This Presentation was delivered as part of the UCISA annual conference: https://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/acog/Events/2015/ucisa2015/showcases.aspx TELFest – a festival designed to encourage the adoption of Farzana Latif, University of Sheffield In order to surface and promote the effective use of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) across the institution, the University of Sheffield has designed TELFest (a week of workshops, drop in sessions, panel discussions and cross faculty sharing of practice). Delegates will learn how we engaged the unengaged and the overall impact that TELFest had.

1. TELFest
a festival designed to encourage the adoption of
Technology Enhanced Learning
Farzana Latif Technology Enhanced Learning Manager
University of Sheffield

2. Outline
• Context
• Why
TELFest
• Impact
• Future
Direc9ons

3. Technology
Enhanced
Learning
Team
Work across faculties
Promoting Sharing of Good
Practice
E-Learning Strategy
Manage Learning Technologies
Guidance and Support Focus on Learning
Wide Scale Adoption

4. Adoption of TEL
• Not
all
academics/teachers
are
engaged
with
TEL
ac9vi9es
• Time,
Teaching
Priori9es
(promo9on),
Conflic9ng
Priori9es,
Limited
Digital
Skills,
Could
create
it
myself,
Don’t
think
it’s
a
good
idea,
Nothing
in
it
for
me,
History
–
Old
resentments,
and
many
more
.
.
.

5. Resistance
to
change
.
.
INTERESTED
ACTIVE
OBSERVER
CONTRIBUTOR
.
PASSIVE
ACTIVE
OBSERVER
CHALLENGER
.
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E
R
G
Y
High
High
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Edmonstone,
2003

7. Regular
staff
development
sessions
Faculty
Liaison
In
September
2013
Drop
in
Sessions
Blackboard
New
Features
Sessions
Jan
2014
Learning
&
Teaching
Conference
!
High
AZendance

8. UCISA
TEL
2014
Survey
How
is
the
adop9on
and
use
of
technology
enhanced
learning
tools
enabled
within
your
ins9tu9on?
hZp://www.ucisa.ac.uk/~/media/groups/dsdg/Tel%202014%20Final%2018%20August.ashx

9. Bring
together
TEL
Ac9vity
Change
Percep9ons
Not
just
‘VLE
Team’
Offer
Timely
Training
Develop
Prac9ce
Support
Sharing
of
Prac9ce
Pedagogic
Focused
‘Why’
as
well
as
‘How’
Create
a
Presence
Flexible
and
Fun
Space

10. It
is
important
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
21st
century
student,
by
using
technology
effec9vely
to
enhance
students’
learning
prac9ces
helping
them
to
engage
more
with
their
educa9on.
It
is
by
keeping
at
the
forefront
of
such
learning
and
teaching
developments
that
we
will
improve
study
skills
and
degree
outcomes
of
our
students.
Professor
Anne
M
Peat
Pro
Vice
Chancellor
for
Learning

12. Bringing
together
TEL
across
the
ins9tu9on
Something
for
everyone
(‘right
’
balance)
Beginners
!
Advanced
flexible
Aligned to
objectives

13. “Learning
new
skills
and
finding
ideas
for
innova9ve
approaches
to
teaching.“
- Delegate Feedback
“TELFest
is
just
brilliant
and
has
really
helped
my
development
as
a
teacher“
- Delegate Feedback “Variety
of
Content. “
- Delegate Feedback
“A
good
range
of
sessions
covering
some
interes9ng
and
topical
TEL
topics!
I
came
away
with
some
good
ideas.“
- Delegate Feedback

14. “first chance to network with colleagues
from outside my faculty since the L&T
conference “
- Delegate Feedback
“there was a real buzz“
- Delegate Feedback

15. “The
drop-­‐in
session
allowed
me
to
be
taught
a
number
of
things
which
I
was
having
difficulty
with.
I
think
this
type
of
resource
is
brilliant,
so
thanks
very
much
for
this!“
- Delegate Feedback

17. Making it Fun

18. 0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
22/07/14
Total
24/07/14
Total
28/07/14
Total
30/07/14
Total
01/08/14
Total
05/08/14
Total
07/08/14
Total
11/08/14
Total
13/08/14
Total
15/08/14
Total
19/08/14
Total
22/08/14
Total
26/08/14
Total
28/08/14
Total
01/09/14
Total
160
signed
up
registra9on
closed
a
week
before

19. 85%
would
definitely
aZend
next
year
98%
would
recommend
it
to
colleagues
175
aZendees
21
sessions
600
session
sign
ups

20. Session
Most
Popular
Sessions
Using
Social
Media
in
learning
and
teaching
Most
Popular
Lunch9me
Session
-­‐
Introduc9on
to
Flipped
Learning
Lunch9me
Session
-­‐
TwiKer
in
Teaching
Watch,
Watch
and
Watch
Again
-­‐
Using
Lecture/Personal
Capture
Google
Apps
for
Produc9vity,
Learning
and
Teaching
Lunch9me
Session
-­‐
Panel
Discussion
on
Assessment
and
Feedback
Lunch9me
Session
-­‐
Showcase
of
InnovaPve
PracPce
with
Learning
Technologies

21. hZp://www.shef.ac.uk/telfest
hZp://
learningtechnologiesteam.blogspot.
co.uk/search/label/%23telfest

22. Directly
enhanced
prac9ce
during
drop
in
sessions.
Lots
of
follow
up.
-­‐ Faculty
drop
ins
-­‐ Departmental
Sessions
-­‐ lunch9me
sessions
(learnt
more
about
what's
important
to
our
academics)
-­‐ case
studies
As
a
direct
result
of
networking
at
TelFest
we
have
a
new
project
and
new
contacts.
-­‐Delegate
Feedback
No
longer
‘just’
the
Blackboard
Shaped
sessions
that
we
deliver
Team
building
Evidence
of
Colleagues
implemen9ng
technologies

23. 0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Preferred
month
for
TELFest
0
10
20
30
40
50
Content
of
the
sessions
Networking
To
Learn
more
about
Technologies
Change
your
prac9ce/
Develop
new
skills
Reasons
for
AKending
TELFest

24. Corporate
Information &
Computing
Services.
#
Get ready for
2015
12–14
January
2015
Hicks Building
TELFest
Winter
Technology
Enhanced
Learning
Festival.

25. 150
aZended
13
sessions
3
Av.
No.
Sessions
AZended
87
NEW
Strongly
Agree
Agree
Neither
agree
nor
disagree
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
TELFest
introduced
ideas/
approaches
that
I
will
implement
in
my
pracPce
262
TELFest
Alumni

26.
Half/Full
Day
Events
BeZer
Promo9on
Enhance
Networking
Call
for
par9cipa9on
More
Updates
More
Innova9on
Longer
Sessions
New
Topics
Student
Involvement
Offer
even
more
Value

27. Questions?
Would TELFest work at your institution?
Do you do something similar?
Farzana Latif, Technology Enhanced Learning Manager
@farzanalatif
Farzana.latif@sheffield.ac.uk
As
a
direct
result
of
networking
at
TELFest
we
have
a
new
project
and
new
contacts.
-­‐Delegate
Feedback