Microsoft HoloLens Demo: Ehtzaz Chaudhry FST/FLIE will provide ‘hands-on’ opportunity to try out this exciting VR kit.
Update on Research: Tongai Chichaya /Vikram Mohan gives a short update on their Hololens project
Evidencing Excellence in teaching, learning and assessmentdebbieholley1
The third is a series of keynote talks as adjunct Professor visiting the University of the Sunshine Coast.
With thanks to Anita Jones, General manager, CSALT USC for co-presenting
Evidencing Excellence for Fellowships: AdvanceHE, the awarding body, have recently updated the criteria for fellowships at all levels. This interactive session will highlight the main differences in approach, and offer suggestions and ideas for staff seeking to apply for Fellowships. There will be lots of time for discussion and questions.
Visualisation and Simulation for teaching, learning and assessmentdebbieholley1
Session two of a series of keynotes talks at the University of the Sunshine Coast
Visualisation and Simulation:
“The future is human, and the future of learning is immersive. In the future, learning will take the shape of a story, a play, a game; involving multiple platforms and players; driven by dialogue and augmented with technology, an interplay of immersive experiences, data, and highly social virtual worlds” State of XR and Immersive Learning Outlook Report (2021 p 21)
Debbie contributed to the Delphi study above, , and to the updated with findings due this June. This session will consider the opportunities afforded by Visualisation and Simulation; and discuss ways in which educators can draw upon both lo-tec and hi-tech solutions in a range of disciplinary contexts; and consider what digital futures may offer us as educators, as well as those we educate, our students.
Building digital capability across the university sectordebbieholley1
Session one in a series of keynotes as adjunct Professor visiting the University of the Sunshine Coast
Debbie worked with the team t embedding a new Virtual Learning Environment (D2L:Brightspace) and will share some of the pedagogic strategies that underpinned our digital transformation work. A case study of our recent curriculum development work in Nursing will be shared, this saw the UK JISC Digital Capability Framework mapped across the three-year undergraduate BSc Nursing Sciences, the first Nursing School in the UK to map these. A curriculum development workshop on how this was accomplished drawing upon staff, students and experts is available during her visit.
Spaghetti Symphony to Technology Harmonydebbieholley1
Introducing Prof Ed McFly our personalised Artificial Intelligence Maestro. AI BOTS, underpinned by Machine Learning algorithms are reported as the future in sectors from engineering to health to education. Market analysts predict the global market of $12billion (2023) will grow by 470% within five years to an incredible $72 billion, transforming the way in which we seek and access new ways of working and learning.
However, challenges of trust, confidence, competence, and communication remain.
A Masters Unit, “Global Innovation Management” scaffolded the learning experiences of 157 students from hands-on team building of spaghetti tower to developing their own innovative AI Avatar videos, guided by Prof Ed McFly. Regarding Professor Ed McFly's existence, 46.3% believed and 20.9% were uncertain. Students expressed enthusiasm, describing AI as impactful, innovative, and beneficial for future careers. Positive feedback on the AI seminar emphasised satisfaction, engagement, and educational value. Recommendations include further AI integration into teaching, allocating more exploration time, addressing concerns, enabling more collaboration, exploring diverse AI applications, and continuous improvement.
Despite mixed sentiments, the positive feedback indicates AI's potential to significantly enhance learning experience. As we share our resource bank, participants will follow in the footsteps of our students as they, and we, explore AI.
Student reboot 4.0: the affordances of their Brave New Worlddebbieholley1
Join us for a session which reimagines the student experience through the lens of innovation, technological empowerment and inclusivity. Higher Education has accelerated the move towards Education 4.0, a technologically fueled, student centric model that promotes flexible learning paths and focuses on knowledge/skill requirements of the industry (FICCI and EY Vision 2040). In ‘Brave New World’ Aldous Huxley sets out a dystopian futuristic world state anticipating huge scientific advancements. This draws parallels with the citizens (our learners) being environmentally engineered into an intelligence based social hierarchy through existing tools and approaches; an alternative, we argue is to empower learners, (re)locating and positioned them at centre of educational programs. Opportunities afforded by travel frame the student ability to create a strong impression at interview. Research shows that marginalised /excluded groups can be disadvantaged by this lack when seeking graduate employment. Can technology assist our learners in building resilience, social capital and a pathway to success? We will:
Explore the student journeys of Shahida (a medical student) and Kevin (an art student) as they seek to build their portfolios by travel; participants will help to select their final destinations
Consider the challenges of ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ travels in building confidence and social capital
Co-create of a padlet to share ideas about technologies and the ways in which these may empower or disempower our learner of the future.
Valuing the invisible: metrics and meaningdebbieholley1
There is always a 'But'. With ownership of knowledge is no longer a University prerogative:, how can Universities demonstrate their value and value(s)? This question is explored through the lens of how we support students and their learning. With investment in sophisticated learner analytic packers to track, monitor and identify patterns of usage as students access our VLEs, how are we making meaning from the metrics? This talk sets out to take a student perspective on this hotly contested debate.
Towards a taxonomy of scale: a sustainable approachdebbieholley1
Background:
Taking simulation from concept through to scalable delivery is complex, contested and an under-theorised process. The traditional approaches to scaling innovations, proposed by Everett Rogers in the 1960s is the notion of diffusion of innovation; we argue that this is of limited use in our context of working with NHS health professionals supporting their learning post-covid. Our approach to scaling draws the upon the well-tested seminal works on taxonomies by Coburn (2003) [1] and her dimensional framework, Dede et al (2007) [2], with their educational scaling model, plus the systematic review of Greenhalgh et al (2004) [3] in health services.
Method
By considering the ways in which our eight Health Education England (HEE) simulation projects have been delivered, this work presents an emerging framework, designed to enable the orchestration of team discourse about theory, the production of simulation artefacts as tools for design discourse and the identification of scalable systemic pain points. We pay particular attention to scaling innovations in practice and organisational change, which are in our view enabling factors in the sustainable adoption of learning technologies by end users in the workplace.
Findings
Successful scaling is more than just being about the number of users we can reach. It requires underpinning by an understanding about the changes in practice an innovation can bring about, and how valuable these changes are to stakeholders. Challenges remain as to whether such changes can be sustained over time, and the extent to which users and stakeholders are involved in co-creating the innovation. Individuals within the organisations – and their attitudes, beliefs, and habits – play an equally important role in exploring new technologies and practices with an open mind and perceiving these as an added value in their work environment and daily routines.
Conclusion
This work illustrates the need to strategically involve the ‘missing middle’ and starts to identify the key role these people play in that space between where scaling factors reside between top-down strategy and bottom-up initiatives.
References:
[1] Coburn CE. Rethinking scale: Moving beyond numbers to deep and lasting change. Educational researcher. 2003 Aug;32(6):3-12.
[2] Dede CH, Rockman S, Knox A. Lessons learned from studying how innovations can achieve scale. Threshold. 2007;5(1):4-10.
[3] Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Macfarlane F, Bate P, Kyriakidou O. Diffusion of innovations in service organizations: systematic review and recommendations. The milbank quarterly. 2004 Dec;82(4):581-629.
The Brave New World of the University of Bedfordshire (v4.0) debbieholley1
Education 4.0 is conceptualised as a set of choices through a lifelong pathway whereby learners have ownership and control of their studies, as they weave seamlessly between education and employment. (FICCI and EY Vision 2040). With the learner firmly placed at the centre of educational programs, instructional approaches, learning experiences and academic support strategies that are aligned to the learner’s distinct needs, aspirations and interests, what are the opportunities and challenges for a redefinition of the education ecosystem? Will we launch the ‘Brave New World’ of Aldous Huxley (1932), set out in his dystopian futuristic world state novel which anticipated huge scientific advancements, with citizens being environmentally engineered into an intelligence based social hierarchy? or will we draw upon technologies to enrich the student learning experience by focusing on employability and providing opportunities for research excellence? Responding to the evolving student needs coupled with rapidly changing industry demands, HEIs now have a greater onus to develop an ecosystem that will provide a high-quality educational experience.
Link to BOT:
https://youtu.be/eqFzfa11_aU
Please contact Debbie for full slide deck.
Evidencing Excellence in teaching, learning and assessmentdebbieholley1
The third is a series of keynote talks as adjunct Professor visiting the University of the Sunshine Coast.
With thanks to Anita Jones, General manager, CSALT USC for co-presenting
Evidencing Excellence for Fellowships: AdvanceHE, the awarding body, have recently updated the criteria for fellowships at all levels. This interactive session will highlight the main differences in approach, and offer suggestions and ideas for staff seeking to apply for Fellowships. There will be lots of time for discussion and questions.
Visualisation and Simulation for teaching, learning and assessmentdebbieholley1
Session two of a series of keynotes talks at the University of the Sunshine Coast
Visualisation and Simulation:
“The future is human, and the future of learning is immersive. In the future, learning will take the shape of a story, a play, a game; involving multiple platforms and players; driven by dialogue and augmented with technology, an interplay of immersive experiences, data, and highly social virtual worlds” State of XR and Immersive Learning Outlook Report (2021 p 21)
Debbie contributed to the Delphi study above, , and to the updated with findings due this June. This session will consider the opportunities afforded by Visualisation and Simulation; and discuss ways in which educators can draw upon both lo-tec and hi-tech solutions in a range of disciplinary contexts; and consider what digital futures may offer us as educators, as well as those we educate, our students.
Building digital capability across the university sectordebbieholley1
Session one in a series of keynotes as adjunct Professor visiting the University of the Sunshine Coast
Debbie worked with the team t embedding a new Virtual Learning Environment (D2L:Brightspace) and will share some of the pedagogic strategies that underpinned our digital transformation work. A case study of our recent curriculum development work in Nursing will be shared, this saw the UK JISC Digital Capability Framework mapped across the three-year undergraduate BSc Nursing Sciences, the first Nursing School in the UK to map these. A curriculum development workshop on how this was accomplished drawing upon staff, students and experts is available during her visit.
Spaghetti Symphony to Technology Harmonydebbieholley1
Introducing Prof Ed McFly our personalised Artificial Intelligence Maestro. AI BOTS, underpinned by Machine Learning algorithms are reported as the future in sectors from engineering to health to education. Market analysts predict the global market of $12billion (2023) will grow by 470% within five years to an incredible $72 billion, transforming the way in which we seek and access new ways of working and learning.
However, challenges of trust, confidence, competence, and communication remain.
A Masters Unit, “Global Innovation Management” scaffolded the learning experiences of 157 students from hands-on team building of spaghetti tower to developing their own innovative AI Avatar videos, guided by Prof Ed McFly. Regarding Professor Ed McFly's existence, 46.3% believed and 20.9% were uncertain. Students expressed enthusiasm, describing AI as impactful, innovative, and beneficial for future careers. Positive feedback on the AI seminar emphasised satisfaction, engagement, and educational value. Recommendations include further AI integration into teaching, allocating more exploration time, addressing concerns, enabling more collaboration, exploring diverse AI applications, and continuous improvement.
Despite mixed sentiments, the positive feedback indicates AI's potential to significantly enhance learning experience. As we share our resource bank, participants will follow in the footsteps of our students as they, and we, explore AI.
Student reboot 4.0: the affordances of their Brave New Worlddebbieholley1
Join us for a session which reimagines the student experience through the lens of innovation, technological empowerment and inclusivity. Higher Education has accelerated the move towards Education 4.0, a technologically fueled, student centric model that promotes flexible learning paths and focuses on knowledge/skill requirements of the industry (FICCI and EY Vision 2040). In ‘Brave New World’ Aldous Huxley sets out a dystopian futuristic world state anticipating huge scientific advancements. This draws parallels with the citizens (our learners) being environmentally engineered into an intelligence based social hierarchy through existing tools and approaches; an alternative, we argue is to empower learners, (re)locating and positioned them at centre of educational programs. Opportunities afforded by travel frame the student ability to create a strong impression at interview. Research shows that marginalised /excluded groups can be disadvantaged by this lack when seeking graduate employment. Can technology assist our learners in building resilience, social capital and a pathway to success? We will:
Explore the student journeys of Shahida (a medical student) and Kevin (an art student) as they seek to build their portfolios by travel; participants will help to select their final destinations
Consider the challenges of ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ travels in building confidence and social capital
Co-create of a padlet to share ideas about technologies and the ways in which these may empower or disempower our learner of the future.
Valuing the invisible: metrics and meaningdebbieholley1
There is always a 'But'. With ownership of knowledge is no longer a University prerogative:, how can Universities demonstrate their value and value(s)? This question is explored through the lens of how we support students and their learning. With investment in sophisticated learner analytic packers to track, monitor and identify patterns of usage as students access our VLEs, how are we making meaning from the metrics? This talk sets out to take a student perspective on this hotly contested debate.
Towards a taxonomy of scale: a sustainable approachdebbieholley1
Background:
Taking simulation from concept through to scalable delivery is complex, contested and an under-theorised process. The traditional approaches to scaling innovations, proposed by Everett Rogers in the 1960s is the notion of diffusion of innovation; we argue that this is of limited use in our context of working with NHS health professionals supporting their learning post-covid. Our approach to scaling draws the upon the well-tested seminal works on taxonomies by Coburn (2003) [1] and her dimensional framework, Dede et al (2007) [2], with their educational scaling model, plus the systematic review of Greenhalgh et al (2004) [3] in health services.
Method
By considering the ways in which our eight Health Education England (HEE) simulation projects have been delivered, this work presents an emerging framework, designed to enable the orchestration of team discourse about theory, the production of simulation artefacts as tools for design discourse and the identification of scalable systemic pain points. We pay particular attention to scaling innovations in practice and organisational change, which are in our view enabling factors in the sustainable adoption of learning technologies by end users in the workplace.
Findings
Successful scaling is more than just being about the number of users we can reach. It requires underpinning by an understanding about the changes in practice an innovation can bring about, and how valuable these changes are to stakeholders. Challenges remain as to whether such changes can be sustained over time, and the extent to which users and stakeholders are involved in co-creating the innovation. Individuals within the organisations – and their attitudes, beliefs, and habits – play an equally important role in exploring new technologies and practices with an open mind and perceiving these as an added value in their work environment and daily routines.
Conclusion
This work illustrates the need to strategically involve the ‘missing middle’ and starts to identify the key role these people play in that space between where scaling factors reside between top-down strategy and bottom-up initiatives.
References:
[1] Coburn CE. Rethinking scale: Moving beyond numbers to deep and lasting change. Educational researcher. 2003 Aug;32(6):3-12.
[2] Dede CH, Rockman S, Knox A. Lessons learned from studying how innovations can achieve scale. Threshold. 2007;5(1):4-10.
[3] Greenhalgh T, Robert G, Macfarlane F, Bate P, Kyriakidou O. Diffusion of innovations in service organizations: systematic review and recommendations. The milbank quarterly. 2004 Dec;82(4):581-629.
The Brave New World of the University of Bedfordshire (v4.0) debbieholley1
Education 4.0 is conceptualised as a set of choices through a lifelong pathway whereby learners have ownership and control of their studies, as they weave seamlessly between education and employment. (FICCI and EY Vision 2040). With the learner firmly placed at the centre of educational programs, instructional approaches, learning experiences and academic support strategies that are aligned to the learner’s distinct needs, aspirations and interests, what are the opportunities and challenges for a redefinition of the education ecosystem? Will we launch the ‘Brave New World’ of Aldous Huxley (1932), set out in his dystopian futuristic world state novel which anticipated huge scientific advancements, with citizens being environmentally engineered into an intelligence based social hierarchy? or will we draw upon technologies to enrich the student learning experience by focusing on employability and providing opportunities for research excellence? Responding to the evolving student needs coupled with rapidly changing industry demands, HEIs now have a greater onus to develop an ecosystem that will provide a high-quality educational experience.
Link to BOT:
https://youtu.be/eqFzfa11_aU
Please contact Debbie for full slide deck.
Creating authentic learning environments: An evaluation of Godzilla (II) the...debbieholley1
OMG Godzilla II is the second outing for Godzilla, a film prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. Drawing upon the imaginary scenario of the creature arriving in Dorset, creating panic and havoc and needing the emergency services to deal with the aftermath, this Pecha Kucha presentation will demonstrate the operationalisation of events as we put first and third year Paramedic Science students though a casualty prioritisation and treatment set of scenarios. Godzilla wreaked havoc yet again upon the estates of BU, in facilitating this immersive experience we exploited our student’s sensory boundaries, in the austere learning environment of an underground car park.
Directing staff and volunteers steered the vision and collective response to the multifaceted tasks presented to our students. The resulting exercise enabled a holistic evaluation of risk assessment, whilst in play as students demonstrated their thinking through structured feedback of their clinical treatment and decision making, of scalable multiple patient scenarios, on a platform that allowed our students to demonstrate praxis.
50 students across our UG programme tackled aftermath of the mythical beast’s anti-social and terribly inconvenient behaviour. OMG Godzilla II and our wider simulation programme blend theory through an innovative and disruptive paradigm. The team informed our pedagogic approach from lessons recognised appraised from previous student feedback and our professional networks and experience. This fresh approach structured multiple iterations of timed simulation, as a conduit to enhancing our student’s experience. This succinct review will demonstrate how our design and development process structured achievable solutions, for this complex educational practice, and thus we argue; our pedagogy is an evolving conduit for the advancement of knowledge, addressing a multi-faceted and complex simulation – a hi-fidelity major incident.
Tech Chat: technology mediated learning
In an institution where we place a huge value on our ‘campus premium’ changing our teaching spaces with the investment in the Bournemouth Gateway Building has created buzz and excitement. Enhancing the student experience and building staff confidence to ‘blend’ the best of face-to-face and online delivery is at the heart of the Tech Chat series. Designed as a collaboration between FLIE expert practice and Faculty digital pedagogic expertise, the Tech Chat hosts live discussions; shares good pedagogic design; shows ‘how to’ work with a range of online learning tools; offers immediate demonstrations ‘in situ’; promotes the FLIE digital pedagogy framework and offers staff a ‘safe space’ to practice in and most importantly, to build confidence.
Coming out of Covid, in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences our technology/pedagogic response has been underpinned by the humansing values of Todres et al (2009); building value-based communities of practice (Holley et al (2021) and Vygotsky’s (1978) conceptualisation of the Zone of Proximal Development. Vygotsky’s ideas support socially constructed learning, especially when mediated by technology. We were influenced by Cook (2010) who proposed an extension of Vygotsky's concepts to explain how learners collaborate, using tools to mediate learning (mobile phones, augmented reality, language). This approach underpinned the technology-mediated problem solving where learners (in this case staff) participated in new contexts for learning.
This presentation will showcase some best practice examples of the new contexts for learning.
References:
Cook, J. (2010) ‘Mobile phones as mediating tools within augmented contexts for development’, International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning,2(3), pp.1-12.https://doi.org/10.4018/jmbl.2010070101.
Holley, D., Quinney, A. and Moran, J. (2021) “Building a values-based community of practice in Nursing Sciences during the Covid-19 pandemic ”, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (22). doi: 10.47408/jldhe.vi22.745.
Todres, L., Galvin, K.T. and Holloway, I., 2009. The humanization of healthcare: A value framework for qualitative research. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and well-being, 4(2), pp.68-77.
Vygotsky, L. (1978). Mind in Society. In: Cole, M., (Ed.) The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.
Abstract for FLIE Learning Conference 2023
A hotly contested debate in Higher Education remains: where does the responsibility lie for the development of student learning and writing? Wherever our students are learning, they are writing, be it formatively, creatively, or summatively, often with pain and pressure, but seldom for pleasure. The process of academic writing can free up thinking and ideas - and be an initiation into and participation in wider professional and academic discourses, and creativity, drawing, observations and alternative ways of creating visual data (Ridley 2010) as well as more tactile approaches such as Lego Serious Play (James and Nerantzi 2019) can form part of this process. This presentation will share the work of the Department of Nursing Sciences staff, as they took an active participant approach to engaging students with their learning as part of their reflection of teaching practice (PREP) during the past academic year; and the student responses to these different ways of learning.
References
Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns and Sandra Sinfield (2021) Supporting Student Writing And Other Modes of Learning and Assessment. A Staff Guide. Calgary: PRISM Open Access.
James, A. and Nerantzi, C., 2019. Sketch: our learning journey with LEGO®. The Power of Play in Higher Education: Creativity in Tertiary Learning, pp.239-242.
Ridley, P. and Rogers, A., 2010. Clinical Education, Health & Social Care. University of Brighton.
Why students engage in simulation and how it prepares them for workdebbieholley1
“The future is human, and the future of learning is immersive. In the future, learning will take the shape of a story, a play, a game; involving multiple platforms and players; driven by dialogue and augmented with technology, an interplay of immersive experiences, data, and highly social virtual worlds” (Lee et al 2021).
Employers seek graduates who can demonstrate attributes that organisations require to operate successfully and develop in the future. As students transition out of HE, they should have the ‘abilities and capabilities to maintain employment’ (Asiri et al, 2017 p2). The Jisc Student Experience Report (2022) identified that 43% of students did not perceive their learning materials to be engaging or motivating. Immersive technology and simulation may offer the solution to this disconnect. In health sciences (HEE 2020), simulation is an established signature pedagogy and is being increasingly developed for use in other disciplines such as a business and psychology.
Simulations can be designed for cognitive absorption, the psychological concept of flow and deep absorption in learning, proposed by the Open University (2021). Premised on the innovation of best learning moments the student tasks in these case studies are designed to engender deep involvement, through memorable learning activities. Signature pedagogies (Thompson et at 2012) for professions can provide a means for institutions to achieve the requirements of OfS’s B3 (2022) which values the links between the provider and the employer.
Learning Developers have a pivotal part to play operationalising B3 for their institutions and our workshop invites participants to experience three different types of simulation, a) a business game, b) a mass casualty evacuation and c) embodiment as part of the psychology research unit. Participants will be encouraged to explore the factors that support the successful deployment of these technologies and to share and plan how to deploy these and other technologies in their own contexts.
A manifesto for the metaverse: opportunities and challenges for learning deve...debbieholley1
ALDinHe workshop
Drawing upon a section of the co-created Learning Development (LD) Manifesto, in this workshop we invite participants to come and be creative – and imagine beyond what LDs do now into what LDs may do in the future, inspired by the metaverse. The metaverse is a science fiction hypothetical iteration from the book ‘Snow Crash’ (Stephenson 1992) set in a near future where the global political structure has collapsed (!), a tiny number of super-corporations control most aspects of life, and the rich spend their time in the metaverse.
Today the metaverse is the Facebook owned platform Meta, which Mark Zuckerberg explains as “an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it”. Rather than our current 2D, screen-based internet, the metaverse will be a 3D virtual space, accessed by either a VR headset or AR (augmented reality) glasses, which superimpose a layer of digital information on top of the visible world. What impact might this have on LD practices, knowledge and beliefs? The metaverse is highly contentious and we invite LDs to take the challenge, look to possible futures and its potential value to the sector. Will it promote and enhance equality, diversity and inclusion?
We will invite participants (who will work in teams) to co-create a #Take5 blogpost with us from our mapping and debates
No technology needed for the session, and no previous knowledge of the metaverse
===our manifesto===
What does Learning Development do?
It contextualises, embeds and maps knowledge, and contributes to learning gain
It teaches how to learn and scaffolds learning
It widens opportunity, not participation; it can trouble what we mean by participation
It infiltrates throughout the university and operates in a 3rd space, connecting and
collaborating with the wider community
It works with the hidden curriculum
It legitimises the different forms of knowledge our students have
It levels the playing field and widens the academy
Why students engage in simulation and how it prepares them for workdebbieholley1
ALDinHE workshop
“The future is human, and the future of learning is immersive. In the future, learning will take the shape of a story, a play, a game; involving multiple platforms and players; driven by dialogue and augmented with technology, an interplay of immersive experiences, data, and highly social virtual worlds” (Lee et al 2021).
Employers seek graduates who can demonstrate attributes that organisations require to operate successfully and develop in the future. As students transition out of HE, they should have the ‘abilities and capabilities to maintain employment’ (Asiri et al, 2017 p2). The Jisc Student Experience Report (2022) identified that 43% of students did not perceive their learning materials to be engaging or motivating. Immersive technology and simulation may offer the solution to this disconnect. In health sciences (HEE 2020), simulation is an established signature pedagogy and is being increasingly developed for use in other disciplines such as a business and psychology.
Simulations can be designed for cognitive absorption, the psychological concept of flow and deep absorption in learning, proposed by the Open University (2021). Premised on the innovation of best learning moments the student tasks in these case studies are designed to engender deep involvement, through memorable learning activities. Signature pedagogies (Thompson et at 2012) for professions can provide a means for institutions to achieve the requirements of OfS’s B3 (2022) which values the links between the provider and the employer.
Learning Developers have a pivotal part to play operationalising B3 for their institutions and our workshop invites participants to experience three different types of simulation, a) a business game, b) a mass casualty evacuation and c) embodiment as part of the psychology research unit. Participants will be encouraged to explore the factors that support the successful deployment of these technologies and to share and plan how to deploy these and other technologies in their own contexts.
Simulation theory briefing paper (ALDinHE Conference 2023) debbieholley1
Simulation Theory Briefing paper: ‘best learning moments’, ‘flow’, ‘cognitive absorption’ and the ‘Zone of Professional Development’ to accompany the ALDinHE conference 2023 workshop ‘Why students engage in simulation and how it prepares them for work’, 13 June 2023.
*Dr Ben Goldsmith, (FLIE) Dr David Biggins (BuBS), Professor Debbie Holley (FHSS)
Technostress and the student experiencedebbieholley1
Internal webinar to support new academic writers
Debbie Holley shares her and David Biggins work on learning design and student 'technostress' which challenges our assumptions about the online spaces students choose to learn - especially in regard to Virtual Learning Environments. What do they prefer and how can we help them? This talk will offers insights into accessing and interpreting data in ways that are more useful for academics, learning developers, and learning designers, and suggests ways in which we can effectively frame student support by putting the ‘real’ student experience at the centre of our practice.
Original citation
Biggins, D and Holley, D. (2023). Designing for student wellbeing: Challenging assumptions about where our students learn. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. https://journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldhe/article/view/938
Harnessing the Blend: Creating authentic learning experiencesdebbieholley1
Keynote IGPP Online Conference
Assessing the benefits of Blended Learning in Higher Education.
Recent research from the Office for Students (OfS) highlighted the positive aspects of blended learning in higher education. In their 2022 report, OfS stated 79% of UK university students were satisfied with blended learning. Furthermore, the combination of in-person and online teaching and learning in higher education enables flexibility in physical attendance and allows greater accessibility for students. This supports students who have caring responsibilities and those in need of reasonable adjustments where exclusive physical or virtual attendance may adversely impact them. Blended learning has been further identified as a new way of bridging the gap in the higher education system by engaging better with underrepresented students.
However, OfS found that 1 in 5 students in 2022 reported dissatisfaction with blended learning. One reason for dissatisfaction is the worry of ‘content overload’ on some courses where some students reported receiving more content online than is manageable within the working week. The overloading risks reduction in course quality and student satisfaction that should be at the heart of students journeys in higher education. This highlights the need for conversations around blended learning to understand the ways it can be improved to better support both staff and students.
Assessing the Benefits of Blended Learning in Higher Education brings together key stakeholders in higher education to learn how to deliver blended learning to maximise the benefit for students and staff and create a more productive, inclusive, and fair environment.
A keynote comprising a discussion of aspects of the metaverse by exploring concepts through metaphor.
Key References:
Ball, M., 2022. The metaverse: and how it will revolutionize everything. Liveright Publishing.
McKinsey and Company. (2021). Defining the skills citizens will need in the future world of work Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/defining-the-skills-citizens-will-need-in-the-future-world-of-work
Metaverse https://mvs.org/
State of XR and Immersive Learning: https://immersivelrn.org/pages/state-of-xr-immersive-learning
Stephenson, N., 2003. Snow crash: A novel. Spectra.
"The future is human, and the future of learning is immersive": discuss debbieholley1
“The future is human, and the future of learning is immersive. In the future, learning will take the shape of a story, a play, a game; involving multiple platforms and players; driven by dialogue and augmented with technology, an interplay of immersive experiences, data, and highly social virtual worlds”
State of XR and Immersive Learning Outlook Report (2021)
What promises can technology offer us and those we educate? In this session we will focus on the ‘ metaverse’ a science fiction hypothetical iteration from the book ‘Snow Crash’ (Stephenson 1992) set in a near future where the global political structure has collapsed (!), a tiny number of super-corporations control most aspects of life, and the rich spend their time in the metaverse.
Today the metaverse is the Facebook owned platform Meta, which Mark Zuckerberg explains as “an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it”. Rather than our current 2D, screen-based internet, the metaverse will be a 3D virtual space, accessed by either a VR headset or AR (augmented reality) glasses, which superimpose a layer of digital information on top of the visible world. What impact might this have on our teaching practices, knowledge and beliefs?
References:
Lee, M.J., Georgieva, M., Alexander, B., Craig, E. and Richter, J., 2021. State of XR & immersive learning outlook report 2021. Walnut, CA: Immersive Learning Research Network.
Metaverse: http://mvs.org [accessed 16.03.2023]
Stephenson, N., 2003. Snow crash: A novel. Spectra.
Keynote: 24.01.2023
The promise of technology
Presbyterian Mackenzie University, Brazil.
See the youtube link for the green screen promotion to the session here:
Link to video clip (skip adverts)
https://youtu.be/gEeoTTGpo3s
Presbyterian Mackenzie University in Brazil. It has existed for 70 years and has approximately 30,000 students in 48 undergraduate and 14 graduate courses. The team there have been implementing a framework for competencies that higher education students must develop to achieve Transformative Learning. They hold a training event aimed at approximately a thousand professors who work there known as Transformative Learning Forums. I have been invited to speak at their Forum about innovation and the use of technology in higher education.
To publicise the event, speakers are invited to submit a two-three minute video about their talk, and created a short Green Screen film, hosted it on our Faculty YouTube site, for ease of download at the other end. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, the host institution were very pleased with the final version.
Debbie Holley is the Professor of Learning Innovation in the Department of Nursing Sciences, Bournemouth University. You can find out more about her work by following her on twitter @debbieholley1
Mackenzie University
Key terms to support my keynote for the VI Fórum of Transformative Learning, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie 24.01.2023
Google translate into Portuguese
Keynote to be uploaded
Educational Futures: personalisation, privatisation and privacy debbieholley1
Educational Futures: personalisation, privatisation and privacy
In this presentation, Professor Debbie Holley reflects on the digital solutions proposed to scale and solve our digital educational requirements of the future. What are the challenges and opportunities afforded by technologies, and who will benefit and how? In a time where education becoming increasingly commercialised, what are the changing balances between public and private funding, the requirements for a different set of workforce skills, and the needs of those wishing to access education? The recent pandemic has resulted in rapid change and innovation, and the contested role of where learning will take place is receiving unprecedented attention.
This first webinar will cover the new guidance for institutes and individuals, highlight useful Advance HE resources, and include new award winners and ‘old’ hands sharing their journey to NTF.
EdTech World Forum 2022
In this presentation, Professor Debbie Holley reflects on the digital solutions proposed to scale and solve our digital educational requirements of the future. What are the challenges and opportunities afforded by technologies, and who will benefit and how? In a time where education becoming increasingly commercialised, what are the changing balances between public and private funding, the requirements for a different set of workforce skills, and the needs of those wishing to access education? The recent pandemic has resulted in rapid change and innovation, and the contested role of where learning will take place is receiving unprecedented attention.
Digital health and wellbeing: the case for broadening the EU DigComp frameworkdebbieholley1
Digital health and wellbeing: the case for broadening the EU DigComp framework
Abstract. Digital health and wellbeing are highly contested terms and range from carefully costed and evaluated software systems designed for patients to access their doctor; evidence-based mobile applications for supporting those living with long term health conditions such as diabetes; to the Coronavirus travel applications (app) developed to enable societies to come together post-pandemic. By way of contrast, numerous mental health 'apps' with tracking algorithms enabling individual personal data to be commercialized and sold on to third parties lack a robust evidence base and are problematic. Against a fast-changing backdrop, the European Union (EU) launched the revision of their Digital Framework Digital Competence (DigComp 2.2) in February of 2022. This paper reports on the findings of the 'Safety and Security' working group and their recommendations for the digital knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSA) required for EU citizens negotiating a complex and constantly changing health sector.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
Creating authentic learning environments: An evaluation of Godzilla (II) the...debbieholley1
OMG Godzilla II is the second outing for Godzilla, a film prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and empowered by nuclear radiation. Drawing upon the imaginary scenario of the creature arriving in Dorset, creating panic and havoc and needing the emergency services to deal with the aftermath, this Pecha Kucha presentation will demonstrate the operationalisation of events as we put first and third year Paramedic Science students though a casualty prioritisation and treatment set of scenarios. Godzilla wreaked havoc yet again upon the estates of BU, in facilitating this immersive experience we exploited our student’s sensory boundaries, in the austere learning environment of an underground car park.
Directing staff and volunteers steered the vision and collective response to the multifaceted tasks presented to our students. The resulting exercise enabled a holistic evaluation of risk assessment, whilst in play as students demonstrated their thinking through structured feedback of their clinical treatment and decision making, of scalable multiple patient scenarios, on a platform that allowed our students to demonstrate praxis.
50 students across our UG programme tackled aftermath of the mythical beast’s anti-social and terribly inconvenient behaviour. OMG Godzilla II and our wider simulation programme blend theory through an innovative and disruptive paradigm. The team informed our pedagogic approach from lessons recognised appraised from previous student feedback and our professional networks and experience. This fresh approach structured multiple iterations of timed simulation, as a conduit to enhancing our student’s experience. This succinct review will demonstrate how our design and development process structured achievable solutions, for this complex educational practice, and thus we argue; our pedagogy is an evolving conduit for the advancement of knowledge, addressing a multi-faceted and complex simulation – a hi-fidelity major incident.
Tech Chat: technology mediated learning
In an institution where we place a huge value on our ‘campus premium’ changing our teaching spaces with the investment in the Bournemouth Gateway Building has created buzz and excitement. Enhancing the student experience and building staff confidence to ‘blend’ the best of face-to-face and online delivery is at the heart of the Tech Chat series. Designed as a collaboration between FLIE expert practice and Faculty digital pedagogic expertise, the Tech Chat hosts live discussions; shares good pedagogic design; shows ‘how to’ work with a range of online learning tools; offers immediate demonstrations ‘in situ’; promotes the FLIE digital pedagogy framework and offers staff a ‘safe space’ to practice in and most importantly, to build confidence.
Coming out of Covid, in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences our technology/pedagogic response has been underpinned by the humansing values of Todres et al (2009); building value-based communities of practice (Holley et al (2021) and Vygotsky’s (1978) conceptualisation of the Zone of Proximal Development. Vygotsky’s ideas support socially constructed learning, especially when mediated by technology. We were influenced by Cook (2010) who proposed an extension of Vygotsky's concepts to explain how learners collaborate, using tools to mediate learning (mobile phones, augmented reality, language). This approach underpinned the technology-mediated problem solving where learners (in this case staff) participated in new contexts for learning.
This presentation will showcase some best practice examples of the new contexts for learning.
References:
Cook, J. (2010) ‘Mobile phones as mediating tools within augmented contexts for development’, International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning,2(3), pp.1-12.https://doi.org/10.4018/jmbl.2010070101.
Holley, D., Quinney, A. and Moran, J. (2021) “Building a values-based community of practice in Nursing Sciences during the Covid-19 pandemic ”, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, (22). doi: 10.47408/jldhe.vi22.745.
Todres, L., Galvin, K.T. and Holloway, I., 2009. The humanization of healthcare: A value framework for qualitative research. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and well-being, 4(2), pp.68-77.
Vygotsky, L. (1978). Mind in Society. In: Cole, M., (Ed.) The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press.
Abstract for FLIE Learning Conference 2023
A hotly contested debate in Higher Education remains: where does the responsibility lie for the development of student learning and writing? Wherever our students are learning, they are writing, be it formatively, creatively, or summatively, often with pain and pressure, but seldom for pleasure. The process of academic writing can free up thinking and ideas - and be an initiation into and participation in wider professional and academic discourses, and creativity, drawing, observations and alternative ways of creating visual data (Ridley 2010) as well as more tactile approaches such as Lego Serious Play (James and Nerantzi 2019) can form part of this process. This presentation will share the work of the Department of Nursing Sciences staff, as they took an active participant approach to engaging students with their learning as part of their reflection of teaching practice (PREP) during the past academic year; and the student responses to these different ways of learning.
References
Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns and Sandra Sinfield (2021) Supporting Student Writing And Other Modes of Learning and Assessment. A Staff Guide. Calgary: PRISM Open Access.
James, A. and Nerantzi, C., 2019. Sketch: our learning journey with LEGO®. The Power of Play in Higher Education: Creativity in Tertiary Learning, pp.239-242.
Ridley, P. and Rogers, A., 2010. Clinical Education, Health & Social Care. University of Brighton.
Why students engage in simulation and how it prepares them for workdebbieholley1
“The future is human, and the future of learning is immersive. In the future, learning will take the shape of a story, a play, a game; involving multiple platforms and players; driven by dialogue and augmented with technology, an interplay of immersive experiences, data, and highly social virtual worlds” (Lee et al 2021).
Employers seek graduates who can demonstrate attributes that organisations require to operate successfully and develop in the future. As students transition out of HE, they should have the ‘abilities and capabilities to maintain employment’ (Asiri et al, 2017 p2). The Jisc Student Experience Report (2022) identified that 43% of students did not perceive their learning materials to be engaging or motivating. Immersive technology and simulation may offer the solution to this disconnect. In health sciences (HEE 2020), simulation is an established signature pedagogy and is being increasingly developed for use in other disciplines such as a business and psychology.
Simulations can be designed for cognitive absorption, the psychological concept of flow and deep absorption in learning, proposed by the Open University (2021). Premised on the innovation of best learning moments the student tasks in these case studies are designed to engender deep involvement, through memorable learning activities. Signature pedagogies (Thompson et at 2012) for professions can provide a means for institutions to achieve the requirements of OfS’s B3 (2022) which values the links between the provider and the employer.
Learning Developers have a pivotal part to play operationalising B3 for their institutions and our workshop invites participants to experience three different types of simulation, a) a business game, b) a mass casualty evacuation and c) embodiment as part of the psychology research unit. Participants will be encouraged to explore the factors that support the successful deployment of these technologies and to share and plan how to deploy these and other technologies in their own contexts.
A manifesto for the metaverse: opportunities and challenges for learning deve...debbieholley1
ALDinHe workshop
Drawing upon a section of the co-created Learning Development (LD) Manifesto, in this workshop we invite participants to come and be creative – and imagine beyond what LDs do now into what LDs may do in the future, inspired by the metaverse. The metaverse is a science fiction hypothetical iteration from the book ‘Snow Crash’ (Stephenson 1992) set in a near future where the global political structure has collapsed (!), a tiny number of super-corporations control most aspects of life, and the rich spend their time in the metaverse.
Today the metaverse is the Facebook owned platform Meta, which Mark Zuckerberg explains as “an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it”. Rather than our current 2D, screen-based internet, the metaverse will be a 3D virtual space, accessed by either a VR headset or AR (augmented reality) glasses, which superimpose a layer of digital information on top of the visible world. What impact might this have on LD practices, knowledge and beliefs? The metaverse is highly contentious and we invite LDs to take the challenge, look to possible futures and its potential value to the sector. Will it promote and enhance equality, diversity and inclusion?
We will invite participants (who will work in teams) to co-create a #Take5 blogpost with us from our mapping and debates
No technology needed for the session, and no previous knowledge of the metaverse
===our manifesto===
What does Learning Development do?
It contextualises, embeds and maps knowledge, and contributes to learning gain
It teaches how to learn and scaffolds learning
It widens opportunity, not participation; it can trouble what we mean by participation
It infiltrates throughout the university and operates in a 3rd space, connecting and
collaborating with the wider community
It works with the hidden curriculum
It legitimises the different forms of knowledge our students have
It levels the playing field and widens the academy
Why students engage in simulation and how it prepares them for workdebbieholley1
ALDinHE workshop
“The future is human, and the future of learning is immersive. In the future, learning will take the shape of a story, a play, a game; involving multiple platforms and players; driven by dialogue and augmented with technology, an interplay of immersive experiences, data, and highly social virtual worlds” (Lee et al 2021).
Employers seek graduates who can demonstrate attributes that organisations require to operate successfully and develop in the future. As students transition out of HE, they should have the ‘abilities and capabilities to maintain employment’ (Asiri et al, 2017 p2). The Jisc Student Experience Report (2022) identified that 43% of students did not perceive their learning materials to be engaging or motivating. Immersive technology and simulation may offer the solution to this disconnect. In health sciences (HEE 2020), simulation is an established signature pedagogy and is being increasingly developed for use in other disciplines such as a business and psychology.
Simulations can be designed for cognitive absorption, the psychological concept of flow and deep absorption in learning, proposed by the Open University (2021). Premised on the innovation of best learning moments the student tasks in these case studies are designed to engender deep involvement, through memorable learning activities. Signature pedagogies (Thompson et at 2012) for professions can provide a means for institutions to achieve the requirements of OfS’s B3 (2022) which values the links between the provider and the employer.
Learning Developers have a pivotal part to play operationalising B3 for their institutions and our workshop invites participants to experience three different types of simulation, a) a business game, b) a mass casualty evacuation and c) embodiment as part of the psychology research unit. Participants will be encouraged to explore the factors that support the successful deployment of these technologies and to share and plan how to deploy these and other technologies in their own contexts.
Simulation theory briefing paper (ALDinHE Conference 2023) debbieholley1
Simulation Theory Briefing paper: ‘best learning moments’, ‘flow’, ‘cognitive absorption’ and the ‘Zone of Professional Development’ to accompany the ALDinHE conference 2023 workshop ‘Why students engage in simulation and how it prepares them for work’, 13 June 2023.
*Dr Ben Goldsmith, (FLIE) Dr David Biggins (BuBS), Professor Debbie Holley (FHSS)
Technostress and the student experiencedebbieholley1
Internal webinar to support new academic writers
Debbie Holley shares her and David Biggins work on learning design and student 'technostress' which challenges our assumptions about the online spaces students choose to learn - especially in regard to Virtual Learning Environments. What do they prefer and how can we help them? This talk will offers insights into accessing and interpreting data in ways that are more useful for academics, learning developers, and learning designers, and suggests ways in which we can effectively frame student support by putting the ‘real’ student experience at the centre of our practice.
Original citation
Biggins, D and Holley, D. (2023). Designing for student wellbeing: Challenging assumptions about where our students learn. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. https://journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldhe/article/view/938
Harnessing the Blend: Creating authentic learning experiencesdebbieholley1
Keynote IGPP Online Conference
Assessing the benefits of Blended Learning in Higher Education.
Recent research from the Office for Students (OfS) highlighted the positive aspects of blended learning in higher education. In their 2022 report, OfS stated 79% of UK university students were satisfied with blended learning. Furthermore, the combination of in-person and online teaching and learning in higher education enables flexibility in physical attendance and allows greater accessibility for students. This supports students who have caring responsibilities and those in need of reasonable adjustments where exclusive physical or virtual attendance may adversely impact them. Blended learning has been further identified as a new way of bridging the gap in the higher education system by engaging better with underrepresented students.
However, OfS found that 1 in 5 students in 2022 reported dissatisfaction with blended learning. One reason for dissatisfaction is the worry of ‘content overload’ on some courses where some students reported receiving more content online than is manageable within the working week. The overloading risks reduction in course quality and student satisfaction that should be at the heart of students journeys in higher education. This highlights the need for conversations around blended learning to understand the ways it can be improved to better support both staff and students.
Assessing the Benefits of Blended Learning in Higher Education brings together key stakeholders in higher education to learn how to deliver blended learning to maximise the benefit for students and staff and create a more productive, inclusive, and fair environment.
A keynote comprising a discussion of aspects of the metaverse by exploring concepts through metaphor.
Key References:
Ball, M., 2022. The metaverse: and how it will revolutionize everything. Liveright Publishing.
McKinsey and Company. (2021). Defining the skills citizens will need in the future world of work Available at: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/defining-the-skills-citizens-will-need-in-the-future-world-of-work
Metaverse https://mvs.org/
State of XR and Immersive Learning: https://immersivelrn.org/pages/state-of-xr-immersive-learning
Stephenson, N., 2003. Snow crash: A novel. Spectra.
"The future is human, and the future of learning is immersive": discuss debbieholley1
“The future is human, and the future of learning is immersive. In the future, learning will take the shape of a story, a play, a game; involving multiple platforms and players; driven by dialogue and augmented with technology, an interplay of immersive experiences, data, and highly social virtual worlds”
State of XR and Immersive Learning Outlook Report (2021)
What promises can technology offer us and those we educate? In this session we will focus on the ‘ metaverse’ a science fiction hypothetical iteration from the book ‘Snow Crash’ (Stephenson 1992) set in a near future where the global political structure has collapsed (!), a tiny number of super-corporations control most aspects of life, and the rich spend their time in the metaverse.
Today the metaverse is the Facebook owned platform Meta, which Mark Zuckerberg explains as “an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it”. Rather than our current 2D, screen-based internet, the metaverse will be a 3D virtual space, accessed by either a VR headset or AR (augmented reality) glasses, which superimpose a layer of digital information on top of the visible world. What impact might this have on our teaching practices, knowledge and beliefs?
References:
Lee, M.J., Georgieva, M., Alexander, B., Craig, E. and Richter, J., 2021. State of XR & immersive learning outlook report 2021. Walnut, CA: Immersive Learning Research Network.
Metaverse: http://mvs.org [accessed 16.03.2023]
Stephenson, N., 2003. Snow crash: A novel. Spectra.
Keynote: 24.01.2023
The promise of technology
Presbyterian Mackenzie University, Brazil.
See the youtube link for the green screen promotion to the session here:
Link to video clip (skip adverts)
https://youtu.be/gEeoTTGpo3s
Presbyterian Mackenzie University in Brazil. It has existed for 70 years and has approximately 30,000 students in 48 undergraduate and 14 graduate courses. The team there have been implementing a framework for competencies that higher education students must develop to achieve Transformative Learning. They hold a training event aimed at approximately a thousand professors who work there known as Transformative Learning Forums. I have been invited to speak at their Forum about innovation and the use of technology in higher education.
To publicise the event, speakers are invited to submit a two-three minute video about their talk, and created a short Green Screen film, hosted it on our Faculty YouTube site, for ease of download at the other end. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, the host institution were very pleased with the final version.
Debbie Holley is the Professor of Learning Innovation in the Department of Nursing Sciences, Bournemouth University. You can find out more about her work by following her on twitter @debbieholley1
Mackenzie University
Key terms to support my keynote for the VI Fórum of Transformative Learning, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie 24.01.2023
Google translate into Portuguese
Keynote to be uploaded
Educational Futures: personalisation, privatisation and privacy debbieholley1
Educational Futures: personalisation, privatisation and privacy
In this presentation, Professor Debbie Holley reflects on the digital solutions proposed to scale and solve our digital educational requirements of the future. What are the challenges and opportunities afforded by technologies, and who will benefit and how? In a time where education becoming increasingly commercialised, what are the changing balances between public and private funding, the requirements for a different set of workforce skills, and the needs of those wishing to access education? The recent pandemic has resulted in rapid change and innovation, and the contested role of where learning will take place is receiving unprecedented attention.
This first webinar will cover the new guidance for institutes and individuals, highlight useful Advance HE resources, and include new award winners and ‘old’ hands sharing their journey to NTF.
EdTech World Forum 2022
In this presentation, Professor Debbie Holley reflects on the digital solutions proposed to scale and solve our digital educational requirements of the future. What are the challenges and opportunities afforded by technologies, and who will benefit and how? In a time where education becoming increasingly commercialised, what are the changing balances between public and private funding, the requirements for a different set of workforce skills, and the needs of those wishing to access education? The recent pandemic has resulted in rapid change and innovation, and the contested role of where learning will take place is receiving unprecedented attention.
Digital health and wellbeing: the case for broadening the EU DigComp frameworkdebbieholley1
Digital health and wellbeing: the case for broadening the EU DigComp framework
Abstract. Digital health and wellbeing are highly contested terms and range from carefully costed and evaluated software systems designed for patients to access their doctor; evidence-based mobile applications for supporting those living with long term health conditions such as diabetes; to the Coronavirus travel applications (app) developed to enable societies to come together post-pandemic. By way of contrast, numerous mental health 'apps' with tracking algorithms enabling individual personal data to be commercialized and sold on to third parties lack a robust evidence base and are problematic. Against a fast-changing backdrop, the European Union (EU) launched the revision of their Digital Framework Digital Competence (DigComp 2.2) in February of 2022. This paper reports on the findings of the 'Safety and Security' working group and their recommendations for the digital knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSA) required for EU citizens negotiating a complex and constantly changing health sector.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
9. www.bournemouth.ac.uk 9
Anglia Ruskin University:
HoloLens: Service user’s home
• HoloLens attached to Teams
• DYNAMIX assisted software solution
• 360 Video – Mother/ Consent
Bedside teaching is seen as one of the most important modalities in teaching a variety of skills important for the medical profession, but its use is declining
Impediments to bedside teaching need to be overcome if this teaching modality is to remain a valuable educational method for durable clinical skills
Hologram technology is a three-dimensional projection which can be seen without using any special equipment such as cameras or glasses. The image can be viewed from any angle, so as the user walks around the display the object will appear to move and shift realistically.
Head-mounted display which uses holographic technology to generate augmented visuals
Used in Medicine, Surgery and education/ Hologram (Augmented reality)
Remarkable advantages have already been identified from using the HoloLens for medical use [1], from training in anatomy and diagnostics to acute and critical patient care, such as for visualizing organs prior to surgery [12], teaching dental students [13], and in pathology education [14].
Articles searched since 2019 which supported clinical care: Virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality.
202 articles found – 47 selected
Focusing on HoloLens 2 medical sub-field applications, device functionalities provided to users, software/platform/framework used, as well as the study validation
28 studies – surgical conditions and in emergency set-up
Few studies – Gait analysis and to assess lower extremity function/ Rehabilitation.
9 studies – enhance/ compliment bedside teaching
An Imperial-led project has introduced mixed-reality headsets on hospital COVID-19 wards to keep doctors safe as they help patients with coronavirus.
2021 Published article
How do I came across this? Council of Deans of Health – Pandemic powered improvement - Best practice in innovative healthcare education placements created during the pandemic (Hilda’s home).
Aim – was to create placement experience that could accommodate potentially hundreds of students while being engaging.
Simulation & technology enabled placements
Virtual simulated placement/number of nursing students intake increasing/
Learning gains (TEF)/ communication and practical skills will improve/ confidence in handling different case scenarios/
Challenges – Clinician interest to use the technology. Training, GDPR – Data Protection – Director of Learning technology assessment with IT division of the university.
Imperial college - We met information security and governance requirements for handling patient data by using an institutional WiFi network and restricted user accounts protected with multifactor authentication.