exeter cascade slides july2012
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Slides from the Exeter Cascade project for the JISC LearTRANSCRIPT
The Exeter Cascade Project: Academic Practice in a Digital Age
Dale Potter 11 July 2012
The context
Exeter a research-intensive university
High-achieving staff and students many of whom prefer 'traditional' research and study approaches
BUT an appetite for change if led by scholarship:
New campus developments including Forum building with innovative teaching spaces
New programmes and interdisciplinary research centres with digital elements
History of successful initiatives led by students as change agents
Generic aim
to design and implement a range of innovative strategies and curriculum activities
which ensure that researchers, students and staff develop their digital capabilities
in the context of their own disciplines
Activities
Baseliningthe situation as is, and priorities for change
Developing peopleworking with 15 postgraduate researchers to develop their
digital expertise and local influence
Developing the curriculumworking across taught programmes to embed authentic, research-
rich activities that enhance digital capability
Developing know-howbuilding online resources and activities, working in partnership
with Colleges and professional services
Critical values
Digital scholarshipKnowledge practices that support learning, teaching and research,
focusing on how knowledge is generated, grown, shared, critiqued and communicated in the discipline
CollaborationActivities designed by staff and PGRs, following consultation about
the needs of students and scholars in the context of different disciplines; partnerships with professional services
Students as change agentsPostgraduate students are key agents of change in this area, as
early-career researchers, digital natives, and emerging teachers.
July 2012: web site launch
July 2012: web site launch
Developing digital digital scholars– Breifng papers, learning journeys, Digital Researcher
online module (mapped to Vitae), technologies researchers use, materials for arriving international students, video tips, what kind of digital researcher are you?...
Developing the digital curriculum– Curriculum case studies, repurposable materials, writing in
the digital university, digital bloom's taxonomy, what kind of digital learner are you?...
Developing the digital university– Findings, reports, recommendations, talking heads,
resources from Supporting Academic Practice in a Digital Age...
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