Lawrie Phipps recently published a post, “Development not Training: an approach to social media for leaders“, setting out the history and rationale for the VandR mapping exercise he uses on his Jisc Digital Leaders course (VandR is shorthand for Visitor and Resident, a really useful way of thinking about how we engage with our digital lives – see here for a natty cartoon). If you haven’t read his post, please do (but promise to come back). And if you haven’t attended the Jisc Digital Leaders course, I would highly recommend it – booking is available for the May 2017 but I do not get commission.
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‘Podcast’ – discussing strategies to ensure successful and lasting Learning Technology initiatives
Creativity takes courage – ALTC presentation
On Wednesday 7 September, Kerry Pinny and I delivered a short presentation to the ALT annual conference. The presentation focussed on the journey we have taken to embed digital capabilities at our institution. Continue reading “Creativity takes courage – ALTC presentation”
Award winning?
In a break from my usual rants, I will be doing some shameless self-promotion. For those of you with a sensitive disposition, please look away now.
Together with my team (Kerry Pinny and Chavan Kissoon), we are shortlisted for the ALT Learning Technologist of the Year award for our work on embedding Digital Capabilities at our institution.
We created a short video to summarise our work, using Peter Jackson’s definition of short when making our video. And that’s not all we took. Check it out:
You can read a short summary of our work on the ALT competition website here (https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2016/awards/awards-finalists-and-community-choice-voting/); we are the 8th option down, so get scrolling.
Your chance to vote
As this is a public vote, it would be nice if you would be so kind to vote for us (obviously all the other options are equally great, but their videos don’t include Sean Bean).
The deadline for voting is noon on 7 September, and the award will be presented at the ALT Annual Conference the same evening.
Only one vote counts from each twitter or email account, and for more information, go here: https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2016/awards/awards-finalists-and-community-choice-voting/
Thanks again.
Yikkety-Yak, do talk back
The anonymous social media service, Yik Yak, has come under some fire from all corners recently. It is has been at the centre of claims about some quite horrifying examples of bullying and harassment of University staff and students.
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