communitykeepers

= Community Keepers = Use this space to develop your summary of the booths and plan for the inclusion of voices in the practice of this community.

Click here to find the questions for the booths. These were the questions we wanted to know from colleagues of other departments.

Stories of success from our practice
So much experience in this room = great opportunity to learn from each other, lots of ways people are using tools

Surprised that I was using all these tools

The string booth = electrotech First day, activity to introduce You Tube = inspired lecturer to change their approach to teach how to repair something, put it online and discussed it It was inspirational to me

Accounting and finance I like the idea of one hour each week they can the team to tune up and learn a new tool or use a tool in a new way Not too demanding, but each way you are a bit more comfortable with doing things differently 7 staff members in the group and each week we look at something else Snapshot of what is out there Now how to put it to use in the classroom We took the role to technology steward

In the performing arts, they are already using tools outside of the ones from the institution to help students create an identity for themselves in the world Students think about their online name, their email name, to represent their name if it is available, or one that projects the persona of their brand of one, as independent agent artists Using technology, they create and recreate themselves, forecasting trends and delivering accordingly Examples of syringe123 or juliehahaha Platforms to find a name that is available

Natural sciences HOD proactive in promoting e-learning inspired to interact with HOD in different ways Our HOD is very supportive, then we can be a community of practice Even our reluctant lecturers are now coming to us Driven by our distance learning team As soon as the indication came that Moodle was going to be it, we hired a consultant and developed an appraoch very early on Still a lot of challenges, but it is moving

People capability Value of having them part of this process Intent to have e-learning as part of induction Setting up blogs for management To broaden the practice to the whole institution

Plumbing and carpentry Developed a fantastic e-book that students and industry can look at, to find the latest on legislation They use smart board They have organized themselves to free up a full time person to take care of the e-book

Language Studies Higher levels already using 2.0 tech tools and also blended learning in CIE (but not assessed) Lower levels and CE developing eliteracy and limited use of NING to tell photo stories of themselves Smartboard used by some teachers How to..... minivids already embedded in moodle for teachers eg Audacity Cantasia and Jing for screenshots and minivids for how to screenshots in development

We were brainstorming into a flow and it was inspiring We could open a page on the wiki for each department that wants it We don~t have the culture to celebrate success stories, but we should have a mechanism tpo do that The purpose is to steal each other's idea

Organize the stories around the issues we have

Parties who aren't represented
student reps;USU || Phased in as departments take up e-learning || Do they have fears? What are they? || ditto? Shared fears are real. || ditto Create a post it wall to recored fears on (see discussion board) || During dept PD sessions. Plus JIT management via Community Coordinators || Alternatively as it is timely so as not to overload or extend to widely initially ||
 * **Unrepresented people "at the table" ** || **What do we want to know from them? ** || **What for? ** || **How to bring them in? ** || === Implementation === ||
 * * ===**Students + USU**=== || learning preferences, attitudes to Web 2.0 tools for educational purposes, levels of capability/knowledge || alignment of teaching community 'agenda'/paradigm with actual needs and preferences of students || hmmm...informal or formal diagnosis? trial and error? evidence of advantages/benefits
 * * ===Resistant colleagues=== || maybe same as above?
 * * ===Current and future employers=== || their use of social media; understanding of their relevance/usefulness; importance attached to these tools and the ability to use them to solve business problems among our graduates || alignment between our approach to curriculum delivery and current practice in industry -are we producing graduates with the right 'e-profile'? || invite them to be part of the department's COP and Ning - engage in ongoing conversation/s with industry partners || At the start of the dept COP employers can be invited
 * * ===**Professional bodies**=== || Required industry standards? || As above || As above || As above ||
 * * ===**Representatives from levels (eg level 3, 4 etc)**=== || in what ways do curricula at these levels require/value collaborative learning (and a role for e-learning in that context)? What do we determine as 'foundation' e-learning experiences and knowledge that make progression into degree-level study as seamless as possible? || Readiness/preparedness of academic staff to deal with diverse knowledges and abilities, and ideally aim to develop expectations and standard practice at each level of teaching and learning? || Feedback via teachers of these courses - try things and gauge need/response etc || Members of the Dept COP right the way through ||
 * * ===**Facilities such as IT**=== || An idea of their "plan" ie any imminent network upgrades, wireless capabilities anticiapated timeframe/s; what kind of capacity can we expect eg can we have a class of 60 using laptops?? || To allow lecturers to be well informed when planning the roll out the use of any new technologies to the classroom. || Perhaps a representative from IT could become part of the COP. Timeline and progress reports could also be made available regularly via Ning || Extend the invitation to further membership from IT and Facilities ||
 * * ===**Senior Exec and other management**=== || Are they aware of the resource implications of e-learning (& living curricula)? - time, funding, bandwidth || One of the big issues will be **TIME** - what is realistically required, what people perceive they will need (especially resistant people) - thus there is both a perceptual as well as a real barrier to overcome.

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|| Ray is doing a good job. Deans seem supportive/convinced. Linda is also running the show However there will need to be ongoing, realistic appraisal by the e-learning COP and Te Puna Ako, channelled through to senior managers, of the time/resource issue || Already involved

Te Puna Ako has a critical role to play in adequately informing Unitec leadership of resource implications - don't ignore the TIME issue. It is an emotional and a morale issue - therefore of central concern. || Student counsellors for future employment requirements esp. eliteracy || Critical role in supporting || Invite them to join the community through Ning etc || Immediately. Information literacy COP to be developed. All staff to be invited. ||
 * * ===**Allied staff**=== || What is their role eg in some uni's, student photos are loaded from ID cards. Admin staff (timetabling course advice etc) Marketing, Library. Library already involved.
 * * ===**Community representation**=== || Understandings of the uses of social media; uses currently made of community ICT; interest in/need for digital media students/interns to help develop digital solutions to orgnaisational problems || Serving the needs of "the (Unitec) community" - at the same time preparing for the needs of future students || invite them to be part of the department's COP and Ning - engage in ongoing conversation/s with community partners. Teacher tube videos || As projects come up, they can be shared ||
 * * ===**Government representation**=== || Do we have their endorsement of our e-Learning assessment & curriculum matters - how comfortable with wikis, etc? ||  ||   ||   ||