LearnHigher: opportunities to use, share and developSonia Hood, Janette Myers and Amanda Pocklington

Session • Opportunities to explore the LearnHigher site• Update on new features• LearnHigher and your Professional Development• Hands-on peer reviewing and editing• Have your say and contribute to future site developments• Become involved: a variety of options

LearnHigher – a recap• Born out of a CETL

(2005) with 16 HEIs• In 2010 became part

of ALDinHE• Network &

collaboration• Peer-reviewed

resources. To use and repurpose• Staff facing

Our vision for LearnHigher

Vision

• A bank of peer reviewed resources known to be effective for T&L• Dynamic content• Currency• Easy to navigate• Offering honest, reliable

comments• Owned by LD community

PlanA system for community

to contribute resourcesA process for peer

review• A rating/comments

facilityAbility to identify

popular/new resources

Links to Professional Development• Use and amend resources to develop your practice• Contribute and get a wider audience for your resources• Disseminate project outcomes- useful for funding

applications• Try out roles not available to you in your own institution• Gather experience of working at a national level• Participation in LH as evidence of PD e.g.• Job applications• Appraisal• Promotion applications• HEA Fellowship applications

Contributing to Learnhigher

• Contributor• Informal reviewer

• Peer Reviewer

• Sub-editor

• Working Group member

I’ve spotted

a gap

Contribute a resource: try it out

New feature

Editor

Subeditor:Learning at Uni (1)

Subeditor:Learning at Uni (2)

Subeditor: Working with others

Subeditor: Research skills

Subeditor: Writing for university

Subeditor: employability

Subeditor: LD Research

Subeditor: New areas

Peer Review panel

Peer reviewing

Have a look at the resource: (in Assessment)For conference: recognising and using feedback

• Consider your views on the appropriateness and usefulness of this resource

• What criteria are you using to judge this?• How confident did you feel reviewing this?• What would help you with this process?

Brainstorm – what makes a good resource?

Peer reviewing

• Peer review checklist• Is this useful ?• Is it appropriate?• Should anything be changed?

• So ….. what makes a good resource?

Become a sub-editor

Browse the categories for resources on the LearnHigher site

• Do you feel that all areas of your T&L are covered effectively?• If not, what categories do you feel are missing?• Investigate in more depth an area of interest. Do you think

there’s a need for more resources in the section? If so what are the underrepresented areas? Are some resources out of date, in your view?

Brainstorm – discuss potential new areas for LearnHigher including ‘international student support’

LearnHigher and you• Roles available of:• Contributor• Peer Reviewer• Sub-editor• Working Group member

• Register your interest with us on your form

Any questions?