Developing your online professional identities
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A cross project collaboration between: DIAL, SEE, Development & Learning and CLTAD Overview How we use technology as participatory tool in teaching and promoting the creative student
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Working document updated version - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SbfigfrUYanJjEyZ8_zCpggW3w56ba3wu-XkAaV7wW0/edit
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Aims & Objectives |
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The project aims to engage staff and students in a debate around issues of professional online identities through online networks and face to face workshops/drop in discussion and support sessions. Create a ‘Developing online professional identities’ blog to engage a wider audience and cluster and crowd source information and resources Baseline current practice in this area by identifying good practice, case studies and feedback Create resources and information Identify course staff who could pilot/develop resources and processes in curriculum September Event Each industry speaker each give a 15 minute talk, then to be available at a table or separate room for discussion and network University Professionals to showcase talk about what they are currently doing with technology which could cover, blogs, twitter, Drupal (open source CMS for websites), discussion about the debate around the issues of social media intruding and blurring the line between professional and personal identity how this is perceived by students. After a series of talks 6 or 8 speakers for 15 mins then 2 hours and then a break and then opportunity to speak in more depth with 3 of the speakers. Other things discussed, setting up a dedicated web page for progress and linked from each department. Learn-IT to establish which training is required for staff in technologies that support their teaching and which of these trainings can be delivered by expert University staff. |
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Outputs / Outcome Type (e.g. report, publication, software, knowledge built) |
Brief Description |
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A baseline of where we are in understating the issues and challenges of ‘Developing online professional identities’ |
Blog case studies |
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Small drop in events to encourage debate and participation in debate development and training. |
Learning studio |
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Online support/resources/blog and community of practice |
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Large event in September 2012 conference/case studies and training events |
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Learn-IT to establish which training is required for staff in technologies that support their teaching and which of these trainings can be delivered by expert University staff. |
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Action |
By whom |
Date |
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Written brief to be decided upon based on the questions above, the workshop to include talks from Industry professional which can be defined later, or be open to invitation |
Learn-It to write up initial and distribute |
21.2.2012 |
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Initial Contact with Industry Professionals with discussions of fee etc |
Learn-IT DIAL and SEE |
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Brief decided upon and sent to Creative and Culture skills and also skill set and University Individuals |
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Identified University Professionals to show case (blogs, twitter, joomla, Discussion around social media intruding blurring the line between professional and personal identity, how this is perceived by lecturers & students |
DIAL & CLTAD |
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Location and Date to be agreed/ possibility for Admin week and also to source location at Kings Cross
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Learn-IT |
29.2. 2012 |
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Filming of the event and setting up Webinar implication |
DIAL |
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Branding the event |
SEE |
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Booking delegates onto the event/through Itrent |
Learn-IT |
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Promotion of event |
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Implication of the cost and How the event cost can be split |
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Work package brief title |
Developing online professional identities |
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Start date |
21/02/2012 |
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End date |
10/10/2012 |
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Project webpage URLs |
http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/developing-your-online-professional-identities |
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Team Member Name |
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Katie Mills |
(SEE) |
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Chrissy Kelly |
(Learn-it) |
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Laura North |
(SEE and DIAL) |
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Ruth Powell |
(CLTAD) |
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Chris Follows |
(DIAL) |
Further Discussion around the format of the event:
Each industry speaker each give a 15 minute talk, then to be available at a table or separate room for discussion and network
University Professionals to showcase talk about what they are currently doing with technology which could cover, blogs, twitter, JDrupal (open source CMS for websites), discussion about the debate around the issues of social media intruding and blurring the line between professional and personal identity how this is perceived by students.
After a series of talks 6 or 8 speakers for 15 mins then 2 hours and then a break and then opportunity to speak in more depth with 3 of the speakers.
Other things discussed, setting up a dedicated web page for progress and linked from each department.
Outcome for each department:
Learn-IT to establish which training is required for staff in technologies that support their teaching and which of these trainings can be delivered by expert University staff.
Feedback from Chris follows:
I think this project is a great collaboration opportunity and is hopefully the beginning of a new a timely college and sector debate and event/s.
I’ll be working on this as part of DIAL, and as discussed are happy to develop the online community space using the DIAL budget, DIAL objectives can been seen here - http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/02/10/objectives/ specifically – 6 Students 2) Improved graduate employability by enhancing presentation skills and professional online identities.
The web platforms we mentioned today were:
http://process.arts.ac.uk/ - UAL web platform built with Drupal open source CMS
http://drupal.org/ - Open source Content management system (CMS)
http://moodle.org/ - UAL’s new open source VLE
MEETINGS:
Meeting: February 21st 11.30-12.30
Present: Chrissy Kelly (Learn-it) Katie Mills (SEE) Laura North (SEE and DIAL) Chris Follows (DIAL)
Apologies Ruth Powell (CLTAD)
Joint working meeting for the promotion of the event.
Meeting notes: 26 March 2012
Present: Chrissy Kelly (Learn-it) Katie Mills (SEE) Laura North (SEE and DIAL) Chris Follows (DIAL), Ruth Powell (CLTAD)
29 - 30 June ArtSmart event date clash
‘Developing online professional identities’ case studies
John Jackson - case study
Budget/expenses: DIAL
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