Innovative learning conference - maximising technology, maximising potential Keynote address - Dr. Barbara Newland - Lecturer, center of learning and teachig, Uni. of Brigton Nothing that new being presented here. Focus on the Educase Horizon report. Some Personalisation of learning Tech. major impacts - timeline of techs. Dont think that web 2 has had particular impact in learning Horizon report 4 - 5 gesture based computing Educase Centre - hardware graph 17 different devices Digital media literacy See figure 3 - crazy diagram Semi-certified free online courses from Harvard and MIT http://web.mit.edu/press/2012/mit-harvard-edx-announcement.html Flipped lectures - freeing up the face to face time to do other stuff than transmitional sage on the stage model. Presentation on Barbara's slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/barbaranewland/thefuture-of-learning-13493667 Session 2 - Mike Neary - Dean of Teching and learning at Uni of Lincoln Access all areas: higher education, technology and the future of the future Abolishing work - away from the capitalist model Mike presented his ciritic of the horizon report, going on to talk about Alternative view of work that he draws on from Andre Gorz influencial book Farewell to the working class in the 1980's. Thirdly, Mike spoke about a experiential learning environment called the Social Science Centre, which he is involved in piloting in Lincoln (not affiliated with the Uni. of Lincoln though). See more detailed notes in the attached. ---Part 1 Horizon report - little critical thinking contained in the report Skills learning is required rather than knowledge learning Report is implying that the School is becoming less important Thinking harder about the things that we disagree with rather than agreeing that Future of work Part 2 We are able to produce more than what we need We don't need to work all the time - dedicate our time to working on interesting stuff rather than medial tasks Work we have to do - autonomous work, compared to hetromemous work Part 3 Social science centre Co-operative form of learning Set up by 20 academics, giving their time freely Awarded a degree - which is validated by the academic Finding alternatives to work - 10 city Universities Summarising New formal social intuitions - not based on market forces but on political drivers Session 3 - Dr. Amanda Jefferies - Uni Hertfordshire E-learning and the 21st Century student Sloan consortium 2012 JISC eLearning programme - student video blogs Quotes from students - "whole life affected tech. Routines of tech. All my life is tech." Digital residences rather than natives European commission digital literacy definition - reference? Digital competence - one of eight important life long learning skills Face to face a luxury in the future EdX MIT Harvard - example also referred to Learning spaces – your kitchen table? Of com report for tech. Comms in the uk Changing Pedagogy Michael Wesch YouTube vids – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU Loads of info - masking a superficial engagement with the content Develop digitally competent students rather than speedy web browsers Building understanding in face to face sessions - precious time Masterclass 1 - Virtual internships - toolwire Live labs Skills development based around a business situation Illustrated characters, day in the life experiences Toolwire learnscapes Offering concrete experiences, opp to reflect on these experiences, abstract conceptualisation, active experimentation. Natural assessment Court room scenario Explained by Sonia - academic. advocacy exercise Loads of positive student feedback Students in past breaking down in tears - not happened since using the resource Marks seemed to go up Asking quite a lot of them Option module Cell scene - asking them questions Pub scene - getting hints and tips in the pub Not Expensive and short turn around - claimed? Leeds met - training social workers 6 month turn around? Creating virtual locations in the learnscape Building assessment - representative of the role, creating a social media strategy Student uses resource multiple times Gamescapes Multi paths - multiple costs Collaborative working - other Multiplayer panels Leeadership, decision making, polling How long students spend in Learnscapes - 1 - 1.5 hours of video - some lectures use episodes Copyright remains Licences to use different learnscapes 500 - 1000 users around £50 Masterclass 2 Adaptive How does assessment engage the student Learnsmart Rich stats System delivers smartly Individual learning plan Wiley Masterclass Ebooks - basic vle, video BB VLE integration others to come. D2L heard of but no plan to include as yet. Wiley plus comes with any books Keynote after lunch slideshare and blog from the presenter - add name DMU Commons Buddy - Wordpress Self forming groups Commons system Top 10 IT influences - check out the slide Issues with working in public - hacking linked in How do we enable staff to make good decisions Tech. Underpinned by liquid fuel supply - limits on climate change too. Future lab link -bristol Principles slide - facer and sandford Innovation in the public sector Dr. John McGurk Three game changers Mindlessness around eLearning Refreshing our insights and developing our diagnostics Working at the Center of innovation and knowledge You're not a gadget - book recommendation Last talk - open university Gartner Moodle interaction development Apps provide cleaner interfaces Making any part of a degree accessible from a smartphone Study calendar Openlearn Apps in the commons? myOU - personalised learning environments - iGoogle widget Annotation tool - OU Tool, Sharing annotations Busuu.com language learning, badging - credit for learning not delivered in a formal way - currency with learners Panel debate Reality is broken book recommendation - SIG in games #elearning12 #digitalagenda