Institutional Innovation Support, Synthesis and Benefits realisation 24 October 2008

Outline Community, resources and assets for education Asset-based development Clusters and stakeholders Team Plans & Activities

Community, resources and assets for education

Asset-based development

Clusters and stakeholders

Team

Plans & Activities

Support Team Direction and planning George Roberts Isobel Falconer Paul Bailey Technology platform Joe Rosa Finance, admin and control Lynn Farrell OCSLD events team Oxford Brookes Publishing team Stephen Ball, Helen Swain Analysis & discovery Patsy Clarke Mitul Shukla Judy Lyons Rhonda Riachi Synthesis & dissemination Emma Anderson Steven Warburton Josie Fraser Graham Attwell

Direction and planning

George Roberts

Isobel Falconer

Paul Bailey

Technology platform

Joe Rosa

Finance, admin and control

Lynn Farrell

OCSLD events team

Oxford Brookes Publishing team

Stephen Ball, Helen Swain

Analysis & discovery

Patsy Clarke

Mitul Shukla

Judy Lyons

Rhonda Riachi

Synthesis & dissemination

Emma Anderson

Steven Warburton

Josie Fraser

Graham Attwell

Working hypotheses Developing projects in a context where there is awareness of the wider activity in a field and an understanding of the alignments and gaps in that field will lead to better projects being developed. By using community development processes and social networking the general quality of educational (learning) technology development projects may be improved, bringing benefits not just to the JISC but more widely to all sectoral funding agencies and stakeholders. .

Community resources & assets for education Asset-based community-development (ABCD) draws on Support & synthesis team experience JISC programme & project management eL earning support & synthesis Users & Innovation support & synthesis Organisational and community development research ( Mathie & Cunningham 2003, Cooperrider & others, 1987, 2001, 2003) Networks/groups/community/clusters - coherence Essential to support, synthesis & benefits realisation B ring projects & their experiences together with each other & stakeholders

Asset-based community-development (ABCD) draws on

Support & synthesis team experience

JISC programme & project management

eL earning support & synthesis

Users & Innovation support & synthesis

Organisational and community development research ( Mathie & Cunningham 2003, Cooperrider & others, 1987, 2001, 2003)

Networks/groups/community/clusters - coherence

Essential to support, synthesis & benefits realisation

B ring projects & their experiences together with each other & stakeholders

Asset-based development activity Identify strengths & develop them Stage 1 discovery “Affective Recall” Gunther Kress (2007) says “leverage the affective aspects of learning” O r, remember what was good and do more of that Identify a trusted network to which you belonged (and may still belong) C ould be professional, recreational, educational, cultural, etc Characterise the trust you felt in, with and for that group H ow did it feel What were the “ingredients” (assets) that engendered the trust

Identify strengths & develop them

Stage 1 discovery “Affective Recall”

Gunther Kress (2007) says “leverage the affective aspects of learning”

O r, remember what was good and do more of that

Identify a trusted network to which you belonged (and may still belong)

C ould be professional, recreational, educational, cultural, etc

Characterise the trust you felt in, with and for that group

H ow did it feel

What were the “ingredients” (assets) that engendered the trust

ABCD feedback

Initial (sub) clusters IT infrastructures and architecture , consisting of Innovative enterprise architectures Data infrastructures for knowledge management and discovery The physical and virtual world , consisting of Low-carbon green computing 21 st century estates and learning environments Learning & teaching , consisting of: Learning, teaching and assessment Learning management and admin

IT infrastructures and architecture , consisting of

Innovative enterprise architectures

Data infrastructures for knowledge management and discovery

The physical and virtual world , consisting of

Low-carbon green computing

21 st century estates and learning environments

Learning & teaching , consisting of:

Learning, teaching and assessment

Learning management and admin

Link to C-map server

IT infrastructures and architecture , consisting of Innovative enterprise architectures Roehampton University, Westminster University , Cambridge (Social Networks) , Gloucestershire University Data infrastructures for KMD Newcastle University, Thames Valley University , Oxford (BRII) The physical and virtual world , consisting of Low-carbon green computing UEA , Bolton University , Hertfordshire University 21 st century estates and learning environments Sheffield University , Canterbury Christ Church, Oxford (Erewhon) Learning & teaching , consisting of: Learning, teaching and assessment UCLAN, Coventry, Oxford (Steeple) Learning management and admin Reading University, Open University, Southampton (EASiHE), Cambridge (Modular e Admin), Southampton (Open Assignments)

IT infrastructures and architecture , consisting of

Innovative enterprise architectures

Roehampton University, Westminster University , Cambridge (Social Networks) , Gloucestershire University

Data infrastructures for KMD

Newcastle University, Thames Valley University , Oxford (BRII)

The physical and virtual world , consisting of

Low-carbon green computing

UEA , Bolton University , Hertfordshire University

21 st century estates and learning environments

Sheffield University , Canterbury Christ Church, Oxford (Erewhon)

Learning & teaching , consisting of:

Learning, teaching and assessment

UCLAN, Coventry, Oxford (Steeple)

Learning management and admin

Reading University, Open University, Southampton (EASiHE), Cambridge (Modular e Admin), Southampton (Open Assignments)

Other dimensions? Cross cutting themes? Syndication, RSS Data security Shared services (GoogleMail, iTunesU, etc) User engagement Secondary themes? Learning management and administration New emergent themes?

Cross cutting themes?

Syndication, RSS

Data security

Shared services (GoogleMail, iTunesU, etc)

User engagement

Secondary themes?

Learning management and administration

New emergent themes?

taggit Build community knowledge distributed cognition inin1008, #inin1008 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/inin1008/ http://twemes.com/inin1008 Slideshare (coming) There will be more of this as the support platform is built out

Build community knowledge

distributed cognition

inin1008, #inin1008

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/inin1008/

http://twemes.com/inin1008

Slideshare (coming)

There will be more of this as the support platform is built out

Support structure

Analysis & discovery teams Co-ordination Patsy Clarke IT infrastructures and architecture Mitul Shukla The physical and virtual world Rhonda Riachi/Josie Fraser Learning & teaching Judy Lyons/Patsy Clarke

Co-ordination

Patsy Clarke

IT infrastructures and architecture

Mitul Shukla

The physical and virtual world

Rhonda Riachi/Josie Fraser

Learning & teaching

Judy Lyons/Patsy Clarke

Support and synthesis activities Biannual blended face-to-face conference 26 & 27 March 2009 Outputs and benefits realisation from institutional exemplars First findings from round 2 projects (you) Launch eLearning InstitutionalBCE projects Oct ‘08- March ’09 6 Project led, support team facilitated cluster “things” Supporting projects to form and grow satellite communities of practice that bring in new & existing stakeholder audience

Biannual blended face-to-face conference

26 & 27 March 2009

Outputs and benefits realisation from institutional exemplars

First findings from round 2 projects (you)

Launch eLearning InstitutionalBCE projects

Oct ‘08- March ’09

6 Project led, support team facilitated cluster “things”

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

Project-led cluster things Each project, over the course of the programme will have to host a “thing” for their (evolving and expanding) cluster Things might be: Thematic seminar Shared technology plugfest Cluster dissemination widening engagement Capacity building, hands-on, new technology workshop Your ideas, here

Each project, over the course of the programme will have to host a “thing” for their (evolving and expanding) cluster

Things might be:

Thematic seminar

Shared technology plugfest

Cluster dissemination widening engagement

Capacity building, hands-on, new technology workshop

Your ideas, here

Other Support & Synthesis Activities Web platform aggregation from your sites Programme-wide and wider social network Newsreel activities Informal social gatherings using real and virtual community spaces Comms and publications in collaboration with JISC Comms team # Tell us what you want, what you really, really want #

Web platform aggregation from your sites

Programme-wide and wider social network

Newsreel activities

Informal social gatherings using real and virtual community spaces

Comms and publications in collaboration with JISC Comms team

# Tell us what you want, what you really, really want #

Analysis & discovery of Institutional Exemplar projects Collation and analysis Visits, interviews, seminars face to face and online Story gathering Sense making Make data available through website

Collation and analysis

Visits, interviews, seminars face to face and online

Story gathering

Sense making

Make data available through website

Benefits realisation Foster institutional centres of innovation centres of expertise that can support the sector R edefine boundaries of technology o f learning, teaching and admin practices a nd our own institutional boundaries shared services HE in FE distributed learning centres & data centres etc

Foster institutional centres of innovation

centres of expertise that can support the sector

R edefine boundaries

of technology

o f learning, teaching and admin practices

a nd our own institutional boundaries

shared services

HE in FE

distributed learning centres & data centres

etc

Stakeholders IT infrastructures and architecture CIOs, CIS managers, Data managers, Library systems managers, ISS managers, data users Others? The physical and virtual world Estates and Facilities Managers, Environmental managers & officers, learners Others? Learning & teaching Academic managers, Teachers, Researchers, Librarians & learning support staff, Learning techs, Ed Devs, Academic Computing Officers Others?

IT infrastructures and architecture

CIOs, CIS managers, Data managers, Library systems managers, ISS managers, data users

Others?

The physical and virtual world

Estates and Facilities Managers, Environmental managers & officers, learners

Others?

Learning & teaching

Academic managers, Teachers, Researchers, Librarians & learning support staff, Learning techs, Ed Devs, Academic Computing Officers

Others?

Social capital asset growth “ cross departmental and cross domain” Bonding Traditional practice exhibits strong bonding capital People identify with & support one another in established local contexts Boundary spanning is the preserve of a few & 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 boundaries, expanding personal spans of control & extending experience to the wider sector. between institutions and/or projects between senior management & project teams within institutions

“ cross departmental and cross domain”

Bonding

Traditional practice exhibits strong bonding capital

People identify with & support one another in established local contexts

Boundary spanning is the preserve of a few & 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 boundaries, expanding personal spans of control & extending experience to the wider sector.

between institutions and/or projects

between senior management & project teams within institutions

Thank you George Roberts Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development Oxford Brookes University [email_address] 07711 698465

George Roberts

Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

Oxford Brookes University

[email_address]

07711 698465