1.Findings from the JISC Curriculum Design Programme Prof. Stephen Brown (De Montfort University; CDE Visiting Fellow) Research question: How can Universities achieve large-scale and lasting curriculum design change?Findings ConclusionsPervasiveness: everything is connected, so widespread stakeholder engagement is required to achieve change Feral systems: people develop alternatives to official systems they disagree with, so involving stakeholders actively in designing solutions is necessary Time: engaging stakeholders effectively can disrupt schedules and budgets Change isnt about new processes, its about culture and people Large scale lasting change happens when stakeholders feel they own it Top-down change doesnt work, because it is not engaging Bottom- up change doesnt work because it doesnt scale Real change is risky because you have to cede control to stakeholdershttp://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/22316Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013

2. STYLIANOS HATZIPANAGOS Centre for Technology Enhanced Learning Kings College London CDE FellowCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 3. Stylianos research directions Redefining institutional barriers to embed technologies to support student learning: the case of Open Educational Resources (OERs). Making assessment central to student learning: student centredness, the primary beneficiary of assessment should be the student. Digital literacies as a language of participation in education: how to develop and embed. Emergent technologies can support learners better than previous generations of learning technologies, where institutional barriers undermined any initiatives for embedding formal and informal learning: social media as an exemplar of this.Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 4. Research activities TRA award to explore OERs in academic practice CDE fellowship activity to investigate open access and OER adoption in UoLIP Support Centre for Open Resources in Education (SCORE) Fellowship JISC OMTETRA project HEA assessment and feedback seminarsCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 5. OERs in academic practice Librarians seem to take the lead in the OER campaign. Practitioners not familiar with OER: strong academic development aspect of any engagement activity Searchability/discoverability still an overall issue. Disciplinarity: a complex landscape.http://www.flickr.com/photos/everton137/7027227731/sizes/m/in/photostream/ Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 6. OER & assessment Assessment in the context of OER is the process of evaluating knowledge, skills and competencies gained through learning with OER. Research in OER has highlighted the relatively common absence of both formal and informal assessment practices, either formative or summative. Increase in non-formal and informal learning can enhance the demand for assessment and recognition of competences gained outside formal learning settings (Yuan et al 2008).Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 7. Some findings OER e-assessment not substantially different from proprietary settings, but they can sabotage didactic nature of transmissive OERs. Self assessment a prominent feature in e-assessment OERs; but how do we know the loop is closed? Stand alone activities constrain dialogue and feedback. Some innovation charted/described in pdf/word documents but it is not traditionally e-assessment.Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 8. Digital literaciesBuilding ICT competences to improve the quality of life of older people. Two European projects:Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 9. Hatzipanagos & Warburton 2009Warburton & Hatzipanagos 2013Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 10. If you have any comments or feedback or would like to find more: Email Stylianos at: s.hatzipanagos@kcl.ac.ukCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 11. Student Ambassadors for Digital Literacy Project manager: Dr Jane SeckerCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 12. The SADL project Inspired, in part, by digital literacy projects at Exeter University and UCL Guided by the ANCIL framework The ANCIL framework (Coonan and Secker 2011) Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 13. Project Aims To explore how aspects of digital and information literacy can be embedded into the curriculum in two academic departments To develop a set of resources on finding, managing and evaluating information that can be embedded into courses in Moodle or used in face to face teaching To explore the role of Student Ambassadors for Digital Literacy to help ensure the resources are fit for purpose and meet the needs of students To share best practice on embedding digital, academic and information literacies into the curriculum with the teaching and learning community at LSE Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 14. The Ambassadors 20 student ambassadors to be recruited from two LSE departments Students will attend 4 workshops in total Will feedback skills to students and staff and participate in Digital Literacy eventsFind out more from: http://lsesadl.wordpress.co mCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 15. CDE Visiting Fellows Research Summaries 2013Ormond Simpson Visiting Fellow University of London Centre for Distance Education Hi! Im Ormond Simpson. Welcome to this brief presentationCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 16. University of London The Open University The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand International Programmes UK Visiting FellowSenior Lecturer in Institutional ResearchVisiting ProfessorIve worked mainly for three institutions in my careerCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 17. Holland GermanyChina IndiaThe Gambia GhanaCanada South KoreaUSAWest Indies ColombiaSouth AfricaBrazilAustralia New ZealandBut Ive also worked in a number of countries, consulting and giving presentationsCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 18. 'Supporting Students for Success in Online and Distance Education' (2013) - now out with Routledge http://tinyurl.com/ supporting-studentsIve published several books. The latest is Supporting Students for Success in Online and Distance Education (2013) Routledge Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 19. ... (The previous and latest editions have both been translated into Chinese)Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 20. Ive also published a number of chapters in various textsCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 21. As well as more than 30 refereed articles in journals world-wide Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 22. And a number of distance education staff development courses Centre Ormond Simpson - Visiting Fellow CDE Distance Education and eLearning 2013 for Distance Education Research and Innovation in 23. My next article will appear in Open Learning in November this year and is called: Student retention in distance education are we failing our students?Ormond Simpson Visiting Centre for Distance Education Research-and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013Fellow CDE 24. I also have a website Supporting students at a distance www.ormondsimpson.com which features articles, presentations, podcasts and help for tutors and students Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 25. There are two staff development videos on YouTube - one on Face-to-face Tuition in Open and Distance Learning - and the other on Counselling Students in Open LearningCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 26. RESEARCH My main research interest is student retention in distance education- because graduation rates in distance education are as little as 20% - and often much less Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 27. I focus on two main areas:1. Learning motivation the main reason students drop out is because they lose the motivation to continue to learn2. Cost-benefits of student support because spending money on support saves students and makes money for institutionsCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 28. So Im working on a couple of research projects for the CDE. The first is:The Motivational Emails project - sending regular emails to students to see if it increases their retention. So far the results are promising work is continuing. The next step may be to include some feedback.Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 29. The second is: Following the Money calculating the cost benefits of student retention activities It works like this:Put money into motivational student supportWhich can be put back intoThat generates increased student fee income from re-enrolmentsWhich increases student retention29 Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 30. So far I have several pages of maths like this that Im not sure I really understand30 Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 31. But I have one tentative result: If a retention activity in the London International Programmes costing 10 per student, produces an increase in retention of more than 0.67% it will break even. If it does better than that it will produce a profit for the institution. But a lot more work is needed!Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 32. Id be pleased to hear from anyone interested in pursuing either of these research themes. Thank you for watching! ormond.simpson@gmail.com Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 33. The role of online discussion (OD) for new teachers in the context of the Master of Teaching (MTeach)Dr Adam Unwin, Institute of Education (IoE) Teacher Teacher Educator MTeach Module leader a.unwin@ioe.ac.uk Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 34. Context: Teachers taking MTeach in their first year of teaching Multi subject, multi phase (primary, secondary, various subjects) Mixed mode module (f2f and online) Series of online discussions (ODs) in tutor groupsCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 35. Research questions How have the ODs facilitated new teacher development within the context of the MTeach? ----------------------sub questions-------------------------- What is the nature of new teacher development within this setting? What aspects of the OD do participants see as important in enabling new teacher development? How does the pedagogic design of the ODs underpin and enable new teacher development?Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 36. Research strategy Interpretivist: participants views/experiences Qualitative data: Teacher accounts and interviews Coding used Nvivo to organise data Many codes---- developed themes to assist analysis Thematic analysis via thick descriptions Lens of pedagogic design to underpin analysisCentre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 37. Findings The interlinked themes, what the ODs enabled/developed? Community: support, trust, sharing, empowering..... Criticality: self criticism/reflection, challenging practice and theory, problematising practice, the whys?, the complexities, the bigger picture..... Practitioner focus: discussion of ideas and help with practical issues.... Writing: drafting postings for ODs fosters an analytical role of their classrooms..... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Potential Problems: community formation, limitations of written communication..... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Setting up of ODs requires: Careful pedagogic design Situated professional experiences a central feature Team of experienced teacher educators.Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013 38. The role of online discussion (OD) in the context of the Master of Teaching (MTeach)Centre for Distance Education Research and Innovation in Distance Education and eLearning 2013