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Technology Enhanced Learning Festival
Telfest is a festival aimed at promoting the adoption of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) among academics at the University of Sheffield, addressing barriers to engagement and providing training and support. The event received positive feedback for its variety of sessions, helping attendees to develop new skills and network with colleagues. Future iterations of Telfest are planned to include more content, student involvement, and innovative topics to continue enhancing the educational experience.
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- 1. TELFest a festival designedto 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 PromotingSharing 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 . E N E R G Y High High E N G A G E M E N T 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 tonetwork 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
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- 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
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- 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 readyfor 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
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- 27. Questions? Would TELFest workat 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