Presentation for ALT-C 2014

1. Evelyn McElhinney, Sheila MacNeill
Beach Breakers or blow outs? Mapping digital residency and
understandings of effective online spaces

2. “Beach break: a wave that breaks
over a sandy beach, best suited for
learning to surf.”
“Blown out: unridable, due to the
wind's blowing so hard that the
surf is chopped up.”
http://www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-culture/surf-speak.php

3. “Effective online engagement is particularly relevant to
health care professionals, who are bound by professional
codes of ethics. The increasing use of social media for
professional and public engagement requires them to
develop understanding of the interactions between
professional and personal spaces.”
https://howsheilaseesit.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/challenges-of-web-residency-
case-study-our-vistor-and-residents-journey-and-case-study-heavandr/

7. Findings and Future Work
• Demarcation and balance between
personal/professional/institutional spaces.
• Prevalence of entertainment/utility “apps” in personal
visitor spaces (particularly in 1st year students) –
things that make life easier – why are these missing in
our institutional spaces?
• Further exploration of the boundary spaces e.g.
Youtube, Facebook.
• Activity design – where, when and should we bring
boundary spaces into learning designs?
• Staff engagement and work with other schools.

9. Evelyn.McElhinney@gcu.ac.uk @Kalipizzaro
Sheila.MacNeill@gcu.ac.uk @sheilmcn
Case study: http://bit.ly/TDPbV8