{"id":908,"date":"2015-05-18T20:01:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T20:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extra.shu.ac.uk\/melsig\/?page_id=908"},"modified":"2018-01-09T17:02:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T17:02:35","slug":"gathering-of-the-clans-altnwe-elesig-and-melsig","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/melsig.shu.ac.uk\/melsig\/event-materials\/gathering-of-the-clans-altnwe-elesig-and-melsig\/","title":{"rendered":"Gathering of the Clans &#8211; ALTNWE, ELESIG and MELSIG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date:\u00a0<\/strong>11th June 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong> University of Chester<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to share your experience of, and ideas about, the\u00a0<strong>innovative use of digital or social media for learning<\/strong>\u00a0and how\u00a0interest and innovation in this area addresses or raises questions about being inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>This \u20183 for 1\u2019 meeting brings together 3 of the major significant interest groups working across institutions in the North West of England. We will be connecting together, cross institutionally, across roles, subjects and departments with the common aim of supporting the productive use of learning and technologies in Higher and Further Education. Our commitment to collaboration demonstrates the importance of sharing practice,being inclusive, open and community minded.<\/p>\n<p>The groups sponsoring the event are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MELSIG<\/strong> &#8211; the Media-Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group<\/li>\n<li><strong>ALTNWE SIG<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0the Association for Learning Technology North West England SIG<\/li>\n<li><strong>ELESIG<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0the Evaluation of Learners\u2019 Experiences of E-Learning SIG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The aim of our meeting is to share our practice and our common interests and to explore ways in which our overlapping groups can work together and support each other.<\/p>\n<h1>Provisional Agenda<\/h1>\n<p>09:15 \u2013 09:45 Registration and coffee<\/p>\n<p>09:45 \u2013 10:00 Welcome<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome to University of Chester<\/li>\n<li>Welcome from representatives of ELESIG, MELSIG and ALT NWE SIG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10:00 \u2013 10.50 Delegate \u2018Thunderstorms\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nThe idea of a thunderstorm is that you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>share your experience of, ideas about, or <strong>innovative use of, digital or social media for learning<\/strong> and how this addresses or raises questions about being inclusive.<\/li>\n<li>facilitate a discussion about a key issue.<\/li>\n<li>find people to work with to research or develop good practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Limit yourself to 5 slides (or none, this is up to you) in 10 minutes and off you go. We very much welcome alternative presentation formats.<br \/>\nIn this session there will be 3 x 10 minutes short presentations or focused discussion groups and plenary summary discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Each group ALT NWE Sig, ELESIG and MELSIG will convene one thunderstorm on a topic of their choosing.<\/p>\n<p>10.50 &#8211; 11.20 <strong>Multimodality and design in digital education<\/strong> \u2013<em> Dr Natasa Lackovic, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University<br \/>\n<\/em>Natasa specialises in image-based (visual) and multimodal research, HE pedagogy and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, semiotics and their inter-relationship. She is particularly interested in research on multimodality and innovative pedagogy in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>11.20 \u2013 12.20<strong> Theme 1 &#8211; After TEL \u2013 Who am I?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How are academic development groups changing in response to emerging user-produced, socially mediated, fully blended, \u2018personal\u2019 learning environments?<\/p>\n<p>This themed session will be informal in style held in small groups meeting in parallel in break out rooms. We invite delegates to come prepared to share the issues that they see arising in their own institutions and professional practice. Contributions should be short with a suggested 5-10 minute duration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12:20 \u2013 13.00 Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>13.00 \u2013 14:00 \u00a0<strong>Thinking about improving e-learning<\/strong><em> &#8211;\u00a0Nick Rushby<br \/>\n<\/em>Nick has been working in the area of educational and training technology for over 44 years. More recently his experience includes being the\u00a0co-founder of the training consultancy Conation Technologies (September 2001) and is the author and editor of a number of books and papers on CBL and CBT. Having previously edited<em> Programmed Learning and Educational Technology<\/em>, and <em>Interactive Learning International<\/em> he currently edits the <em>British Journal of Education Technology<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>14:00 \u2013 15:00 <strong>Theme 2 \u201cWhy do we need to be innovative?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who needs to be innovative in higher education? Institutions, academics\/teachers, students, ourselves? What does this mean for us as educational developers\/para academics? How important are ideas such as scholarship, enhancement and transformation to us?<\/p>\n<p>In a similar way to the morning themed session this will be informal in style, held in small groups meeting in parallel in break out rooms. We invite delegates to come prepared to share what you have done this year or what your big innovation is for next year. Contributions should be short with a suggested 5-10 minute duration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15:00 \u2013 15:25 Refreshments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15:25 \u2013 16.00 <strong>Being Social!\u2013 Plenary<\/strong> &#8211; A panel composed of convenors from the three groups who will provide 5 minute comments on the day followed by a round up from delegates on what they will take away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16:00 Finish and Depart<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date:\u00a011th June 2015 Host: University of Chester &nbsp; We invite you to share your experience of, and ideas about, the\u00a0innovative use of digital or social media for learning\u00a0and how\u00a0interest and innovation in this area addresses or raises questions about being inclusive. 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