This document outlines an agenda for a workshop on enhancing the student and teacher experience through learning partnerships. It includes: - Introductions and a digital storytelling demonstration. - An activity-based session where students and teachers will work together to identify ways to enhance the experience, sharing their findings through digital stories. - A discussion with an external speaker about the student experience elsewhere. - Breakout groups where students and teachers will discuss problems, resolve issues creatively, and create digital stories about their dream university. - Resources for digital storytelling and an outline of the next session on evaluation.

1. the student and teacher
experience
Week 8: LTHE module
PGCAP, University of Salford
Twitter: @pgcap @ilenedawn

2. confidentiality

3. Learning together
• (15 min) Quick introductions – now! ;o)
• (15 min) Digital storytelling a taster by
Rebecca Jackson
• (1h) Activity-based session: students and
teachers learning in partnership to identify
how we can enhance the student and
teacher experience. Share findings through
digital stories.
• (10min) BREAK
• (30min) starting at 12pm: The student
experience elsewhere, online Skype
discussion with Dr. Ilene Dawn from the US

4. Teaching, learning
support, facilities
Academic
Prior
qualifications
Goal
Commitment
Integration
Tinto’s
Institutional
model
Commitment
Individual
attributes
Dropout
decisions
Family
attributes, e.g.
parental
education
Debt, Social
counselling, Integration
medical,
personal,
family
events. Tinto, V. (1993) Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student
Attrition. (2nd Ed) Chicago: University of Chicago Press 4

5. Reality check:
Problems? What problems?
students’ task teachers’ task
• What • What
problems do problems do
you have you have
with your with your
teachers? students?
Warning! Avoid mentioning names, specific modules etc. that
would point the finger at specific individuals! What we say
should be shared in confidence!

6. A problem shared is a problem halved!
• Create mixed groups 50-50!
• Groups will be student-led!
• Students pick their group members
Task (1h)
a. look at the problems from the previous activity
b. resolve the issues creatively
c. create a digital story “your dream university”
d. (15min) share your story with the other group
You could use: Camcorder, Storybird, Flickr (digital photographs), drawings, cartoons etc.

7. projects:
1. mini screen digital storytelling
2. big screen
with Rebecca Jackson
u: pgcapsalford@yahoo.co.uk
p: letmein
u: pgcap
p: letmein
u: pgcapsalford
p: pgcapsalford

8. useful resources:
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/
resources/index.html

9. Week 9 webinar - evaluating
Session with Caroline Dangerfield, President of the Student Union
Live classroom from Blackboard