1.7 Creativity, Enterprise and Co-production

The Future is Now

Dr Pat Cullum, Dr Raphael Hallett,

And Dr Jamie Wood

Pat Cullum (University of Huddersfield)

• Collabhub

• Creativity and cross-disciplinary work

Co-production and community groups

• Real world live projects

• Development as historians

Historians at Work Public Histories@Huddersfield

http://blogs.hud.ac.uk/subject-areas/historians-at-work/

Public engagement Networking Transferable and historical skills

Raphael Hallett (University of Leeds)

Developing students as

collaborative researchers

Students publicly engaged in

local & regional history

Benefits for personal &

professional development

Creating a ‘Research Collaboration’ Module

• Liaising with Businesses, Charities, Community Groups

• Public Facing Outputs

• Assessed on public engagement

• Resistances?

Stepping Beyond the University Bubble

Student Outputs and Feedback

Flexible skills Multiple platforms of scholarship Digital literacy Student-led research impact Microcosm of Curriculum Change at Leeds

Jamie Wood (University of Lincoln)

• Digital literacy in the Disciplines project (HEA/JISC)

• Developing students’ digital literacies

• Xerte: Open Educational Resource (OER: http://www.xerte.org.uk/index.php?lang=en)

• Online Learning Objects

Making Digital History http://makingdigitalhistory.co.uk/

2013/14 • Level 1, 2 and MA

(for 2013-14) • Individual and

group projects • Compulsory and

optional activities • All were assessed • Paid student

ambassadors • Follow-on funding

from UoL

Principles • Students as producers

(http://bit.ly/1ljWEDR), not consumers

• Creating work that faces beyond academia

Challenges

• Digital literacies?

• Offline problems transferred online?

Some published examples [http://bit.ly/1lNNUGO]

• Ethics and Representation: Blackadder goes Forth

• Medieval Lincoln: Transport and Trade

• The Holocaust on Film • A dissertation Odyssey: The

essential Guide • The Poem of the Cid • Reflective Project on the

Independent Study Process • A Reflection on the

Dissertation Process • Motivating Power of

Religion: Emperors, Icons & War in Byzantium

Some feedback Competencies No.

Ability to present information 57/81

Team working 67/81

Knowledge of the subject 59/81

Ability to find and use both primary and secondary sources 60/81

Ability to use internet for research purposes 33/81

• Helped to enhance independent & creative ways of thinking • Xerte was one of the strength of this module • Improved ability to use different computer programmes and

developed technical skills • More training would be useful

Any Questions?

Opportunity to share

• Who wants to go first?

Special Interest Group: Creativity, Enterprise and Co-production

Future Developments Please contact Dr Pat Cullum

pat.cullum@hud.ac.uk