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Harrison LRA 2015 What is impact, and how can we improve it?

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Page 1: Harrison LRA 2015 What is impact, and how can we improve it?

Colin HarrisonLearning Sciences Research Institute/School of Education

University of Nottingham

[email protected]

What is ‘Impact’? How should we define it?How might we measure it?How might we improve it?

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Impact in the UK:

1 The REF- Research Excellence Framework2 The Internet: Google Scholar3 The Internet: YouTube4 RCUK School-University Partnerships

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Four publications per professor Graded by a panel of senior professors as

**** World-leading*** International but not ‘world-leading’** International but not three-star* Recognised as of national importanceU Unclassified

1. The UK Universities REF: Research Excellence Framework (2014)

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How might we measure it? The MESH Guide to teaching spelling (6000+ views)1,619 Google Scholar citations?

[PDP has 22,500]

2. The Internet

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Colin: 1,202 YouTube views

[PDP ‘Impact of Educational Research’ has 8,769]

3. YouTube

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3. YouTube

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How might we measure ‘Impact’? … 81,000,000 views

3. YouTube

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4. RCUK School-University Partnerships

http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/work-with-us/current-projects/school-university-partnerships-initiative

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Colin HarrisonLearning Sciences Research Institute/School of Education

University of Nottingham

[email protected]

What is ‘Impact’? How should we define it?How might we measure it?How might we improve it?