bradford college research programme - overview 2010
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Bradford College Research Programme - Overview 2010
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Bradford College
• 20k+ students
• Wide range of provision
• FE - HE Progression
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Definitions
• We use the RAE definitions of research and scholarly activity.
• Scholarly activity fits better for us in terms of the areas we investigate which are primarily focused on teaching and learning.
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The Research Programme Approach
• Inject sense of focus & urgency• Identify & isolate resources • Clear responsibilities• Clear costings • Clear timeframe • Linkages across projects
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Funding structure
• £3,500 @ £50p/h = 70hrs
• 16 projects
• Allocated in line with delivery of outputs
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Action research main methodology
• Encourages practitioner reflection
• Low disruption on timetabling
• High impact on practice
• Cyclical in nature
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Research Infrastructure
• Support & Resources
• Funding support
• Ethical aspects
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Key resources to support research
• Project support
• Research Support Librarians
• Funds
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Externally Funded Projects
• Pathfinder – HEA • SPaCE-FD – JISC • Nintendo Wii• Digital Creativity Lab
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Definition
• “A VRE helps researchers in all disciplines manage the increasingly complex range of tasks involved in carrying out research”
JISC 2005
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Virtual Research Environment
• Teaching observation*
• Learner observation
• Ethical aspects of collaboration
*Refs. Swinglehurst, Russel and Greenhalgh 2007 Bennet and Barp 2008
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2008 – 2009 Research Projects
• 12 reported at conference forming the research cohort:Examples: e-assessment & Feedback formative or futile? E-portfolios honed in on actual needs
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BAR Conference 2009
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BAR Conference 2009
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Benefits of Research Projects
• Informing better teaching
• Staff development – competency & skills
• Making connections across and beyond disciplines
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2009 – 2010 Research Projects
• Challenge of funding
• Conference (cancelled)
• Taking the agenda further
• Forming the research cohort
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Staff Development
• Support during the research • Develop individuals through ‘doing’
research• Putting it into practice • Completing the cycle
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Overall Experience
• Evaluation of the programme
• Project manage but allow experiments
• Reflect regularly but keep momentum
• Lessons Learned – listen to the researchers
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Questions and Comments
Ronan O’Beirne M.Ed. FCLIPAssistant Director for Learning Development and Research
Blog: www.learnerinformatics.com