eLearning Unit: can we help you? (ALTC-2013)

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“eLearning Unit Debbie Prescott Head of the eLearning Unit Nick Bunyan Phil Walker Dan Roberts Tünde Varga-Atkins …how can we help you?” Paul Duvall ID399, ALTC-2013

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Our presentation and workshop at ALTC-2013 conference on our team development, using metaphors for this reflection. Presented by Tunde Varga-Atkins and Phil Walker Credit to all the team who contributed in its design: Dan Roberts, Debbie Prescott, Paul Duvall and Nick Bunyan, eLearning Unit @ University of Liverpool. Acknowledgements to those in EdDev who helped test-run this session. See also our use of metaphors in a research project with Sarra Saffron Powell, Powell, S. S.; Varga-Atkins, T. (2013) „Digital Literacies: A Study of Perspectivesand Practices of Academic Staff‟ : a project report. Written for the SEDA Small Grants Scheme. Liverpool: University of Liverpool. July. Version 1 http://www.academia.edu/4364602/Digital_Literacies_A_study_of_perspectives_and_practices_of_academic_staff_2013_by_Sarra_Saffron_Powell_and_Tunde_Varga-Atkins

Transcript of eLearning Unit: can we help you? (ALTC-2013)

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“eLearning Unit

Debbie PrescottHead of the eLearning Unit

Nick Bunyan

Phil Walker

Dan Roberts

Tünde Varga-Atkins

…how can we help you?”

…Paul

Duvall

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Session outcomes

• reflect on your own role and practice as a learning technologist in team and institutional contexts using visual metaphors

• consider how learning technology teams become change agents for institutional practice

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Our Photo Diary

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Session outline

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1. Activity 1 – team metaphors

2. Our team story in metaphors

3. Activity 2– your team context

4. Questions

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1. Detectives

4. The patient gardeners

3. The bridge builders

2. The tugboat and the tanker

Why use metaphors to reflect on your team?

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Activity 1: your team context in metaphor

1. Look at the metaphors we found useful. Do any of these metaphors help represent your team context? Discuss in pairs or small groups (5 mins)

The detective team

The patient gardening team

The team as a bridge

The tugboat and the tanker

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Phone metaphor for our team development

1. Federation 2. Transition – VLE team

3. Central team – eLearning Unit

“It’s Tunde. Can I help you?”

“VLE team. Can I help you?”

“eLearning Unit. How can we help

you?

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Stage 1: “Federation”

“It’s Tunde. Can I help you?”

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Metaphor: “Federation”

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Stage 2: “Early Transition” – VITAL/VLE Team

“VLE team. Can I help you?”

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“Early Transition” – VITAL Team

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Stage 3: “A new Central team”– eLearning Unit

“eLearning Unit. Can we help you?”

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“A new Central team” – eLearning Unit

professional

creating connections

insights over the system and its components

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Old habits die hard? Should they?...

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4. The future…

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Activity 2: What metaphor would represent your team’s current

context?

Think – Pair – Share on this worksheet or tweet #eluliverpool

or add to Flickr stream: eluliverpool

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Flickr: eLULiverpool

Blog: http://elearningatliverpool.wordpress.com/ID399, ALTC-2013

Flickr Group search: ALTC ID399

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Questions and conclusion

• Were metaphors a useful way of reflecting on your own role and practice as a learning technologist in team and institutional contexts ?

• Is your team’s story similar/different?

• Thank you to ALTC: team identity

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