What is a digital Steward
Some ideas for the stewarding role (specifically in relation to creative sector communicating/sharing its resources and learning and teaching with the world). Also see Process.arts functionality requirements for an open practice platform and Digital literacy CPD and a practical pathway into OEP.
Helping users online:
The Steward could support open practice in many ways to help staff and students better share their learning and teaching activities and associated resources externally, here are some examples:
The steward would openly support best practice via comment support with staff and students who are attempting open practice - http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/1st-edit-example-fluid-metaphors
The steward can also build an open batch of resources in which to point new open practitioners to for support and guidance - http://process.arts.ac.uk/category/discipline/research-practice/copyright-issues
And highlight examples of case studies - http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/case-study-open-educational-practice-intellectual-property
.... and resource development case studies - http://process.arts.ac.uk/category/discipline/research-practice/learning-video-research
The steward could develop in collaboration with key staff, bespoke learning modules to meet specific objectives stakeholders - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vrTfQYJ9XRAw5CLvFb2gNQMJFL0rk984YQ3FuKKCI0g/edit?pli=1#heading=h.6las3fg1z6dh
Rich media resource development to help enhance and externalise courses and projects
Example 1 Life drawing:
Here is an example of where the steward works with a course to help communicate and visualise the course activity e.g - in this link is the download attachment to the course brief with a real video example - http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/life-drawing-laurence-noga-wimbledon-foundation-201011 additionally the rest of the related projects are also presented to support the visulisation of the brief
http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/foundation-drawing-exhibition-foyer-gallery-merton-hall-road-private-view-5-10-october-2010 (including audio, image and video)
and http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/project-1-final-crit-and-presentation-work
Workshop and technical processes:
The steward has supported a member of staff to produce rich media resources - http://process.arts.ac.uk/category/discipline/fine-art/sculpture/sand-casting
And creating learning resource pages like this - http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/animation-timeline-fine-art-0
Communities of practice
The steward would help the creation of communities of practice, advise on what is the relevant online space for the Cop, help them set up the Cop and develop and promote their open practice community.
Other open communities of practice examples can be seen here - http://process.arts.ac.uk/allprojects
Example of how putting our practice and resources has benefited another college - http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/developing-digital-literacy-gsa
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