Dr Sarah Copeland (University of Bradford)and Dr John Couperthwaite (PebblePad)

Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal learning narrative through digital media

Understanding personallearning narratives

Storytelling as pedagogy

#DigitalStorytelling#DigitalStories #DST#StoryCircle

Storytelling in learning journeys

#phdchat

“Reflection on creative practice”

And

“Creative reflection on practice”

Kirk, C and Pitches, J. 2013. Digital reflection: using digital technologies to enhance and embed creative processes. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, Volume 22, Issue 2

Reflection technologies:

“technologies that enable students to 'look and listen again' to their digital artefacts, a process that encourages them to reflect not only on the learning itself, but also on the process by which they came to that learning”

Steve Wheeler, http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/digital-reflections.html

https://conversationprism.com/

Resident

Social

Visitor

Professional

Based on diagrams showed at https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/evaluating-digital-services/example-visitor-and-resident-maps

Based on diagrams showed at https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/evaluating-digital-services/example-visitor-and-resident-maps

Social media as evidence

Towards a better understanding of social

storytelling

#SocialStory

“I've done a blog to reflect on learning which includes images for a specific course. I quite liked it but was nervous about posting my ideas out in cyberspace..”

“I've heard academics report positively about using digital story telling in the healthcare profession for reflecting on critical incidents. The staff and students

seemed to be really positive about their experiences. ”

#SocialStory

Survey question: Should social media be considered as evidence in personal and/or professional portfolios? If yes, under what conditions?

“I´m not sure about how it could be implemented but it could be a valuable resource.”

“Yes providing the comments are not trolling or offensive. If they are constructive then it should be seen as a form of feedback and engaging with feedback is a very useful exercise.”

“Yes, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter can be used as part an employers remit.”

Over to you !

Activity 1. Defining user stories…Create a short user story to describe how using social media would support a portfolio.

Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal learning narrative through digital media

Example:

- As a University Lecturer applying for a HEA Fellowship- I need to include examples of my Tweetchat activity- So that I can demonstrate engagement with fellow

educators

Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal learning narrative through digital media

Activity 2. Understanding challenges…What are the challenges associated with using Social Media in personal and professional portfolios ?

Consider: • Accuracy • Legitimacy • Credentialing • Legality• Ownership

Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal learning narrative through digital media

Activity 3. Making it work…For the user story below, identify steps to overcome the challenges. A ‘challenge’ will be assigned to each group.

Challenges: Accuracy, legitimacy, credentialing, legality and ownership

Example Scenario:

- As a University Lecturer applying for a HEA Fellowship- I need to include examples of my Tweetchat activity- So that I can demonstrate engagement with fellow educators

Next steps

Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal learning narrative through digital media

Useful links: Connect/Link with us:Ucisa, Social Media Toolkit

#SocialStory TweetChat

The Conversation Prism

Social Media Guides, Sheffield Hallam University

Visitor and Residents, JISC InfoKit

Kirk & Pitches paper

PDP and Social Media, Sheffield Hallam University

Dr Sarah CopelandEducational Developer, University of BradfordTwitter: @XarahCBlog: StoryTELLinkedIn: SarahCopeland2SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/xarahc/

Dr John CouperthwaiteConsultant, PebblePadTwitter: @johncoupBlog: Technology Enhanced MusingsLinkedIn: JohnCouperthwaite