1) Gráinne Conole has had an interdisciplinary career in chemistry and e-learning, beginning with a degree in chemistry and PhD in crystallography before moving into teaching and learning roles.
2) She has held various roles in universities focused on learning innovation, technology enhanced learning, and e-learning, and is now an independent consultant.
3) Throughout her career she has focused her research on enhancing the learner experience through effective and innovative use of technologies, and has built an international network through blogging, social media, conferences and publishing.
This presentation reports on the experiences of three faculty members designing and developing a Master’s degree in Learning and Technology when they adopted openness as a core value and key design principle. While the benefits of open textbooks and OER are compelling, little is known about programs that are designed with openness as a core value. What does it mean to embrace open practices and embody an open philosophy at the program and course level within a Master’s program? What are faculty experiences with such an approach? How can the student experience be optimized? In what ways does openness support a diverse student body? What tensions arise and what supports are required to facilitate the transition to an MA degree that not only uses open textbooks but is defined by openness?
This presentation reports on the experiences of three faculty members designing and developing a Master’s degree in Learning and Technology when they adopted openness as a core value and key design principle. While the benefits of open textbooks and OER are compelling, little is known about programs that are designed with openness as a core value. What does it mean to embrace open practices and embody an open philosophy at the program and course level within a Master’s program? What are faculty experiences with such an approach? How can the student experience be optimized? In what ways does openness support a diverse student body? What tensions arise and what supports are required to facilitate the transition to an MA degree that not only uses open textbooks but is defined by openness?
A workshop for Tasmanian school library personnel to build curriculum knowledge and expertise in locating relevant resources to address the content areas.
Webinar: Study an online Master’s in Gender Studies, Linköping University, Sw...Web2Present
Linköping University offers you an international MSSc with a major in Gender studies, specialization Intersectionality and Change 120/60 ECTS credits.
This English language program is, mixing online and campus based education. The online part ensures flexibility, creativity and freedom. Three campus weeks per year are mandatory. This is to meet the teachers, for community building, and learning activities that work better in a live setting.
Dr Stephen j Hall 2016 Educated in Deep Doctorate Land Stephen j Hall
A personal narrative of the theory and practice of a research Doctorate. Presented at UTIM, Research Colloquium Shah Alam Malaysia Nov 1 2016.
A practical practitioners experience of the "Nuts and Bolts' of Doctoral study.
2. Breaking the S.E.A.L. - Developing new pedagogies and impacts for schools ...CONUL Teaching & Learning
CONUL Teaching and Learning Annual Seminar. Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 16th November, 2017.
Barry Houlihan, Archivist NUI Galway: CONUL Teaching and Learning Award 2016 Winner
Dr Paul Flynn, Technology Enhanced Learning Methodologist, School of Education, NUI Galway.
The promise, reality and dilemmas of a post-PhD phase [OR In the need for opt...Koula Charitonos
This presentation focuses on transitions on academic career from a PhD researcher to a post-doc. It discusses the promises, reality and dilemmas of a post-PhD phase and how to plan for the future and overcome the barriers that prevent us from moving on.
A workshop for Tasmanian school library personnel to build curriculum knowledge and expertise in locating relevant resources to address the content areas.
Webinar: Study an online Master’s in Gender Studies, Linköping University, Sw...Web2Present
Linköping University offers you an international MSSc with a major in Gender studies, specialization Intersectionality and Change 120/60 ECTS credits.
This English language program is, mixing online and campus based education. The online part ensures flexibility, creativity and freedom. Three campus weeks per year are mandatory. This is to meet the teachers, for community building, and learning activities that work better in a live setting.
Dr Stephen j Hall 2016 Educated in Deep Doctorate Land Stephen j Hall
A personal narrative of the theory and practice of a research Doctorate. Presented at UTIM, Research Colloquium Shah Alam Malaysia Nov 1 2016.
A practical practitioners experience of the "Nuts and Bolts' of Doctoral study.
2. Breaking the S.E.A.L. - Developing new pedagogies and impacts for schools ...CONUL Teaching & Learning
CONUL Teaching and Learning Annual Seminar. Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, 16th November, 2017.
Barry Houlihan, Archivist NUI Galway: CONUL Teaching and Learning Award 2016 Winner
Dr Paul Flynn, Technology Enhanced Learning Methodologist, School of Education, NUI Galway.
The promise, reality and dilemmas of a post-PhD phase [OR In the need for opt...Koula Charitonos
This presentation focuses on transitions on academic career from a PhD researcher to a post-doc. It discusses the promises, reality and dilemmas of a post-PhD phase and how to plan for the future and overcome the barriers that prevent us from moving on.
Everyone is familiar with big and exciting library projects, but how do you achieve transformative results on a small budget and in an existing space? Find out how architects, librarians, and space coordinators approach these challenges. Learn how to develop, design and implement small projects for maximum impact by addressing fundamental design principles and key building elements.
Originally presented at the Ontario Library Association's 5th Annual Institute on the Library as Place. by Anne Bailey (Director, Branch Libraries, Toronto Public Library), Johanna Romero (Coordinator, Space Planning, Wilfrid Laurier University), and Jon Loewen (Architectural Designer, Perkins+Will Canada).
The PhD ‘journey' can be rewarding, gruelling, stimulating, terrifying, and a great privilege all at once, but finishing is also often just the beginning of the next chapter. Where do you go next? In this talk I discuss post-PhD pathways with a particular focus on academic careers. PhD graduates are increasingly moving into a wide range of fields and industries, but I will focus my attention here on the academic pathway. This talk is based on my own experience as a Griffith graduate navigating the academic job market over the past five years, developing a post-PhD research agenda, entering into the competitive grant space, and developing a profile in my discipline. In this way my talk will be partly a personal reflection, but contextualised through a broader discussion of the state of academic labour in higher education and a critical consideration of academic publishing and grant culture.
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http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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1. From Chemistry to E-learning:
an interdisciplinary journey
Gráinne Conole, 8th March 2018
International Women’s Day, Bournemouth University
National
Teaching
Fellow 2012
Ascilite fellow 2012EDEN fellow 2013
2.
3. Outline
• Career history
• Turning points and
reflections
• Current role and research
interests
• Harnessing the power of
social media
4. Early years…
• Born in Cork, Ireland
• Moved to London when
five years old
• One sister, Moya
• Dog named James Joyce!
• Schools
– Holy Mary, Kingston
– St Philomena’s, Carshalton
5. Academic performance
• Secondary School 74-
82
– A late developer!
– 10 O’ levels
– 4 A levels
• Chem, Biol, Maths, Art
• University 82-85
– Chemistry, 2.1
– Sheffield University
6. The Thatcher influence…
• …..or life in the ‘real’ world
• 85-86
– Graduate training programme
– Allied bakeries
– Area retail manager
– 150 staff in 10 outfits across
London!
7. Life as a Chemist
• 86-90
– PhD X-Ray
Crystallography
– P/T demonstrating and
lecturing
• 90-91
– Lecturer on newly
established Foundation
Science course – HITECC
• 91-96
– Lecturer (Inorganic
Chemistry)
8. Changing roles
• UNL June 96 - Sept 99
– Project Director Learning
and Teaching Innovation
– Director of Teaching and
Learning Technology
Centre
– Head of Technology-
based Learning
• Bristol Sept 99 –April 02
– Director of Institute for
Learning and Research
Technology
9. Changing roles….
• Southampton 2002 – 2006
– Chair in educational innovation in
post-compulsory education
• OU 2006 - 2011
– Professor of e-learning
• Leicester 2011 - 2014
– Professor of Learning Innovation
• Bath Spa University Feb 2015 -
2016
– Chair in Education
• A new direction…
– Visiting Professor Dublin City
University
– Independent Consultant
10. Early turning points
• Moving to England
– Identity crisis – Irish or
English? Integrating into a
new society
• O’ and A’ level choices
– Switch from Sociology to
Chemistry O’ level
– Switch from Geography to
Maths A’ level
– Lack of career advice or
help choosing a university
11. Turning points
• Retail manager! and switch to PhD
(phew)
• Securing lectureship
• Promotion to Principle Lecturer (96)
• Birth of Eleanor (94) & Tabby (98)
• Taking the Bristol post, Tabby 6
months
• Nannies and au pairs!
• Chair at Southampton, OU,
Leicester and Bath Spa
• JISC & EU funded projects
• Increasing involvement in national
and international activities
• Move to consultancy
12. Focus of research
• Enhancing the learner
experience
• Effective & innovative
use of technologies
• New approaches to
design
• Open practices in
learning, teaching and
research
15. Building international capacity
• Build your professional
network
• Work social media
– Blogs, Twitter, facebook,
LinkedIn
• Put research online
– Slideshare, webinars,
dropbox
• Participate in events
• Link research and teaching
• Support students and
early career researchers
16. Blogs
• Of the moment
reflections
• Digital archive
• The power of peer review
• Record of events, reviews
and resources
• Wider audience reach
and hence profile
• Link into facebook and
Twitter
• Complements traditional
publication routes
e4innovation.com
gconole.wordpress,com
17. Push against closed publications
• Learning design
– Springer book
– Live blogging
– ‘Near final’ pdf on dropbox
• For the craic…
– New book proposal sent
– Live blogging
– Some open access chapters
– Call out boxes by international
researchers
21. Conferences
• Purpose: presentation & feedback
• Network, network, network!
• Potential collaborators & bid partners
• Put in a symposium of experts
• Expert validation workshops
• Put papers/presentations online
• Follow up contacts afterwards: email,
fb, Twitter, blogs, etc.
• Work up into a research paper
• Work the hashtag
• Live blog or follow conference-related
blogs
A personal example
22. Publishing
• Write books and chapters
• Become a reviewer or an
editor of a special issue of a
journal
• Keep publication list up to
date!
• Set up a writing group or
workshop (real/virtual)
• Co-write with lots of different
people
• Disseminate publications via
Tweet, fb etc.
• Set up a blog and read and
comment on other blogs
• See Twitter, blogs, journals,
books as complementary
24. Reflections
• Difficulty of balancing home
and work
– Clash of having children against
career opportunities
• Significance of turning points
– Planned and serendipitous
• Importance of support
– Partner, family, friends and
childcare support
• Politics of e-learning!