A SMASHing approach for developing staff and student digital capabilities within a community of practice #CAN18
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The document outlines the development of a community of practice called SMASH, focusing on enhancing staff and student digital capabilities through social media. It presents a framework based on three pillars: learning activities, organizing learning, and showcasing learning, and discusses the benefits and feedback from workshops for both students and staff. Future goals include recruiting more participants, attending conferences, and further developing the group's initiatives.
A SMASHing approach for developing staff and student digital capabilities within a community of practice #CAN18
- 1. A SMASHing approach for developing staff and student digital capabilities within a Community of Practice Mentor: Sue Beckingham Students: Corran Wood, Jess Paddon, Aby Butler, Matty Trueman and Callum Rooney
- 2. Background to SMASH #SocMed16 JESS, CORRAN, SHER & OLA Applied & Awarded Free Place First Meeting First meeting as the newly formed SMASH Team with the four founding members (Corran, Jess, Sher & Ola). Three Pillars Developed the three pillars theory which discussed Learning Activities, Organising Learning & Showcasing Learning within the topic of education. First Blog Post Guest Blog Post DECEMBER 2016 JUNE 2016 MARCH 2016 FEBRUARY 2016
- 3. Framework – The Three Pillars Helping staff to identify and use social media tools for communication and collaboration within and beyond the classroom. Learning Activities Showcasing Learning Helping students to prepare digital portfolios to openly share outcomes and projects to develop a professional online presence. Organising Learning Helping students and staff to identify and use relevant social media tools to curate and organise information relating to learning.
- 4. Resources The Initial Framework, First Infographic, Snow Day Post All have been given a Creative Commons License Developing a home for a toolkit which could be used by others to plan activities/case studies How members of staff can utilise social medias within their teaching WEBSITE BLOG POSTS CARD ACTIVITY
- 5. Developing Digital Capabilities of Staff What did we learn about staff from the workshop? • Staff agree that social media can be used to enhance their learning • Agree that current university platform requires more flexibility • Support the idea of tracking student progress • Feel the need to support individual learning through group work What staff valued using these social media tools for learning • Google Apps – Efficient engagement amongst student groups • Trello – Divide responsibility and maintain accountability • Blogging – Track student progress • YouTube – More flexible learning • WhatsApp – Generating student community, with direct messaging VS
- 6. Developing Digital Capabilities of Students What students valued using these social media tools for learning • Google Apps – Collaboration • Trello – Project management on group projects • Twitter – Links to resources • Socrative – Engaging / Anonymous • YouTube – Visually appealing and accessible to students VS What did we learn about students from the workshop? • Students agree that social media can be used to enhance their learning • Welcome the idea of having direct messaging chat support via Twitter for quicker responses • Supportive of Socrative and working in teams when completing online quizzes • Learning content can be subconsciously viewed whilst using social media
- 7. Developing Digital Capabilities of Self “I’ve learnt the benefits of multiple social media technologies and how they can benefit learning.” Abby “I’ve gained experience surrounding the use of social media to enhance learning and efficient collaboration” Callum “I’ve learnt how to overcome communication obstacles throughout this year, and the sheer amount of research on social media there is to be done” Jess “Over the past two years, I have learnt about the flexibility of social media, how it can be used in education from many different directions & ultimately, how to work in a team of diverse people.” Corran “I’ve learnt how to create engaging content using digital tools such as Canva for my social media campaigns” Matty
- 8. Value of a Virtual Community of Practice (vCoP) “Enhancing learning through partnerships with other students ” Abby “Developing a rapport with team members from different backgrounds through digital platforms” Callum “Using FaceTime allowed me to participate in SMASH meetings whilst I was on the other side of the country!” Jess “Using apps such as Skype allow us to meet virtually in any location, allowing us to keep flexible with our studies” Corran “Greater digital knowledge gained through discussion and companionship” Matty
- 9. Next Steps Focus on the development of the group including: Future group leaders and progression after university RECRUIT MORE STUDENTS ATTEND CONFERENCES FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Attend and present at multiple different conferences including: RAISE conference in September and SocMedHE19 conference... Capturing interest this year, current placement students and first and second year students
- 10. Thank you for Listening This work has a Creative Commons License Sue Beckingham: @suebecks Corran Wood: @Corran_SHU Matty Trueman: @Matty_Trueman Callum Rooney: @callum_rooney95 Abby Butler: @abbybutler96 Jess Paddon: @JessPaddonSHU
- 11. References Conole, G. (2007) Describing Learning Activities. In Beetham, H. and Sharpe, R, (Eds) Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital Age. London: Routledge. Kosh, M. and Fusco, J. (2008) Designing for Growth: Enabling Communities of Practice to Develop and Extend Their Work Online. In Kimbile, C., Hildreth, P. and Bourden, I. (Eds) Communities of Practice: Creating Learning Environments for Educators Volume 2. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing Inc. Nussbaum-Beach, S. and Ritter Hall, L. (2012) The Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in a Digital Age. Bloomington: Solution Tree Press. Wenger, E. (2009) A Social Theory of Learning. In Illeris, K. (Ed.). Contemporary theories of learning: Learning theorists … in their own words. London: Routledge. Wenger, E., McDermott, R. and Snyder, W. (2002) Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge. Boston: Harvard Business Press.
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