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TOGETHER or finding each other in the digital jungles ELESIG event, 25 February 2015, LJMU
Capture the benefits of scholarly inquiry into teaching on a sticky note swap discuss briefly
... but how do we do this?
“[...] the scholarship of teaching and learning [...] involves systematic study of teaching and/or learning and the public sharing and review of such work through presentations, performance, or publications’ (McKinney, 2006, p. 39)
Jim Turner’s brief:
“I want to allow people to see how networks like yours can not only connect people but also generate research. Of course this stuff has its issues too, but I would love you to present what you have been doing in this area, what you have seen elsewhere, where this has worked and where you think it might be leading.” (Turner, email 21 Nov 14)
The plan
• scholarship through our eyes
• examples from practice and connecting with colleagues
• thinking about the future and doing something about it
Universities are spaces to....
• sustain conversations
• shape the future of human life
• stimulate innovation
• shape new structures of and for learning
• shape new pedagogies
from ECEL2011 keynote by Prof. Anne Boddington, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton
"In the varied topography of professional practice, there is a high, hard ground
overlooking a swamp. On the high ground, manageable problems lend themselves to
solution though the application of research-based theory and technique. In the
swampy lowland, messy, confusing problems defy technical solution. The irony of this
situation is that the problem of the high ground tend to be relatively unimportant to
individuals or society at large, however great their technical interest may be, while in
the swamp lie the problems of greatest human concern.
The practitioner must choose. Shall he remain on the high ground where he can solve
relatively unimportant problems according to prevailing standards of rigor, or shall he
descend to the swamp of important problems and non rigorous inquiry?“ (Schön, 1987,
3)
“The almost unlimited resources provided by the information network serve as a set of nutrients, constantly selected and incorporated into the bounded environment of a petri dish, which provides the impetus for experimentation, play, and learning. Accordingly, the culture that emerges, the new culture of learning, is a culture of collective inquiry that harnesses the resources of the network and transforms them into nutrients within the petri dish environment, turning it into a space of play and experimentation. “ That moment of fusion between unlimited resources and a bounded environment creates a space that does not simply allow for imagination, it requires it. Only when we care about experimentation, play, and questions more than efficiency, outcomes, and answers do we have a space that is truly open to the imagination. And where imaginations play, learning happens.” (Douglas & Seely Brown, 2011, 118)
Conferences: Remember it is NOT about you!!! Find out what other
co-authoring asynchronously Sue Beckingham Sheffield Hallam University
new book publication: Smart learning, Andrew Middleton
(ed.)
social peer review: advantages, disadvantages?
scholarly activities: examples from your practice
What I have learnt so far
• Commit to a
project, if you can’t, say NO from the outset!
• Be open to new ways to collaborate
• Use it as an opportunity to learn and develop
• Be flexible! • Maximise on
strengths • Be tolerant • Create a sense of
community
Interested in open education? Check out
http://www.icore-online.org/
http://oer15.oerconf.org/
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