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Tue, Apr 19 2016, 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Authors: Tucker MacNeil, and Chris Rowell

Room: Holyrood

Theme: Converging or diverging cultures of openness

Type: Presentation

Description

This session will describe the experience and challenges of running two versions of the same Continuing Professional Development course at two different universities. The course was called the ‘12 Apps of Christmas’(12AoC) and ran in December 2015. Both courses fully embraced the concept of ‘openness’ and made all the content sharable using a Creative Commons licence. Each day over 12 days the course released a different app that could be used for teaching, learning or research. The app was accompanied with a ten minute activity and participants were encouraged to discuss how they used the apps within the course discussion boards and on social media. This format allowed material to be presented in an entertaining and engaging manner, and broke down the course content into small daily activities. The theme was inspired by the initial decision to run the course at a time of year when potential participants wouldbe less busy. We will focus on how to set up these courses and manage the delivery of the course content. We will compare and contrast the two learning platforms. One version of the course used a ‘Wordpress’ blog and the other institution delivered the course through ‘Blackboard Open Education’. Both courses addressed several levels of digital literacy relevant to Higher Education, from basic technical skills to the principles of digital identity creation, information management and developing a participatory open approach. The two courses were built on some of the strategies developed by MOOCs to create a format which is convenient for busy participants, both academic and professional staff. The overall aim of thepresentation will be to focus on the practicalities of setting up these short open online courses and ways to evaluate the effectiveness of this type ofstaff training. We will also consider how Academic Developers and LearningTechnologists can build appropriate collaborations both within and outside of the university to increase their own personal profile as an academic and as a member of the professional support staff.

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