Creative Hive is an e-portfolio platform accessible to all at www.creativehive.org - these slides give an Intro to it and the UKPSF alignment for teaching and learning in a University / HE or other environment using open access, social media and disruptive technologies.

1. Creative Hive
Alex Fenton - a.fenton@salford.ac.uk

2. What is Creative Hive?
www.creativehive.org
• Gives you a web space to allows you to create a blog, show off
your work at www.creativehive.org and in person at physical
events
• Provides real world opportunities and connections between
students, staff, the community and industry (over 900 members)
• Join free at www.creativehive.org – get in touch if you get stuck!

3. You get your own free website
Blog your thoughts and show your work off

4. Customise it
Change the look of your website

5. See other peoples work from the Uni
Make new connections and find collaborators

6. Creative Hive Live - Events
www.creativehive.org/live/prog
• Cross Disciplinary Collaborations
• Performance
• Film
• Creative Writing
• Fine Art
• Audio installations
• Music
• Creative Technology
• Sculpture
• Painting
• Graphic design
• Comedy
• Drawing
• Web design
• Animation
• Photography

7. Video from Creative Hive Live
http://creativehive.org/live/prog/

8. Creative Hive UKPSF (Areas of Activi
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf
• A1 – My colleagues and I have used Creative
Hive for planned learning activities e.g. write a
reflective post or multimedia that is visible to
the rest of the class
• A2 – Used to support teaching and learning
pedagogically
• A3 – We also use it to give asynchronous
feedback against posts
• A4 – Used as an effective learning
environment and offering support and guidance
live and by email / twitter / comments
The Higher Education Academy (2012). UK Professional Standards Framework.
Retrieved 02/10/13 from

9. Creative Hive UKPSF (Core Knowledge
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf
• K2 – Effective method for teaching, learning
and assessing both formative and summative
• K3 – Useful for reflection and guaging how
students learn and where they are at
• K4 – Pedagogically sound, appropriate TEL is
embedded properly into modules
• K5 – Can be used to evaluate effectiveness of
learning outcomes and see an ongoing growth
of a student
The Higher Education Academy (2012). UK Professional Standards Framework.
Retrieved 02/10/13 from

10. Creative Hive UKPSF (Core Knowledge
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf
• V2 – Promoting participation and equality of
opportunity is a major part of this platform as
open access and available to all for free and for
anyone for any length of time
• V3 – By authoring papers and undertaking
research, we can continue to evolve the
platform and the way it is deployed via evidence
• V4 – The platform is very much geared
towards professional practise and is open
access, reaching out to the wider world of
employment and beyond
The Higher Education Academy (2012). UK Professional Standards Framework.
Retrieved 02/10/13 from

11. www.creativehive.org
www.facebook.com/groups/creativehive
#creativehive