sheen sharing trials planning workshop, 6 april 2009: public slides

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Planning MeetingSt Andrews University

6 April 2009

Sarah Currier, Project ConsultantSHEEN Sharing Project


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10:30-10:45 Arrival; tea, coffee & biscuits;intro to the days objectives

10:45-11:45 Project re-cap and findings11:45-12:30 Participants feedback on their

progress and thoughts so far12:30-13:15 Lunch13:15-14:00 Groups:

topics/projects/tools/champions?14:00-14:45 General project requirements:

evaluation / support / clinics14:45-15:00 Break15:00-15:30 Barriers and solutions15:30-16:00 Agreeing next steps


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What time do folk need to leavetoday?

Agenda is flexible: well go with whatseems best as we go.


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Catch everyone up on SHEEN Sharing Project plan from here

Barriers and requirements identified

Identify groups and champions fortrialling tools

Identify next steps

Agree plan: action points with namesagainst them!


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Planned Project Outputs:

Snapshot review of Web 2.0 technologies and theirpotential application to resource sharing andcommunity building.

Review of research literature and previous and currentoutputs from similar Web 2.0 initiatives. Report on user and other stakeholder requirements,

including review of current practice and skills of ECN. User training sessions with accompanying HowTo

guidance.

Report on user trials of Web 2.0 technologies and tools. Regular progress reports as detailed in Appendix A:Workpackages.

Dissemination event in September 2009. Final report detailing findings, exit strategy and

sustainability plan for project.


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Project outcomes will include:

Increased ease of sharing of resources andpractice amongst the ECN, leading to more

effective use of resources, better support fortheir professional development, andenhancement of their community of practice.

Support for discovery and dissemination ofrelevant employability resources to stakeholdersoutwith the ECN, e.g. academics, staffdevelopers, student support departments, etc.

Dissemination of the project findings for thebenefit of the wider education community, andthe FE and HE funding bodies across the UK.


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April 2009- Get trials planned, prepared for and under way- Start speaking to HEA and others re sustainable exit strategy- Publish results of review and benchmarking

May June 2009- First phase of trials- Report back to SHEEN Steering Group- Start planning Dissemination Event- Start collating sustainability/exit strategy recommendations

June August 2009- Final phase of trials- Evaluation and exit workshop?

- Planning and advertising dissemination event- Writing final reports September 2009

- Dissemination Event- Other dissemination- Final recommendations and report to SFC


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Experimental Developmental Iterative Flexible: able to change track quickly if something isnt

working Must have ownership and involvement of ECN as first

priority for it to succeed Safe communication spaces vital as well as open

dissemination spaces Must not be driven by traditional project reporting outputs CoP* = sharing of knowledge, experience and peer teaching

within community

CoP* = room for mistakes, learning from trial and error,reporting what doesnt work as well as what does,supporting each other

Validated 100% by Project Review!

* Community of Practice


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Easily discuss issues and resources withother ECN members in targeted way:projects, subject interests

Safe space for internal discussions, resource

developmentShare resources within and outwith projectgroups, entire ECN, other stakeholders

Facilitate resource access for new people inpost, handing over

Learning from each otherNot losing experience, knowledgeEasing workload, helping with work and

information overload


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Time, time, time: time to learn new things, timeto participate

Information overload already via ECN email listDiffering levels of support for involvement by

local departments / HEIs Institutional technical barriers- some tools

blockedConcerns about privacy, safe spaces to discuss /

developConfidence in resource finding, saving and

sharing - quite a spread evident, with nooneextremely confident

IPR: levels of understanding(institutional/personal)

Concerns about identity - work vs private?


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Individual groups with safe group spaces, per individualgroup

One generic space for all Ease communications, ease of filtering resources Feeds out into university sites (Pam mentioned Careers

Service at St Andrews as example) Sharing best practice as usually happens informally at F2F

meetings, conference lunch queues etc. Case studies helpful People learn best when told stories by their peers Just one thing to change practice for some folk Recommendations of resources, sharing use ideas (Diigo?)

Openness important- don't be too restrictive beyond groupspaces F2F training/support /resources from Sarah

Ensure mentors start to feel comfortable giving support Regular Web-based clinics and formative evaluation meetings

(separate, or blur two into one) - how often? What technology givenrestrictions in some institutions? Across all groups, not specific?

Include academics / academic departments? What about institutional libraries?


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Safe group spaces needed: Google Groups, others?

Easy sharing of links to resources Delicious feeds into blogs/sites based on tags Diigo like Delicious but can share highlighted text,

annotations, comments, with Friends, within Groups, via Twitteretc. Easy quick communications:

Twitter? public/private; integrates with other tools; amplifiesquickly

Student / class push: Facebook groups? Collaborative website /resource development: blogs,

wikis, Elgg, NetVibes? Use participants existingtools/knowledge

Look at sites where we want resources to be pushed to/ disseminated via: how best to do that?

Look at local tools, e.g. VLEs, ePortfolios, local socialapps, where participant works at that HEI, how can weuse/link to?


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What have you tried to date?What would you like to try?Any thoughts on experiences so far?Any serious barriers emerging?

Anyone got technical barriers resoftware/apps?


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Ideas to date:

Whole ECN Group sharing resources ingeneral (social bookmarking; closed

discussion/sharing group); dissemination viaNetVibes page (Sarah Currier to co-ordinate)Workplace Voluntary Sector Project (Fiona

Boyle)PDP (International Taught Post-Grads) (Joy

Perkins)e-Portfolios (David McCall)Sharing Student Experiences (Pam Andrew)Action Learning Sets? (Cherie Woolmer) ... Anything else?


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Go through one-by-one- Who will be lead?- What level of time commitment can you make?- Possible membership

- Within ECN

- Outwith ECN- What skills do you already have in your group?- What tasks do you need to perform?

- Internal communications?- External dissemination?- Collaborative tasks, e.g. resource development?

- What tools are appropriate/would you like to trial?- What support is needed from SHEEN Sharing?

NB: Not important to answer all these definitivelytoday: just to get started thinking


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ECN Community- Who will be lead? (Sarah Currier)- What level of time commitment can you make? 1 day a week to

September- Possible membership

- Within ECN- Potentially all

- Outwith ECN- Disseminate some stuff outwards only. ECN members of group only.

- What skills do you already have in your group? see Survey results- What tasks do you need to perform?

- Internal communications?- Private discussion space, private resource sharing

- External dissemination? yes, sustainable after end of project

- Collaborative tasks, e.g. resource development?- What tools are appropriate/would you like to trial?

- NetVibes central page- Private discussion group? or area in NetVibes?- SHEEN Sharing blog to feed in plus other blogs- Diigo / Delicious tag feeds

- What support is needed from SHEEN Sharing?

Sarah to co-ordinate


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Action Learning Sets- Who will be lead? (Cherie Woolmer)- What level of time commitment can you make?- Possible membership

- Within ECN

- People in Cheries set only at first if willing.- Outwith ECN- What skills do you already have in your group?- What tasks do you need to perform?

- Internal communications?- Closed discussion group only

- External dissemination?- None (possibly reflections on how technology is being used via blog?)- Collaborative tasks, e.g. resource development?

- Mutual support- What tools are appropriate/would you like to trial?

- Google Groups?- What support is needed from SHEEN Sharing?

- Sarah to help set up.


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Voluntary Sector Project- Who will be lead? Fiona Boyle- What level of time commitment can you make? 0.5 day a fortnight- Possible membership

- Within ECN- Dave Surtees, Karen Sleith, Pam Andrew, Sabine McKinnon, OU rep, Joy Perkins

- Outwith ECN- Voluntary organisations and others on project Steering Group

- What skills do you already have in your group?- Started trying blog, Google Group set up.- Pam has experience with wiki

- What tasks do you need to perform?- Internal communications?

- Private discussion space

- External dissemination?- Yes: project blog

- Collaborative tasks, e.g. resource development?- Literature review needs collating and disseminating

- What tools are appropriate/would you like to trial?- Wordpress blog, Google Group, possibly bookmarking for lit review, use ECN NetVibes

page to disseminate as well- What support is needed from SHEEN Sharing? Help thinking things

through and setting things up


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PDP Taught International Post-Grads Project- Who will be lead? Joy Perkins- What level of time commitment can you make?

- Project still being set up; will be clearer after meeting at endof April

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Possible membership- Within ECN- Fiona Boyle, David McCall, others?

- Outwith ECN- TBC

- What skills do you already have in your group?- What tasks do you need to perform?- What tools are appropriate/would you like to trial?- What support is needed from SHEEN Sharing?

- Fiona Boyle to report initially to project group; Sarah to meetafterwards and discuss/advise.


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E-Portfolios- Who will be lead? (David McCall)- What level of time commitment can you make? 0.5 day a

fortnight- Possible membership

- Within ECN

- Dave Surtees- Outwith ECN

- What skills do you already have in your group?- What tasks do you need to perform?

- Share findings about use of PebblePad (and other tools) with SHEENSharing

- What tools are appropriate/would you like to trial?- Post reflections and findings to blog- Bookmarking relevant links via Diigo or Delicious

- What support is needed from SHEEN Sharing? Setting upon blog, training on using bookmarking, deciding on tags,setting up feeds from your bookmarks into NetVibes


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Sharing Student Experiences- Who will be lead? (Pam Andrew)- What level of time commitment can you make? initial

discussion- Possible membership

- Within ECN- Cherie Woolmer- Outwith ECN

- Saltire Foundation? And similar groups?- What skills do you already have in your group?

- Existing St Andrews wiki-

What tasks do you need to perform?- Identify requirements, identify potential solutions- Share findings with SHEEN Sharing

- What tools are appropriate/would you like to trial?- TBD, possibly vidcasts (of students sharing experiences)

- What support is needed from SHEEN Sharing?

- Initially help thinking through requirements and solutions


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Training, resources, support for groups Initial F2F sessions (1 per group) HowTo resources (targeted to groups needs)

Identifying and engaging groupmentors/champions Weekly drop-in clinics (Web-based

conferencing)Wednesdays suggested as a good day for this.

Formative evaluation Sharing experiences: commitment to sharing

comments on blog? (Varied according topersons time available / involvement level)

Weekly drop-in discussion forum (Web-basedconferencing) combine with above clinics


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Slides by Sarah Currier, Consultant, SHEEN Web 2.0 Resource Sharing Project

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