This document discusses the challenges of becoming a digital practitioner and using technology for learning. It provides an overview of considerations like high learner expectations, institutional barriers, and evolving pedagogies. It also presents case studies of innovative uses of technology at various colleges, including using Turnitin to provide online feedback, supporting staff across campuses with learning technologies, and using Facebook to facilitate communication for a hairdressing program. The goal is to highlight best practices for digital practitioners in a regional context.

1. Technologies for
Learning
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#digpract

2. The Digital Practitioner
The Challenges Of Becoming A Digital
Practitioner
Putting the Digital Practitioner In A Regional
Context
Case Studies – Highlighting Innovative
Practice Of Technology Used For Learning

3. The Challenges Of Becoming A Digital Practitioner
Overarching Challenge:
To stimulate effective
learning through the use
of suitable technology
within a sound
pedagogical design
Considerations:
High Learner
Expectations
Considerations:
Institutional
Barriers

4. New Methods of Delivery
New Ways to Communicate
• Understanding New Mediums
• Tutor Tutor / Tutor Learner / Learner Learner
– Socialisation - Collaboration - Peer Learning
• Providing effective feedback
The Challenges Of Becoming A Digital Practitioner
FACE TO
FACE
LEARNING
ONLINE
LEARNING
BLENDED LEARNING

5. The Challenges Of Becoming A Digital Practitioner
Understanding Evolving Pedagogies to Enable
Effective Course Design
• Social constructivism / Connectivism
• Structure
– F2F / Online
– Loose / Tight
• Contents
– Sourcing suitable resources
– e-Tivities – Synchronous/ Asynchronous

6. The Challenges Of Becoming A Digital Practitioner
Using Equipment and Technology Confidently
eSafety of Tutors and Learners
• Netiquette
• Dealing with Conflict

7. Curriculum Delivery in a Regional Context (CDRC)
Day-long Staff Development Session
The Digital Practitioner in a Regional Context
To support the changing FE
Landscape, stimulating
thinking, debate and action on
how the curriculum might be
redesigned to meet regional
outcomes and begin a process
of change

8. Teaching Across a Region
•Teaching a course across different campuses
•Working with remote learners
Personalising Learning
•Promoting Independent learning
•Meeting Individual Needs
Blended Learning
•Integrating face to face with remote
•Supporting learners in an online environment
Communicating and Collaborating at a Distance.
•Using online communication tools effectively
•Developing online skills-set
The Digital Practitioner in a Regional Context

9. creation
iTech case Studies
Jisc RSC Scotland promoting the use of technology in
academic institutions through our Case Studies, which
capture and showcase innovative use of technology for
learning and teaching; shared in a timely fashion in a
bite-sized way.
iTech Case Studies Awards - 7th June 2013
The Digital Practitioner – In Practice
content communication

10. Content
Introducing and Embedding New Technology (Turnitin)
@ Edinburgh College
• ‘Learning Resource Exposed’ - Workshops
• Turnitin Integrated with Moodle - Assessments Uploaded
• Check Originality of Work – Learner and Tutor
• Rich Online Feedback
• Improvement in Submitting by Deadlines
“144 Moodle Courses – 90 Lecturers – 8000 Submissions”
The Digital Practitioner – In Practice

11. Creation
The Learning Technologies Team Supporting Staff in a
Newly Merged College @ City of Glasgow College
• High Quality Support Required Over 11 Campuses
• 1 Learning Technologist dedicated to 3 schools
• Blended Training Session – ‘Training’ VLE
• Dedicated Help Desk
• INSPIRE monthly e-Newsletter
• Postcard projects
“Meeting needs : 650 Academic Staff and 40,000 Learners”
The Digital Practitioner – In Practice

12. Communication
Stranraer Cutting Crew Facebook @ Dumfries and
Galloway College
• Student Requested and Led – Set Up Facebook Page
• Secure Groups
• Initially for General Communication
• School Links
• Local Salons – Employability
• Community Collaboration
Learners Facebook Confident – No Training – Nearly Always On!
The Digital Practitioner – In Practice

13. The Digital Practitioner – In Practice
Content – Communication - Creation
Delivering a full HNC Engineering Course on the VLE @
Anniesland College
• Prospective students – working away from home
• VLE to be used to create more flexible learning
• Challenge – make concepts/theorems ‘come alive’
• PDFs/WORD docs discounted –negative student feedback
• Short videos – good but time consuming - compressed
• Sourced short animations free for educational use
“Geographical span : North Sea Oil Rigs to Middle East”

14. More iTech case Studies…
• TQFE Induction Pathways @ University of Dundee
• Webinar Tutorials to support TQFE Distance Learners
@ University of Dundee
• Student Led e-Portfolio Training Sessions @ Angus College
• Using Cloud services- delivering learning in the field to
Gamekeeping Student @ UHI
The Digital Practitioner – In Practice
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