In February, two members of Exeter’s Pathfinder team attended the two-day JISC/HEA Pathfinder Programme meeting in York. A key part of the event was for cluster groups A-G to give a presentation on their projects. Click on the thumbnail below to see Cluster F’s presentation:
Proposed dissemination activity planned for Cluster F:
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Mini conference/workshop at Wolverhampton on 16th April 2008: Cluster F members will each give a presentation/workshop to showcase their work. The current working title is Technology and staff development for new teaching and learning and pedagogy.
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ALT Conference on 9th- 11st September 2008: a joint submission by Cluster F to ALT as a symposium around the theme of digital divide was proposed. The title is Exploring the Pedagogy of Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic engagement with learning through technology. Themes that could be addressed are:
· Pedagogies of Visual, auditory and kinaesthetic engagement with learning · Models and methods of staff development · Non-text digital literacy · Technical issues · The student experience · Learning activities with evolving VAK input and output · Curriculum design and assessment · Existing, new and emerging technology
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A ‘product’ or output stemming from work as a cluster F: Outputs that could be created as a result of Cluster F’s work were discussed. The Wolverhampton conference may be videoed, and papers / presentations etc may be put on a wiki or a website.
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Discussion on what the cluster F would like to raise as an issue from this event: some concerns were raised about sustainability, continuation funding, and being absorbed into bigger projects. Each project team felt that the HEA Pathfinder Programme branding had enabled them to raise their profile and achieve more within their institutions. However all the institutional reports illustrated that the current focus is very much on text-based materials/products, and therefore the use of the non-textual to support learning and teaching needs to be explored.
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Future collaboration between institutions: Exeter is investigating the potential for future collaboration with the University of Kingston regarding the use of voting systems and/or Internet collaboration software (Adobe Connect Professional) to help facilitate more interactive lectures and student activities, particularly where videoconferencing is being used for cross-campus teaching.
