically this is what I tend to do as I reach for whatever is to hand. It could be anything from a local takeaway menu to a flyer that came through the letterbox.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>uses finger as bookmark; never actually books book down</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Those moments you are gripped with a section of your book and nature calls - the book of course has to go with you and this is the quickest option to bookmark the page you have got to!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>reads on ebook, bookmarks digitally</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I read a lot of novels on my Kindle. It's light and great to take on holday or long journeys on the train. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sunday morning reading in bed when I go and make a cuppa, I will leave my book open in this way. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>dog-ears corners (but smoothes them out again when finished)</i></span><br />
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-14789454937470609912019-04-26T16:54:00.000+01:002019-05-04T16:56:02.427+01:00My 10th Twitter Anniversary<br />
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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MyTwitterAnniversary?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MyTwitterAnniversary</a> <a href="https://t.co/9IV5gILz5I">pic.twitter.com/9IV5gILz5I</a></div>
— Sue Beckingham (@suebecks) <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks/status/1120846390618312704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Never in my wildest imagination did I consider what a huge impact Twitter and social media would have on my professional development! Ten years on and I have developed an international personal learning network and 11.6k followers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To find your first tweet, you can use Twitter's Advanced Search. Go to <a href="https://twitter.com/search-advanced">https://twitter.com/search-advanced</a> and enter your username into the 'From these accounts' field under 'People'. Then to select the date. I added the date I joined Twitter in the 'From this date' section and the day after in the 'To this date'. </span><br />
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-20516603113617731352019-04-12T20:02:00.000+01:002019-06-13T20:13:08.844+01:00What will the university look like in 2030?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In April I was invited by James Clay, head of HE and student experience at Jisc to contribute to <a href="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/networkshop" target="_blank">Networkshop47</a> where a panel of students, staff and education technology experts offered their visions for the future. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The audience was mainly networking and security people.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sue Beckingham, Principal Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Caitlin Bloom, Sector Analyst, Jisc</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jake Forecast, Jisc Student Partner</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mark O'Leary, Head of Network Access, Jisc</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Amber Thomas, Head of Academic Technology, University of Warwick</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Andy Powell, Cloud Chief Technology Officer, Jisc</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Simon Wilson, Chief Technology Officer, Aruba</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our brief was to discuss which emerging technologies offer the most promise in helping with the challenges universities and colleges face. The panel session focus was to look at the wider student experience in 2030 and what this means for those who support the student experience through the use of technology.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">How an we predict the future? James suggests we start by looking at the past. In 2008 the iPhone had just been out less than a year with 3G connectivity! In the panel disucssion we reflected on what we think will happen in the next 11 years, what the implications will be for universities, what this will mean for the student experience, and also the technical infrastructures that are going to enable this student experience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">My vision of the future student experience is to have a virtual learning hub that is interconnected. All students would be provided with an intelligent device. This would be preloaded with activities: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Active learning apps</b> - things we might relate to in today's learning and teaching for example Socrative, Padlet and what ever they are in the future that allow learning inside and outside of the classroom, collaborative andindependent learning. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Personal profile</b> - the students would have a profile preloaded and would be able to personalise that, they can put in their interests. It would be searchable and allow students to connect with shared interests. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Achievememts </b>- the device would have a profile of their achievements - their marks, feedback and attendance</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Student support</b> - it would enable chat (text or voice) and connect them to their academic adviser, their tutor, student support, careers adviser, wellbeing</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Learning workspace </b>- this might include a future version of the VLE and spaces like Google Drive for personal and collaborative work. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Extracurricular </b>- it would link to acvitivies outside of the taught curriculum so that students know what is available. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Conversation </b>- access to peer chat and video chat</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Maps and wayfinding</b> - where to find places (libaray. places to eat, classrooms etc) and linked to the student's timetable</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Self help </b>- utilising Siri or Alexa technology for FAQs, bite sized learning, revision</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Virtual video meetings </b>- connecting to others locally and globally, other students, and businesses and professionals in their field. This would come with subtitiles, translation and auto transcription</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Digital feedback </b>- students can record and save feedback (formative and sumative) from tutors, peers or others using multimedia in a format they choose. This can be tagged with keywords for later recall. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">There would be flexible learning spaces, so not defined as a lab vs a classroom (rows of tables and chairs). Students would take their device into the classroom where there would be charging mats on the tables, the ability to connect their device to a larger screen so if they wanted to work in 2s or 3s, or larger groups they could. Also i</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">nteractive walls to capture collaborative work that syncs to the students device.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The device is not futurisic. My examples could use the technology that is already here and being used by us in our daily lives. It would need to bring these together in one space. A space that is secure and safe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/share-your-vision-of-the-campus-of-the-future-30-apr-2019" target="_blank">Jisc News</a> summarises my contribution as: </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Sue Beckingham, principal lecturer at <a href="https://www.shu.ac.uk/">Sheffield Hallam University</a>, felt that every student might have an “intelligent device”, which becomes their personal, interconnected virtual learning hub. This will hold a profile of their academic and personal life, syncing all their work to their tutors, connecting to university services, and linking to their extra-curricular life and their peers. Students will also submit work and get feedback on this device, she said."</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My initial thought was that I would have much preferred talking about what is good with education! There are so many good examples I'd love to share from the many educators I connect with online through Twitter, that have openly shared with others how they engage their students; how they co-learn together; and how they experiment with innovative and creative approaches using Lego, social media, digital technology, post-its, role play and so much more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So back to the question. I'm not the kind of person that can just list what is wrong, as I have the strong desire to consider what <u>we</u> can do about it. I know I may not have all the answers and therefore I think it is so important that we discuss any such issues with our peers and in this context also with our students. So with that said I will still offer a few of my own observations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I still remember sitting in maths class challenging the teacher about the maths we were attempting to learn, asking where this would be used. I was always motivated when I could see how it could be applied AND put into useful practice and de-motivated when my questions were brushed aside and told you just need to learn it... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think we need to consider more ways in which we create situations where students can apply their learning, re-visit this through reflection and feedback and then have opportunities to re-apply an enhanced version of their learning. There are many examples where students work on authentic projects with a purposeful outcome. When these involve real-life situations to investigate, analyse or solve, this is where I see the sparks and enthusiasm. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">reconsider how we can encourage curiosity, intrigue, excitement, the desire to question, and the confidence to critically challenge.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">encourage creativity and reflection on not just what has been learned but identify what could be done to improve</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">acknowledge learning is challenging for all of us</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">support multiple attempts and endorse FAIL as '<b>f</b>irst <b>a</b>ttempt <b>i</b>n <b>l</b>earning'</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We know that there are educators who continue to teach as they experienced 'being in the classroom' and this is not always a good thing. That's not to say that what may be called <i>traditional approaches</i> don't equate to a positive learning experience. For example there are many great examples of the lecture being an incredibly engaging experience, but we also know having being on the receiving end of being talked at, that we can quickly disengage. Why would it be different for our students? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Going to educational conferences, seminars or workshops within or beyond your university, college or school has for many provided great inspiration to enhance practice. When we can hear from peers about innovative practice that is evidenced as being valued by learners, it provides inspiration to re-look at our own practice. It's important to to have those discussions about new interventions that haven't worked too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">CPD budgets are being cut and sadly in some cases becoming non existent.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> It is important that we look for other ways to learn from peers. As already mentioned this is happening across the globe where educators have appropriated social media and digital technology to connect, communicate and collaborate. For me everyday is a learning day and I am constantly learning from peers. As educators we need to fire our enthusiasm for professional development and take responsibility for this. Equally I would argue that this needs to be recognised as well as encouraged by senior leadership in our institutions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am sure you will have come across the quotes below in some form or another. These apply to everyone one of us and not just the students we teach. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“<i>Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire</i>” wrongly attributed to W. B. Yeats and "<i>The purpose of education is not to fill a vessel but to kindle a flame</i>" to Alfred North Whitehead (who also is quoted to say "Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.") </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As educators we need to lead by example and embrace lifelong learning. We need to reflect on how we teach and get feedback on how we teach; observe how others teach and learn about new ways to enhance our own teaching. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We need to trust and value those of our peers who have roles for example as educational developers, learning technologists, learning developers, librarians. Professional development needs to be embedded in our practice and time allocated to do this, but not as the odd bolt on. CPD is what is says on the tin - <i>continuous</i> professional development. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is an extract from a paper titled the 'Purpose of Learning' by </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Martin Luther King Jr. in 1947. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think it may suffice to say that we all need to reflect on and learn from history. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Most of the "brethren" think that education should equip them with the proper instruments of exploitation so that they can forever trample over the masses. Still others think that education should furnish them with noble ends rather than means to an end.<br /><br />It seems to me that education has a two-fold function to perform in the life of man and in society: the one is utility and the other is culture. Education must enable a man to become more efficient, to achieve with increasing facility the legitimate goals of his life.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Education must also train one for quick, resolute and effective thinking. To think incisively and to think for one's self is very difficult. We are prone to let our mental life become invaded by legions of half truths, prejudices, and propaganda. At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically. Even the press, the classroom, the platform, and the pulpit in many instances do not give us objective and unbiased truths. To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.</i></span><br />
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"Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts."<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Martin Luther King Jr. (1947) The Purpose of Education. <a href="https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education">https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Quote Investigator <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/03/28/mind-fire/">https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/03/28/mind-fire/</a></span><br />
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Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-42874827357218708582019-01-12T17:23:00.001+00:002019-01-12T17:23:27.261+00:00Reflections on #SocMedHE18 and #mugafesto - Social Media for Learning in HE Conference<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For those that know me, you will know that for some years now I have been an advocate of the use of social media for learning and teaching. It has provided opportunities for my own CPD that continue to go beyond my expectations. The generosity of the communities I engage with or indeed listen in to, have had such a postive impact on who I am as a professional and the work that I do. #SocMedHE18 is the conference hashtag this post is about. I have been incredibly lucky to be able to co-create, co-organise and contribute as a co-presenter at an event that brings so many wonderful people together to openly share, discuss and debate topics around social media for learning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So this year <a href="https://twitter.com/RKChallen" target="_blank">Rachel Challen</a> from Nottinham Trent Uni picked up the baton and agreed to host the <a href="https://socmedhe18.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">4th Social Media for Learning in HE Conference</a>. Rach made the decision to reach out to her network to look for volunteers to form the organising committee for #SocMedHE18 and I was thrilled to be asked to join her team. Her approach to leading this massive undertaking must be commended. Using social media - mostly Google Drive and a private Twitter DM group, with the odd Zoom and Skype meeting - Rachel encouraged everyone to contribute ideas. The creativity that came from this group was fantastic and the unique additional touches Rachel added were brilliant. Right at that start she involved <a href="https://twitter.com/BryanMMathers" target="_blank">Bryan Mathers</a> from <a href="https://twitter.com/visualthinkery" target="_blank">Visual Thinkery</a> to help the team develop ideas for the conference themes and to help Bryan create a collection of visuals that could be made into stickers (which were gifts for delegates at the event). He also created an <a href="https://remixer.visualthinkery.com/a/socmedhe" target="_blank">Inclusive Revolution remixer</a> which was great fun to use - try it yourself. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The whole process was an incredible experience. From start to finish Rachel made sure everyone had a part to play and inspired everyone to contribute. Meanwhile behind the scenes she worked with her wonderful NTU team to make the magic that pulls a conference together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The themes for the event were openness, digital identity and creativity. <a href="https://twitter.com/debbaff" target="_blank">Deb Baff </a>came up with the ingenious idea to ask people to tweet their proposal to make it inclusive for all to contribute something short (in 280 characters!). A great response was received and the conversation using the #SocMedHE18 hashtag was on fire right from the start! To be honest the conversation has been vibrant leading up to, during and post conference. The event included activities that enabled those who could not be there to engage. Livestreaming the keynote is one example and then there was the <a href="https://socmedhe18.wordpress.com/mugafesto/" target="_blank">Mugafesto</a>. #Mugafesto was an idea created by <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewmid" target="_blank">Andrew Middleton</a> to develop a manifesto that could fit on a mug. Statements that could help others see why social media for learning in HE is important and something that should be supported and encouraged. S</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">ee my contribition at the top of this post - my intention being to highlight the value of open sharing to encourage the making of new connections, conversations and collaborations. The more we do this, the more we can gain. The more we gain and learn through trusted networks, has to be a win win situation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was delighted to have the opportunity to introduce <a href="https://twitter.com/MarenDeepwell" target="_blank">Maren Deepwell</a> who gave an excellent <a href="https://socmedhe18.wordpress.com/keynote/" target="_blank">keynote</a> on how we use social media and technology for teaching, learning and assessment by exploring three critical themes: community, equality and openness. Maren's calm approach and the ability to articulate quite often complex matters is something I really admire. She began her talk by raising something I am sure we are all semi conscious of and that is the amount of time we spend online and the value of taking time out. She recommended the <a href="https://datadetox.myshadow.org/en/home" target="_blank">digital data detox</a> which is described as </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Maren refered to social media as powerful, personal and pervasive. It is easy to get carried away with the positive outcomes of using social media, but we also need to be mindful of the dark side. Having these conversations with family, friends, colleagues and students has never been so important. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The day continued with three sets of parallel sessions. Choosing was always going to be difficult but in a way was made easier for me as I was asked to chair three sessions in the first set and was presenting a workshop in the final set. Given the Twitter feedback all sessions brought their unique value to the day. I certainly got a great deal from all the sessions I attended. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Reflecting on the day there is so much I could write about, but for now I will use the event themes as a useful focal point and share these thoughts:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hearing from educators sharing their practice and being able to discuss not just what went well, but also what didn't go as planned is incredibly valuable. Providing a forum to question, discuss and offer similar experiencs or suggestions is such a helpful approach and for me the bedrock of successful CPD. Every session allowed for this and I have come away with new ideas and ways I can re-consider my own practice of using social media for learning and how to (re)evaluate it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Digital identity</b><br />We explored in a session what we feel it means to 'lurk' (or what I prefer to refer to as positive silent engagement), where not participating is very often because the individual is shy or just not ready to contribute immediately (if at all). I want to think more about how I can encourage and help those that want to 'cross the bridge' but also recognise that I must acknowledge others may gain as much as they wish to by just listening in. During this session I co-led with <a href="https://twitter.com/NomadWarMachine" target="_blank">Sarah Honeychurch</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/neilwithnell" target="_blank">Neil Withnell</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/scottturneruon" target="_blank">Scott Turner</a>, I was momentarily worried people were not enjoying it, mistaking the quietness. Sometimes we need quiet for thinking space. Some people may need more time to think than others. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Secondly I wanted to mention the joy and happiness of the many first 'face to face' meetings that took place. Many selfies were posted at the start of the day! I met people I regard as friends as we have known and interacted with each other through social media for some time, yet never met in person. I'm sorry I can't mention everyone but it was a joy to meet you all. I do want to mention <a href="https://twitter.com/HalaMansour" target="_blank">Hala Mansour</a> as our friendship is deeply rooted having shared a #WOL (working out loud) experience; and also <a href="https://twitter.com/JennyLewinJones" target="_blank">Jenny Lewin-Jones</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/KiuSum" target="_blank">Kiu Sum</a> who have both been part of the LTHEchat organising team; plus <a href="https://twitter.com/WarwickLanguage" target="_blank">Teresa MacKinnon</a> who I've had the pleasure of meeting many times off and online but would love to see more of! I find it fascinating to observe how the use of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoji" target="_blank">emojis</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF" target="_blank">GIFs</a> and <a href="https://www.bitmoji.com/" target="_blank">bitmojis</a> can add visual cues that maybe don't make up for the face to face experience of communicating but certainly help us express emotions and facets of our digital selves! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Creativity</b><br />From the start of the day the 'build your own badge' table had everyone smiling as they happily added their own creative stamp whilst making their perosnal name badge. Andrew as afore mentioned used his creativity to create a video to introduce the #Mugafesto activity, and Bryan who made the best stickers were both brilliant; but then each and every presenter also brought a range of creativity to the way they have enhanced their practice, shared research undertaken or ongoing, and in the way they stimulated discussion around one or more of the three themes. Rachel of course has used her creative wand numerous times and made this such a special event. Thank you for making it happen. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I really didn't want the day to end. The good (actually brilliant) news is that SocMedHE19 will take place on December 19th at Edge Hill University led by the wonderful Dawne and Sarah. If I can leave you with one bit of advice, it would be follow @SocMedHE and make sure you get yourself to #SocMedHE19!</span><br />
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As <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SocMedHE18?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SocMedHE18</a> draws to a close building upon the exceptional conference organised by the wonderful <a href="https://twitter.com/RKChallen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RKChallen</a> & the <a href="https://twitter.com/SocMedHE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SocMedHE</a> community we are delighted to begin to preparations for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SocMedHE19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SocMedHE19</a> ! Thursday 19th December 2019 😀See you soon! <a href="https://twitter.com/belld17?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@belld17</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Sarah__wright1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Sarah__wright1</a> <a href="https://t.co/Kc0WKUZ8b3">https://t.co/Kc0WKUZ8b3</a></div>
— CLT at EHU (@CLTatEHU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CLTatEHU/status/1083137582458908674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-86601207076600390922018-01-10T17:19:00.001+00:002018-03-11T14:35:07.894+00:00Interconnectedness and Lifelong Learning #TEDxUoBolton #TEDx<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The recording of the TEDx talk I gave at the University of Bolton is now up on the TEDx YouTube channel! Below is the tweet that let me know. The event included 12 presenters so hats off to the team who filmed and edited all of the videos. </span><br />
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Interconnectedness and Lifelong Learning: An excellent <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TEDx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TEDx</a> Talk by <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SueBecks</a> at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TEDxUoBolton?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TEDxUoBolton</a> 2017. <a href="https://t.co/dgkE1LRlal">https://t.co/dgkE1LRlal</a><a href="https://twitter.com/BoltonUni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BoltonUni</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LTHEchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LTHEchat</a> <a href="https://t.co/QhPBM0hNxj">pic.twitter.com/QhPBM0hNxj</a></div>
— TEDxUoBolton (@TEDxUoBolton) <a href="https://twitter.com/TEDxUoBolton/status/950836176407158784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/suebeckingham/interconnectedness-and-lifelong-learning" target="_blank" title="Interconnectedness and Lifelong Learning ">Interconnectedness and Lifelong Learning </a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/suebeckingham" target="_blank">Sue Beckingham</a></strong> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The third <a href="https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/socmedhe" target="_blank">Social Media for Learning Conference</a> took place once again at Sheffield Hallam. I was thrilled to have five of my students contribute to the event, their work on SMASH - Social Media for Academic Studies at Hallam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The morning of the conference was designed as a Build Your Own Conference approach whereby delegates suggested and voted up activities. These ranged from conversations, feedback on research to full hands on workshops. It was a brilliant start to the event. In the afternoon there was a collection of workshops, short papers and poster presentations in parallel sessions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can hand on heart say this is one of my favourite events, bringing together old friends too many of you to mention all by name but you know who you are) and an opportunity to meet new people sharing the same interest of using social media to enhance learning and teaching. It was great to see <a href="https://twitter.com/JennyLewinJones" target="_blank">Jenny</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/scottturneruon" target="_blank">Scott</a> who have been part of the LTHEchat organising team over the last few months as this was the first time we'd met face to face! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The student founders and new members of SMASH led a session in the morning and used the opportunity to get feedback on their 7 ways to use [social media tool] cards. These were Corran Wood, Jess Paddon, Abby Butler, Callum Rooney and virtually Matty Trueman (who was recovering from appendicitis so couldn't be with us in person) They received some great feedback both in the session and through Twitter. In the new year they will develop these resources further and plan to run workshops with staff and students at Sheffield Hallam to demonstrate the different ways social media can enhance learning and teaching. The resources will be given a Creative Commons licence and then shared through a new blog and Twitter account. </span></div>
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I like this Sue, will these resources be shared via the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SocMedHE17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SocMedHE17</a> hashtag or somewhere (creative commons attributed etc?)... would like to see how useful they would be to <a href="https://twitter.com/UEL_News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UEL_News</a> staff.</div>
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wonderful example of partnership working with students - these cards have been produced by <a href="https://twitter.com/sheffhallamuni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sheffhallamuni</a> students to help staff understand potential uses of social media <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SocMedHE17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SocMedHE17</a> <a href="https://t.co/QeXQytjZQk">pic.twitter.com/QeXQytjZQk</a></div>
— Simon Horrocks (@horrocks_simon) <a href="https://twitter.com/horrocks_simon/status/943067775932796928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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At SHU, staff that I'm taught by have used nearly all the tools at a basic level but there are so many other ways to develop learning with students using these tools and apps. Personally I've not used WhatsApp within learning as of yet (I hope that answers your question)!</div>
— Matty Trueman (@Matty_Trueman) <a href="https://twitter.com/Matty_Trueman/status/943073216800673793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I attended a great session led by <a href="https://twitter.com/SFaulknerPandO" target="_blank">Suzanne Faulkner</a>, which as it happens so did my students. I've been a bit of skeptical about using Snapchat but now encouraged by Jess, I will definitely look into this in the new year!</span><br />
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I loved this session!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GetSueABitmoji?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GetSueABitmoji</a></div>
— Jessica Paddon (@JessPaddonSHU) <a href="https://twitter.com/JessPaddonSHU/status/943164006633738240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Together with Suzanne Faulkner we ran a fun workshop using Lego to get participants discussing their online identity. I wish now we'd been able to record this as there were some great discussions, and volunteers who described their models. </span><br />
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Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/SFaulknerPandO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SFaulknerPandO</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@suebecks</a> for the LEGO serious play session - I can legitimately play with LEGO at work 🎆🎉 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SocMedHE17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SocMedHE17</a> <br />
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— Dr Scott Turner (@scottturneruon) <a href="https://twitter.com/scottturneruon/status/943175668199755776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Corran Wood and Jess Paddon, two of the four founder members of SMASH led a <a href="https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/socmedhe/a-student-led-approach-to-using-social-media-for-academic-studies/" target="_blank">presentation</a> on how the group started and what they had gained from the experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I co-presented a paper with Simon Horrocks on <a href="https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/socmedhe/papers-at-socmedhe17/1779-2/" target="_blank">Social Media and Higher Education Digital Leadership</a>. Whilst our research is work in progress, it gave us an opportunity to seek valuable feedback from the attendees and gauge interest in the work we are doing. Watch this space for how this research develops.</span><br />
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Interesting talk on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HEDigitalLeadership?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HEDigitalLeadership</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/horrocks_simon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@horrocks_simon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@suebecks</a> - Sue is an excellent example of digital leadership, helping us to start our <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/shuSMASH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#shuSMASH</a> project!</div>
— Corran Wood (@Corran_SHU) <a href="https://twitter.com/Corran_SHU/status/943128509580488704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Who would you recommend as a good digital leader in higher education and why? Support <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@suebecks</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/horrocks_simon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@horrocks_simon</a> with their research. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HEDigitalLeadership?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HEDigitalLeadership</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SocMedHE17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SocMedHE17</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The final session of the day gave me the opportunity to attend <a href="https://twitter.com/neilwithnell" target="_blank">Neil Withnell</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/egillaspy" target="_blank">Emma Gillaspy's</a> excellent workshop '</span><a href="https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/socmedhe/papers-at-socmedhe17/cracking-the-tef-crystal-maze-technology-edition/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Cracking the TEF crystal maze – technology edition</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'. This was a series of activities or challenges that we had to solve in small groups. Each gave us the opportunity to test out different platforms whilst trying to crack the clues. It's certainly inspired me to try something similar with my own students. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was a non stop day but a very enjoyable one. As you might imagine there was much to tweet about. So many engaged with the event that were not actually physically present which was great. </span></div>
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Thanks everyone for your enthusiastic tweeting - we've been the top trending hashtag all day for Sheffield! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/socmedhe17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#socmedhe17</a></div>
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A <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TAGS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TAGS</a> map of tweets using <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SocMedHE17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SocMedHE17</a> - 10/12/17 - 8am 20/12/17 the interactive map available at <a href="https://t.co/HNxm10Ynu6">https://t.co/HNxm10Ynu6</a><br />
Top 10 Conversationalists <a href="https://twitter.com/alexgspiers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alexgspiers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SocMedHE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SocMedHE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/cpjobling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cpjobling</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@suebecks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NomadWarMachine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NomadWarMachine</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewmid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@andrewmid</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/santanuvasant?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@santanuvasant</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/alyjbrown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alyjbrown</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DustinAcEd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DustinAcEd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JennyLewinJones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JennyLewinJones</a> <a href="https://t.co/xYhQAGkfPU">pic.twitter.com/xYhQAGkfPU</a></div>
— Dr Scott Turner (@scottturneruon) <a href="https://twitter.com/scottturneruon/status/943393687173844992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SocMedHE17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SocMedHE17</a> via NodeXL <a href="https://t.co/odzvMFcVou">https://t.co/odzvMFcVou</a><a href="https://twitter.com/SocMedHE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@socmedhe</a><a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@suebecks</a><a href="https://twitter.com/santanuvasant?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@santanuvasant</a><a href="https://twitter.com/davidwebster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@davidwebster</a><a href="https://twitter.com/ATEERDCPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ateerdcpd</a><a href="https://twitter.com/alexgspiers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alexgspiers</a><a href="https://twitter.com/alyjbrown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alyjbrown</a></div>
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Sue Beckingham, <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@suebecks</a> is now trending in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sheffield?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sheffield</a><a href="https://t.co/T66GDyOALP">https://t.co/T66GDyOALP</a> <a href="https://t.co/JFhziD8Lp5">pic.twitter.com/JFhziD8Lp5</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The 1st October has to go down as one of my proudest personal moments. I travelled down to London with my husband to attend the National Teaching Fellow Award Ceremony which took place at <a href="https://www.churchhouseconf.co.uk/" target="_blank">Church House</a>, Westminster. </span><br />
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At the NTF Awards with <a href="https://twitter.com/Seda_UK_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Seda_UK_</a> friends <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfSallyBrown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ProfSallyBrown</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/1PamParker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@1PamParker</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NTFS17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NTFS17</a> <a href="https://t.co/E0ss2VoR0K">pic.twitter.com/E0ss2VoR0K</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We enjoyed a wonderful meal and then came the time to collect our awards. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks David for capturing this photo!</span><br />
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Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@suebecks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NTFS17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NTFS17</a> excellent stuff <a href="https://twitter.com/sheffhallamuni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sheffhallamuni</a> <a href="https://t.co/XtqMCprTF8">pic.twitter.com/XtqMCprTF8</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Smith and Kim Bower, colleagues from Sheffield Hallam were also receiving NTF awards. This was the photo captured by </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Graham Holden. </span><br />
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It’s official! It was a privilege sharing our NTF Award evening together <a href="https://twitter.com/GrahamJHolden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GrahamJHolden</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/dave_thesmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dave_thesmith</a> and Kim Bower <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NTFS17?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NTFS17</a> <a href="https://t.co/Zf4SZSXWtl">pic.twitter.com/Zf4SZSXWtl</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was certainly an evening to remember! My National Teaching Fellowship profile can be found on the Higher Education Academy website</span><br />
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Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-2761571837006241752017-10-28T13:35:00.000+01:002018-01-02T13:56:09.686+00:00The Stemettes #MonsterConfidence Event<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was delighted to be invited by Anne-Marie Imafidon to give one of the keynotes at the <a href="http://monsterconfidence.co.uk/sheffield/" target="_blank">Stemettes #MonsterConfidence Conference</a> in Sheffield. The event is aimed at girls interested in STEM and co-run with Monster, a leading job site in the UK. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anne-Marie is the CEO of the <a href="https://twitter.com/Stemettes" target="_blank">Stemettes</a> and she can be found on Twitter as </span><a href="https://twitter.com/aimafidon" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">@aimafidon</a>. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Amongst other awards, Anne-Marie was recently announced by Computer Weekly as one of the </span><a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450427323/Computer-Weekly-announces-the-Most-Influential-Women-in-UK-IT-2017" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">most influential women in the UK</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My keynote focused on the importance of networking and building an online presence. I wanted to encourage the girls attended to learn to use social media in a professional context to connect, communicate, curate, collaborate and create. Drawing on the work of Stepper, I expounded on the value of working out loud and sharing achievements so that others can learn from these experiences. Ultimately I wanted to help them see the value in building networks online through the use of social media. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was a fabulous event and I took great pleasure in being involved throughout the day. This included 'speed dating' sessions where the student attendees spoke to myself and others to ask questions and learn about how we had developed our careers. </span><br />
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Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-91041183537569400262017-09-17T18:52:00.000+01:002017-09-17T18:52:23.073+01:00From Tsundoku to #PhDshelfie: An ongoing story<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Over the summer I had a number of conversations on Twitter with <a href="https://twitter.com/suewatling" target="_blank">Sue Watling</a> about books, PhDs, technology enhanced learning and the chasm which we still refer to as the digital divide. Twitter is my go to learning space and has become so as I have built a valued network of educators who also use this space to share their work and that of others. This leads to fascinating discussions. More often it opens my eyes to new concepts. I read a lot of things I may never have come across. I use the dictionary frequently. I realise the more I learn, the more there is to learn. At times it can feel intimidating when I don't understand new things BUT never for long as there is always someone I can go to to ask questions or at the very least be signposted to further reading that makes a topic more understandable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This post is in reply to Sue and other scholars who were sharing blog posts about their PhD book shelves and tweeting a link along with the hashtag #PhDshelfie. Sue invited me to contribute knowing I was in the process of starting my PhD journey. Do search for this hashtag as there are many valuable stories to read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">I love books and love to buy second hand ones as well as new. The academic ones are stored in my study. (My girls have grown up and left home now so I have a study all to myself - luxury!). This has a wide bookshelf and two bookcases. They are all full. Having undertaken two Master's degrees and a PgCert in Learning and Teaching in Education, plus a a variety of projects over the years, I've accumulated quite a collection. Now embarking on a PhD, new books are being added, and those already on the shelves are being pulled out and added to a growing pile to delve into. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I organise my books in 'collections' rather than a Dewey like system by author. These groupings have formed based on my teaching and research interests and include topics such as:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">technology enhanced learning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">open learning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">creative learning </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">scholarship of learning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">research methods and study skills</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">communication and media</span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">networking and social network analysis</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">social media in business</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">social media and online presence </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">social media in higher education</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My book shelves are also scattered with mementos and photos of family and friends. One of my newest and most treasured is this hand crafted Twitter bird which my dear friend Chrissi Nerantzi gave me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I start a new project (be this a course or some research) I tend to pull the books off the shelf and create piles. Once the project is finished I find them a place back on the shelf. Below is one of my newer piles of books I'm delving into. These of course compliment a raft of journal papers and blog posts accessed online. My #PhDshelfie is therefore in its infancy. It will evolve the more I read. Not captured will be a dictionary as I explore new words and concepts and try and make sense of them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My Summer Twitter links and conversations also led me to a book called<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1607747103/braipick0d-21" target="_blank"> Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World</a> by Ella Frances Sanders. In the book she captures a collection of words and beautifully illustrates these along with an interpretation of their meaning. One particular word that caught my eye in this was the Japenese word Tsundoku. This is described as:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It made me reflect on the books I buy as their journey to the bookshelf often takes a while. A new purchase may be read straight away, but to be honest this is the exception rather than the rule. I tend to identify a useful book cited by a writer and want to read more in the context of that quote. In the midst of a project the remainder of the book is likely to go unread. This book and others (both bought and borrowed) will become an ever growing pile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However from my 'tsundoku' collections (as there may be many) I can already see scope for future #PhDshelfie posts as I gather books to address different aspects of my PhD experience and the research I intend to undertake. It will be interesting to document how this evolves. </span>Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-69942518441070511592017-08-31T16:30:00.000+01:002017-11-04T16:34:48.143+00:00The day I was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship #NTFS2017 #NTFS17<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">31st August was the day many of us have been waiting for. The day the 55 successful National Teaching Fellows would be announced. I'm delighted to say that I was one of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Huge congratulations to all new NTFs and CATE finalists on their fantastic achievements <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NTFS2017?src=hash">#NTFS2017</a> <a href="https://t.co/KCWT0lI497">https://t.co/KCWT0lI497</a> <a href="https://t.co/3vmAkFMpts">pic.twitter.com/3vmAkFMpts</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have had so many wonderful messages of congratulations on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Too many to share them all here, but you know who you are and I want you to know how grateful I am. I've shared a few further down and explain why. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The press release from my university <a href="http://www4.shu.ac.uk/mediacentre/hallam-academics-recognised-teaching-excellence" target="_blank">'Hallam academics recognised for teaching excellence'</a> includes my inspirational colleagues Dr David Smith and Dr Kim Bower. There are 53 others recognised and the <a href="https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/about/news/hea-announces-national-teaching-fellowship-scheme-awards-and-collaborative-award-1" target="_blank">full list</a> can be found on the Higher Education Academy website. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">David Smith, along with our colleagues David Eddy and Julie Gillin and myself (the four musketeers) have inspired each other over the years and our mutual encouragement has seen us take innovative approaches to teaching and learning. I thank you for all of our shared experiences. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd like to thank my mentors Stella Jones-Devitt, Juliette Hinrichsen, Mike Bramhall and Richard Hill who over the years have helped me to realise my own potential and to believe that I can achieve things once thought out of my reach. Also Prof Peter Hartley with whom I share a deep interest in research on interpersonal communication. He constantly helps me to expand my thinking and challenges my ideas and new approaches. Huge thanks also must go to Professor Sally Brown and Professor Phil Race who not only believed in me but helped me believe in myself. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Congratulations to our own <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks">@suebecks</a> doyenne of the <a href="https://twitter.com/LTHEchat">@LTHEchat</a> community on becoming NTF in 2017. Welcome to the <a href="https://twitter.com/NTF_Tweet">@NTF_Tweet</a> community!</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">— Sally Brown (@ProfSallyBrown) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfSallyBrown/status/903156268768129024">August 31, 2017</a></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Massive congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/sheffhallamuni">@SheffHallamUni</a>'s <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks">@SueBecks</a> 😀 on being awarded 🎖️🎓 an <a href="https://twitter.com/HEAcademy">@HEAcademy</a> National Teaching Fellowship 🧡🎉‼️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NTFS2017?src=hash">#NTFS2017</a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">— Eric Stoller (@EricStoller) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricStoller/status/903189121912512512">August 31, 2017</a></span></blockquote>
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Eric has been such an inspiring friend over the years. We connected back in 2010 when he was living in the US. I'd come across his blog and through Twitter continue to learn from him. He knows more about social media than most of us put together. His posts encouraged me to implement innovative approaches in my teaching and staff development activities. I finally got to meet him in 2016 when he was keynote for our Social Media for Learning Conference at Sheffield Hallam University. If you are looking for a keynote speaker this is your man!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Huge congratulations to all <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NTFS?src=hash">#NTFS</a> and especially Sue <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks">@suebecks</a> & Dave <a href="https://twitter.com/dave_thesmith">@dave_thesmith</a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">— Chrissi Nerantzi (@chrissinerantzi) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissinerantzi/status/903165415316127745">August 31, 2017</a></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chrissi and I clicked instantly and we have shared multiple projects, each contributing different perspectives. I have learned so much working with her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And now I have to wait until November 1st to officially receive my award in London and have the opportunity to meet the other 54 recipients. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In July I presented at the <a href="http://community.dur.ac.uk/teachingfocussed.academicconference/">Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship Conference</a> which was hosted by the University of Sheffield and organised by <a href="https://twitter.com/samjnolan" target="_blank">Dr Sam Nolan</a> and team. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The focus of my paper considers the increasing relevance of digital and social scholarship, and why this should be encouraged. Teaching focused academics who practice the scholarship of teaching, share reflective practice in order to enhance the teaching and learning of others. Traditionally this may be shared through publications and conference presentations. However, digital technology and social media has the potential to extend the reach of these outputs enabling the dissemination of an individual's work to reach a much wider audience. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Open reflective practice through social media allows scholars to make their work more visible, findable and easily shared. Whilst the ripple effect may be far reaching, in order to enhance learning it is important to also provide forums for discussion and question asking, inquiry and investigation, which are subjected to critical evaluation. Engagement in this scholarly process can encourage innovation and changes in practice that span different disciplines and geographical locations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The very nature of social media as an open space also serves to celebrate teaching excellence – both the scholarship and practice – in a variety of formats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Drawing upon Smith Rumsey's work I shared this quote to define digital scholarship and gave examples of esteemed colleagues and Digital Scholars <a href="https://twitter.com/catherinecronin" target="_blank">Catherine Cronin</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/laurapasquini" target="_blank">Laura Pasquini</a>. Both utilise a variety of social media to share their work openly. For example through blogging, Twitter, SlideShare, YouTube, Google+, Academia.edu and ResearchGate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We are seeing a shift away from disseminating scholarly work via mass 'all staff' emails to open blogging where it can be tagged and searched by topic. A ripple effect ensues as it can easily be shared through automated dissemination via Twitter and other social media channels, and also by those who read the posts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From my own personal perspective I value the opportunity to learn from other academics. Those that share their scholarly activity and the work of others though social media help me find this work. Often serendipity comes to lay and I come across fascinating work that I would have not found otherwise, simply because I wouldn't have been looking for it. I've extended my informal learning through digital scholars from a wide range of disciplines in this way. In turn I share my own work through social media and hope this is helpful to others. I give my work a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/" target="_blank">Creative Commons licence</a> so that other educators can use it as they wish to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To raise the profile of teaching only academics in the research intensive climate, it is vital to shine a spotlight on the innovative learning and teaching they undertake. The best way to achieve this is through the promotion of the innovative scholarship of learning and teaching being driven by this subset of the academic community. This third meeting of a national teaching fellow network is therefore a forum to share innovative scholarship across disciplinary boundaries and to develop a national voice for teaching focussed academics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/suylx5hy2xaacn4/Abstract%20Booklet%202017.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">programme of abstracts can be found here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr Luisa Wakeling has written a great post about the conference <a href="https://ncleducators.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/stop-collaborate-and-listen">https://ncleducators.wordpress.com/2017/08/16/stop-collaborate-and-listen</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The associated journal is P<a href="http://community.dur.ac.uk/pestlhe.learning/index.php/pestlhe/index" target="_blank">ractice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education</a> (PESTLHE)</span></div>
Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-17079054932731050672017-06-24T10:24:00.000+01:002017-08-29T10:35:29.536+01:00Social Media for Academic Studies (SMASH)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In December 2016 four of my IT with Business Studies students from Sheffield Hallam University attended the SocMedHE16 conference at Sheffield Hallam University (having individually applied for one of 10 free student places). The students are:</span><br />
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<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Corran Wood –<span style="color: #333333;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/CorranSHU" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@CorranSHU</a></span></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jess Paddon –<span style="color: #333333;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JessPaddonSHU" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@JessPaddonSHU</a></span></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ola Mazur –<span style="color: #333333;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SheffAleksandra" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@SheffAleksandra</a></span></li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sher Khan –<span style="color: #333333;"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/sherr94" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #743399; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">@sherr94</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After attending this event I approached the students to see if they would be interested in taking these conversations forward. Under my guidance they formed a student-led group and met weekly. They named the group SMASH (Social Media for Academic Studies at Hallam) and created their own logo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The focus of the group was to look at how social media could be used in enhance learning and teaching. They set out to achieve the following objectives in relation to social media use at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The students have created an infographic and written a <a href="https://socialmediaforlearning.com/2017/06/19/student-guest-blogpost-smash-social-media-for-academic-studies-at-hallam/" target="_blank">guest blog post</a> providing examples of how social media can be used to meet these three objectives. Below is a slideshow of the infographic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have shared the students work through social media and was delighted to find that <a href="https://twitter.com/EricStoller" target="_blank">Eric Stoller</a> mentioned it in his keynote at the University of Staffordshire's Learning and Teaching Conference #StaffsLT17. This was tweeted by <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahknight" target="_blank">Sarah Knight </a></span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Great to see how <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks">@suebecks</a> students are sharing their ideas on how they use social media <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/staffsLT17?src=hash">#staffsLT17</a> <a href="https://t.co/6yJ0FRrcYt">pic.twitter.com/6yJ0FRrcYt</a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">— sarahknight (@sarahknight) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahknight/status/877094397653004290">June 20, 2017</a></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Eric also included a link to my student's blog post at the HEA Conference in his <a href="https://speakerdeck.com/ericstoller/getting-digital-social-media-plus-higher-education" target="_blank">keynote</a> there. <br /><br />Aside from producing this work, my hopes were that the students would gain confidence through leading such a project and further develop the skills they have. The experience can be added to their LinkedIn profile and may provide an example to refer to as they undertake interviews for future graduate roles. I'm looking forward to seeing how this group will be taken forward by Corran. Sher has now graduated and both Jess and Ola are out on placement for the next academic year. She already has other students interested in joining her. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-45377964978591145022017-06-03T23:30:00.000+01:002017-06-03T23:30:41.398+01:00Visiting Fellow at Edge Hill University<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was delighted to receive a letter from Edge Hill University to confirm that the Standing Professorial Conferment Panel of Edge Hill University has agreed to offer me the title of <b>Visiting Fellow</b> within the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is is a wonderful opportunity to work with Professor Mark Schofield and others at the University. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition I am looking forward to attending the <a href="https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/solstice/conference/2017-solstice-and-clt-conference/" target="_blank">SOLSTICE Conference</a> as a guest speaker June 4-5 2017. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My presentation is titled: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Project Based Learning (PjBL) Toolkit: Integrating digital and social media to enhance meaningful reflective practice in project based learning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Projects may be carried out by both individuals and within groups. The outputs might include a report, presentation, poster, artefact or prototype (physical or digital). Project based learning is “a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge.” (BIE 2015).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When undertaking a project, seven distinct stages have been identified that the project owner(s) go through. These are: the question, plan, research, produce, improve, present and evaluate. At each stage students may engage in a variety of activities. This multifaceted form of learning presents opportunities to participate in authentic and meaningful problems and to develop a range of skills along the journey. Reflecting upon these experiences, can encourage students to reconstruct what they have learned, and go on to confidently articulate the skills they have developed (or have yet to develop), and how they can apply these in other situations. Learning how to self-reflect on these experiences and developing a habit of doing so, can have a profound impact on learning. However for some this does not come easily and is often undervalued.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was delighted to be invited by Deborah Kellsey and Amanda Taylor to write the Foreword for their book The LearningWheel: A Model of Digital Pedagogy</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Having been a LearningWheel contributor on a number of occasions I was familiar with and a great admirer of Deborah's work (</span><a href="http://www.suebeckingham.com/2015/08/the-collaborative-learningwheel-led-by.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">and have written about this previously</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pair met through the inaugural <a href="https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/socmedhe/" target="_blank">Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference</a> in December 2015 at Sheffield Hallam University. Deborah was there presenting a paper on the 'LearningWheel' and Amanda a paper on 'When Actual Met Virtual' which was about the use of book groups in Social Work education. A serendipitous mix-up in train journeys on their way home led to further conversations and the successful collaboration leading to this book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Given the influence of digital technologies on the world at large education and educators are yet again being forced to consider their educational practices. Not all educators have been socialised professionally to use technologies and therefore knowledge gaps exist. This book adds to emerging conversations about the use of technologies to support and indeed replace traditional teaching methodologies in a range of educational settings. It offers an example of innovative approach ‘LearningWheel’ to bridge the aforementioned knowledge gap and provides an opportunity for readers to engage with technologies for teaching and learning purposes.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Beginning with an outline of how technologies are shaping the learning landscape more broadly each subsequent chapter takes on a layer of the LearningWheel and sets it in context from a theoretical position. An example wheel is included in each chapter, as are stop and pause questions to prompt educators to engage with the content in a very real sense. By the end of the book, readers will have had the opportunity to connect with the LearningWheel (VCoP) in the development of a Learning Wheel unique to this book.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Denise Turner has written <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02615479.2017.1331529" target="_blank">a review of the book</a> in Social Work Education. Amanda alerted me to the mention of my Foreword contribution. A welcome addition to my 'happy file'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can purchase a copy of the book from Critical Publishing here:<br /><a href="http://www.criticalpublishing.com/the-learning-wheel">http://www.criticalpublishing.com/the-learning-wheel</a></span><br />
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<br />Sue Beckinghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10345267782333060215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3150455615822065386.post-28090292631301215432017-04-08T13:21:00.000+01:002018-01-02T13:29:48.977+00:00OER17 and Virtually Connecting #OER17VC<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I attended <a href="https://oer17.oerconf.org/" target="_blank">#OER17</a> in London just for the day, having been invited to co-present with Maha Bali (who was also the keynote) and friends about Virtually Connecting. Having been an onsite VC buddy and participant I was really excited to contribute to this talk and share my own experiences of how Virtually Connecting has extended my learning experiences and my network. It was my first time at an OER conference, an event focusing on open education. I was not disappointed and had the opportunity to meet old friends and new, some of these I've known through Twitter but not previously had the chance to meet in person. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The theme for this year's conference was 'The Politics of Open'. OER17 was billed as presenting an opportunity for open practitioners, activists, educators and policy makers to come together as a community to reflect on ‘The Politics of Open’. What are our current key challenges and strengths – locally, nationally, and internationally? What are our priorities – in terms of political governance, organisational and personal politics? What are the changes that we want to effect together? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our presentation was titled 'Breaking the Physical Barrier: Virtually Connecting as an approach to open, inclusive conferences'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Academic conferences are sites of power and privilege. There are multiple ways in which privilege and social capital are reproduced in these events. Choices of location, speakers, reviewers, formats and topics are political and have potential to influence disciplines in particular directions. Virtually Connecting (VC) is one attempt to challenge the ways in which conferences privilege particular voices to be heard, while marginalizing others from learning and from speaking. Caines (2016) calls VC a “movement of digital educators subverting time and space to come together for informal conversations at these formal gatherings of knowledge sharing”. She reminds us that “we have to use our privilege to create the spaces for those lesser heard voices”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Volunteers doing VC continually question the alternative kinds of power our initiative produces and how well it succeeds in subverting the status quo as we strive towards more equitable access to conferences and more participatory, inclusive professional development.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As described in Bali, Caines, DeWaard & Hogue (in press), VC “was created to engage individuals and groups in virtual participation at academic conferences thus widening access for those who cannot be physically present. VC is a grassroots connected and connectivist learning movement powered by a team of volunteers”. In this session, we will highlight the ways VC embodies open, connected learning practice, but also focus on how our practice addresses the first two items in VC’s manifesto:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">VC can be seen as an example of an open education practice, by going beyond simply streaming conferences, and allowing remote participants to engage with online participants constructing an authentic dialogue. As conferences seek to accommodate the political dimensions of inclusivity, VC can act as a meaningful way to broaden the range of voices that participate at events, promoting more equitable access to professional development, and enriching both the onsite and virtual experiences while also promoting digital literacies of participants and especially volunteers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Using feedback from a 2016 survey and from social media, we will explore the ways VC’s practice has been inclusive and invite the audience to recommend possible solutions for aspects we have identified as wanting, ones we strive towards but have not yet resolved/reached. We will discuss this in terms of VC’s internal and external processes addressing onsite guests, virtual participants and conference organizers. We will will share our hopes for the future of VC as an approach to opening up conferences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bali, M., Caines, A., DeWaard, H. J., & Hogue, R. J. (in press). Ethos and Practice of a Connected Learning Movement: Interpreting Virtually Connecting Through Alignment with Theory and Survey Results. Online Learning Journal. (due out December 2016).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Caines, A. (2016, August). The praxis of Virtually Connecting. Digital Pedagogy Lab. Retrieved from <a href="http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/praxis-virtually-connecting/">http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/praxis-virtually-connecting/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Virtually Connected Manifesto. (n.d.) [website]. Retrieved from <a href="http://virtuallyconnecting.org/virtually-connecting-manifesto/">http://virtuallyconnecting.org/virtually-connecting-manifesto/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This year the theme for International Women's Day 2017 is #BeBoldForChange. I was invited to contribute a workshop to the event led by Sheffield Hallam University and University of Sheffield with <a href="https://twitter.com/KirBowen" target="_blank">Kirsty Bowen</a>. We'd never met before but hit it off straight away, both sharing a passion for using social media as a communication channel and a means of developing valued learning networks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our workshop focused on using social media to create a professional online presence. Kirsty and I shared our own experiences and some good practice tips. The workshop element provided an opportunity for participants to explore a variety of social media tools and discuss how these can be used to connect, communicate, curate, collaborate and create. The session was delivered twice (as were the other options) so it was interesting to see the different questions that emerged. Feedback was positive via the post-it notes collected and demonstrated that staff development sessions like these are valued. Not just from what you can learn in a workshop, but the rich conversations that emerge as a result of bringing people together. </span><br />
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<strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/suebeckingham/developing-a-professional-online-profile-iwd2017" target="_blank" title="Developing a ‘professional online profile’ #IWD2017 ">Developing a ‘professional online profile’ #IWD2017 </a> </strong> from <strong><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/suebeckingham" target="_blank">Sue Beckingham</a></strong> </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the event there were two truly inspiring keynote speakers. Both shared their career paths in an honest and open way. Unsurprisingly their progression took grit and resilience. Being a leader is with any doubts hard, and with the role comes the responsibility to make hard decisions. Hard because they involve people - and people matter, people's lives matter. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wish the keynotes had been recorded. I'd love to listen to them both again. Below are just a few quotes from both Natalie and Christina. </span><br />
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Talkin Bout a Revolution - Tracy Chapman. It starts with a whisper. Fab start to PVC Christina Hughes keynote <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IWD2017?src=hash">#IWD2017</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IWDSheff17?src=hash">#IWDSheff17</a> <a href="https://t.co/zAKCv0Bh62">pic.twitter.com/zAKCv0Bh62</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I recommend taking a look at the International Women's Day website and follow @womensday on Twitter to read about the many inspiring stories. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The ethos is to work together to help forge a better working world - a more gender inclusive world. Consider how you might contribute. Suggestions made include challenge bias and inequality, campaign against violence, forge women's advancement, celebrate women's achievements, and champion women's education. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At my own university there were also events going for students and a rich collection of stories of inspiring women <a href="https://www.shu.ac.uk/iwd2017">https://www.shu.ac.uk/iwd2017</a>. At the University of Sheffield take at look at <a href="https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/womens-network/iwd" target="_blank">https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/womens-network/iwd </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another wonderful opportunity to work with David Hopkins has resulted in contributing a chapter to his latest book. I just received my copy today! <br /><br />My challenge along with the others who also wrote a piece was to write between 800-1200 words in response to this: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>"What is the technology you find yourself turning around and going home for if you forget it. What can't you leave at home or work, what do you feel naked without? (in your bag, in your pocket, wearable, etc.)? What connects your personal and professional lives to the extent you need to alter your plans to return back to the office to 'rescue'? It would be fantastic to hear your experiences and thoughts on this."</i></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The response to the call was amazing and I feel proud to have had my chapter accepted alongside people like Steve Wheeler, Maha Bali, Amy Burvall, Simon Lancaster, Eric Stoller, Jane Bozarth, Sarah Knight, Julian Stodd, Alec Couros and many more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's fascinating to see the different takes on the challenge and all make for a wonderful read. I know I'm biased but I recommend you get a copy! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Many</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> of the authors who have contributed to this book are already valued members of my personal network. However some are new and I am certain will add further value going forward. Whilst many of us may not have met face to face, the contributions they make to the edtech community have helped me develop my own learning in this area and all things related to learning and teaching and more! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks must go to David Hopkins @hopkinsdavid who has worked so hard to pull this all together. I can't wait to see what the next challenge will be!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Find out more about options for buying the book here: <a href="http://bit.ly/EdTechRations">http://bit.ly/EdTechRations</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; word-wrap: break-word;">Sue and </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whitney</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; word-wrap: break-word;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; word-wrap: break-word;">Whitney Kilgore PhD, University of North Texas, CAO, iDesign <a href="https://twitter.com/whitneykilgore" target="_blank">@whitneykilgore</a></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; word-wrap: break-word;">Sue Beckingham MA MSc SFHEA, FSEDA, CMALT, Sheffield Hallam University, UK <a href="https://twitter.com/suebecks" target="_blank">@suebecks</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Department of Computing at Sheffield Hallam University held its inaugural STACK Careers Event on 22nd February. STACK is a careers fair; a student showcase; and an employability event. The aim of the event was to provide students across Computing the opportunity to: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">network with a range of employers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">talk to students from other course</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">learn from industry experts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">develop networking skills </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">or simply see what has been happening over the year in the Department of Computing.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our students demonstrated: Games and VR development - Software development projects - Hacking and cyber security - Business enterprise projects - Internet of Things - Arduinos, Scratch games, LEGO Mindstorm and Beacon technology.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the Employer Marketplace there were representatives form a wide range of companies offering graduate roles and placement opportunities.</span><br />
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