JISC Create Community Resources, Assets and Technology for Education Presentation to selection panel 19 September 2008

Outline Added value Sustainable development Continuous transformation Social capital growth Team Plans & Activities Technology Questions

Added value

Sustainable development

Continuous transformation

Social capital growth

Team

Plans & Activities

Technology

Questions

Create will add value by facilitating community interactions to promote peer sharing between the projects, between the projects and the programme and between the projects and the wider educational community through a programme of activities supported by appropriate technologies through bringing together and synthesising emerging project experiences by a multi-skilled, experienced and adaptable team in association with the programme leadership and stakeholders as appropriate, e.g. JISC advisory and innovation support services HEA subject centres institutional leadership

by facilitating community interactions to promote peer sharing

between the projects,

between the projects and the programme and

between the projects and the wider educational community

through a programme of activities supported by appropriate technologies

through bringing together and synthesising emerging project experiences

by a multi-skilled, experienced and adaptable team

in association with the programme leadership and stakeholders as appropriate, e.g.

JISC advisory and innovation support services

HEA subject centres

institutional leadership

Sustainable development Sustainable “project support” necessarily entails community formation Community is essential to synthesis, in bringing the projects and their experiences together Create is based on and contributes to the ongoing evolution of a wider community-development approach to programme support, drawing lessons from, e.g.: E learning support and synthesis Users & Innovation, Emerge

Sustainable “project support” necessarily entails community formation

Community is essential to synthesis, in bringing the projects and their experiences together

Create is based on and contributes to the ongoing evolution of a wider community-development approach to programme support, drawing lessons from, e.g.:

E learning support and synthesis

Users & Innovation, Emerge

Continuous transformation Foster institutional centres of innovation centres of expertise that can support the the sector S how that institutions need to explore the boundaries of technology o f learning, teaching and admin practices a nd their own institutional boundaries (shared services, HE in FE, distributed learning centres, etc) in order to survive and to develop.

Foster institutional centres of innovation

centres of expertise that can support the the sector

S how that institutions need to explore the boundaries

of technology

o f learning, teaching and admin practices

a nd their own institutional boundaries (shared services, HE in FE, distributed learning centres, etc)

in order to survive and to develop.

Social capital growth “ cross departmental and cross domain” Bonding Traditional practice exhibits strong bonding capital. People identify and support one another in established local contexts Boundary spanning is the preserve of a few and takes place in fairly rigid structures Bridging Emergent, innovative practice encourages & builds on strong local bonding to enable greater numbers of people to reach out across the boundaries, expanding their personal spans of control and extending their experience to the wider sector. between institutions and/ or projects between senior management and project teams within institutions

“ cross departmental and cross domain”

Bonding

Traditional practice exhibits strong bonding capital. People identify and support one another in established local contexts

Boundary spanning is the preserve of a few and takes place in fairly rigid structures

Bridging

Emergent, innovative practice encourages & builds on strong local bonding to enable greater numbers of people to reach out across the boundaries, expanding their personal spans of control and extending their experience to the wider sector.

between institutions and/ or projects

between senior management and project teams within institutions

Create Team Synthesis and planning leads Isobel Falconer Paul Bailey Emma Anderson Technology platform Joe Rosa Finance, admin and control Judith Lyons Lynn Farrell OCSLD events team Oxford Brookes Publishing team Stephen Ball, Helen Swain Director George Roberts Facilitation, discovery, support and events Mitul Shukla Steven Warburton Patsy Clarke Josie Fraser Graham Attwell OCSLD consultants Indicative list: Mike Laycock, Lou McGill, James Wisdom, Dave Wilkinson, Ranald Macdonald Critical friends (JISC)

Synthesis and planning leads

Isobel Falconer

Paul Bailey

Emma Anderson

Technology platform

Joe Rosa

Finance, admin and control

Judith Lyons

Lynn Farrell

OCSLD events team

Oxford Brookes Publishing team

Stephen Ball, Helen Swain

Director

George Roberts

Facilitation, discovery, support and events

Mitul Shukla

Steven Warburton

Patsy Clarke

Josie Fraser

Graham Attwell

OCSLD consultants

Indicative list: Mike Laycock, Lou McGill, James Wisdom, Dave Wilkinson, Ranald Macdonald

Critical friends (JISC)

Activities The team will organise events and activities with the aim of Determining unique needs of Institutional Innovation Programme Early harvesting of synthesis information themes shared technologies common challenges related programmes and projects Supporting projects to consider benefits early on in the project cycle Facilitating community formation and development; Facilitating dissemination, knowledge sharing and benefits realisation

The team will organise events and activities with the aim of

Determining unique needs of Institutional Innovation Programme

Early harvesting of synthesis information

themes

shared technologies

common challenges

related programmes and projects

Supporting projects to consider benefits early on in the project cycle

Facilitating community formation and development;

Facilitating dissemination, knowledge sharing and benefits realisation

JISC Create Ongoing programme of project-based & Create-team-facilitated seminars, workshops, cluster meetings, newsreels, social learning Monthly, 1 st Thursday, team tele conference Quarterly budget meeting Twice yearly advisory group JISC critical friends

Work packages, Phase 1 Inception Launch Phase 2 Projects Sept 08 – Jan 09 Synthesis and Benefits Realisation of Institutional Exemplar Projects Community Development and Support Synthesis and discovery Web space and Presentation Evaluation

Inception

Launch Phase 2 Projects Sept 08 – Jan 09

Synthesis and Benefits Realisation of Institutional Exemplar Projects

Community Development and Support

Synthesis and discovery

Web space and Presentation

Evaluation

Inception plan Programme Start-up Early meeting with JISC to agree plans, roles, responsibilities set dates for events and programme activities, critical friends Review project proposals to identify themes, drivers, audiences and outputs Programme launch event Online community start-up activities Projects set-up profiles, feeds and links in support web site

Programme Start-up

Early meeting with JISC to agree plans, roles, responsibilities

set dates for events and programme activities, critical friends

Review project proposals to identify themes, drivers, audiences and outputs

Programme launch event

Online community start-up activities

Projects set-up profiles, feeds and links in support web site

Launch Phase 2 Projects Analysis of project proposals Identify links with existing innovations projects Critical friends and clusters Select and appoint (JISC) critical friends Allocate projects to clusters

Analysis of project proposals

Identify links with existing innovations projects

Critical friends and clusters

Select and appoint (JISC) critical friends

Allocate projects to clusters

Synthesis and Benefits Realisation of Institutional Exemplar Projects Collation and analysis via online seminars and interviews Story gathering Sense making Make data available through website Outputs synthesis look at opportunities for further BR Benefits realisation activities

Collation and analysis

via online seminars and interviews

Story gathering

Sense making

Make data available through website

Outputs synthesis

look at opportunities for further BR

Benefits realisation activities

Community Development and Support Biannual blended online conference Project-led, Create-facilitated cluster meetings Synthesis seminars Newsreel activities Informal social gatherings using community spaces such as Second Life Supporting projects to form and grow satellite communities of practice that bring in existing stakeholder audience

Biannual blended online conference

Project-led, Create-facilitated cluster meetings

Synthesis seminars

Newsreel activities

Informal social gatherings using community spaces such as Second Life

Supporting projects to form and grow satellite communities of practice that bring in existing stakeholder audience

Synthesis and discovery of phase 2 projects Collate outputs from community development and support activities. Analyse these in context of the institutional exemplars (Phase 1 projects). Use analysis to frame synthesis seminars and ongoing community development activities Produce and support ongoing development of synthesis outputs

Collate outputs from community development and support activities.

Analyse these in context of the institutional exemplars (Phase 1 projects).

Use analysis to frame synthesis seminars and ongoing community development activities

Produce and support ongoing development of synthesis outputs

Open services portfolio: different environments working under the same design framework SSO between components; clicking in Moodle, CMS, Elluminate, etc will maintain the same design, allocating the main content to the left and control blocks to the right side.

Questions for the panel Have dates/venues been set for programme inception meeting(s) Has the list of funded projects been finalised? How many? Does the panel still believe the 4 areas of institutional ICT concern are an appropriate conceptual structure? Will there be a separate evaluation (formative ongoing or summative at end) and if so how will it relate to the support project What is the plan for Benefits Realisation funding to projects Widening engagement? How open does the panel conceive the community? Outward Inward Upward If we are to reach the wider sector the way the call stresses, then we would have thought the community needs to be fairly open

Have dates/venues been set for programme inception meeting(s)

Has the list of funded projects been finalised? How many?

Does the panel still believe the 4 areas of institutional ICT concern are an appropriate conceptual structure?

Will there be a separate evaluation (formative ongoing or summative at end) and if so how will it relate to the support project

What is the plan for Benefits Realisation funding to projects

Widening engagement?

How open does the panel conceive the community?

Outward

Inward

Upward

If we are to reach the wider sector the way the call stresses, then we would have thought the community needs to be fairly open

Thank you George Roberts Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development [email_address] 07711 698465 Isobel Falconer Glasgow Caledonian University [email_address] 07914 987549

George Roberts

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

[email_address]

07711 698465

Isobel Falconer

Glasgow Caledonian University

[email_address]

07914 987549