Educational Development – are there nuts in that? Head of the Development Team University of Greenwich Simon Walker.

Educational Development – are there nuts in that?

Head of the Development Team

University of Greenwich

Simon Walker

Q1 What is Enhancement (in your context)?

For what?

Of what?

By whom?

The Student Lifecycle in Higher Education

At what points?

Q2. Your strategic priorities? 

From the Student Perspective• National Student Forum first annual report (October 2008) and the

DIUS response (February 2009)

• Report to HEFCE on student engagement (CHERI February 2009)

• NUS Student Experience Report (November 2008)

From the HE sector• The Future Workforce for Higher Education (December 2008)

(HEFCE commissioned)

• Sustainability of Learning and Teaching in English Higher Education (February 2009) (FSSG)

• The Future of Higher Education Teaching and the Student Experience (October 2008) (Contribution to Denham enquiry)

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From the teaching and research technology perspective

• Review of the 2005 HEFCE Strategy for e-Learning (Glenaffric, 2008) ……

• Revised strategy for e-learning : Enhancing Learning and Teaching Through the Use of Technology (HEFCE, 2009)

• HE in a Web 2.0 World (HEA /JISC 2009)

• Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future

(British Library and JISC, 2008) 

Emerging themes #1• Continued diversification of the student profile

• Blurred boundaries between disciplines and academic and

professional staff

• Shifting curricula

• Flexibility

• Need to increase students’ engagement

• Changing student needs and expectations

• Transformative potential of technology

• Academic and employability skills development

• Staff development

Emerging themes #2

• Curriculum knowledge• Curriculum 'business models'• Student demographics•  Open content, participatory culture,

personal technologies

‘ you learn it here - 'we know, we tell you, you listen'

Shifts in:

TRENDS Baby Boomers Matures Generation X Net Generation

Birth dates 1946-1964 1900-1946 1965-1982

(43 – 26)

1982-1991 (18-26:HE entry 2008/9)

Description Me generation Greatest generation

Latchkey generation

Millennials

Attributes Optimistic, workaholic

Command & Control, self-sacrifice

Independent, sceptical

Hopeful, determined

Likes Responsibility, work ethic, can-do attitude

Respect for authority, family, community involvement

Freedom, multitasking, work-life balance

Public activism, latest technology, parents

Dislikes Laziness, turning 50

Waste, technology

Red tape, hype Anything slow, negativity

Educating the Net Generation, Oblinger & Oblinger 2005

New Millenials or Generation Z, or 9/11 Gen

1991 onwards

Concerned about physical and economic security, much more environmentally aware than previous generations , deeply affected by consumerism, erosion of childhood, focused on achievement and outcome, networked as a given, globalised

the internet

mobile phones.

games

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Q3.What do effective 21st teachers look like?

Can students distinguish characterizations of excellent teachers independent of generation, learning style, course modality, and technological sophistication?

Students believe that excellent teachers:

• Facilitate student learning• Communicate ideas and information effectively• Demonstrate genuine interest in student learning• Organize their courses effectively• Show respect and concern for their students • Assess student progress fairly and effectively

Oblinger & Oblinger (2005) ibid

Some students voices

 ”I joined a Facebook group, but that wasnt organised by the University - it was nice to talk to my future classmates”

University of Greenwich induction survey 2008

 “Universities embracing micro-blogging (e.g Twitter,) web 2.0 apps (e.g Youtube,) collaborative tools aside from VLE (e.g Google Calendar,) and social networking (e.g Facebook) is a must because these are popular among users (mainly students.)”

University of Greenwich SEEL survey 2008

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A Cautionary Tale!

“I do feel that traditional approaches to learning should be taught first and e-learning merely a supplementary aid.”

“e-Learning makes my course more enjoyable - it also promotes procrastination. I'm often watching music videos and trailers off youtube while doing research.”

(computer scientist )

University of Greenwich SEEL survey 2008

Play — the capacity to experiment with your surroundings as a form of problem-solving

• Performance — the ability to adopt alternative identities for the purpose of improvisation and discovery

• Simulation — the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real world processes

• Appropriation — the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content

• Multitasking — the ability to scan one’s environment and shift focus as needed to salient details.

• Distributed Cognition — the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capacities

• Collective Intelligence — the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal

• Judgment — the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different information sources

• Transmedia Navigation — the ability to follow the flow of stories and information across multiple modalities

• Networking — the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate information

• Negotiation — the ability to travel across diverse communities, discerning and respecting multiple perspectives, and grasping and following alternative norms.”

Q4. What skills should learners possess?

“Today's students learn through play the skills they will apply to more serious tasks later”

(Jenkins, H (2007) Confronting the Challenges of Participatory

Culture, )

Questions:

If IKEA sold a car, would it look like this?

Q1. What does enhancement mean for you?

Q2. What are the strategic contexts in your situation?

Q.3 What constitutes effective teaching in ICS?

Q4. What skills do your learners need for their future and how can we prepare them?

Simon [email protected]

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