Keynote: Anne Miller How to get your innovations adopted - and change the world
Introductory podcast
stages relating to innovation
Resisting
Frozen
Interested
Embedded
specific HE/FE issues
funding
focusing more on embedding and exploiting existing innovations
moving from a "funding" mindset to one of "investment" in innovations
focusing on collaborative innovations/devlopments in the sector in order to share costs and develop community ownership/buy-in.
quality assurance
staff perception/cultural issues
time
ethics
subject discipline
risks
institutional culture/policy/practice
innovators
selling/marketing ideas
Further information
S4: Graham Brown-Martin Is the future mobile?
Pre-conference activities & reading
blog post and abstract
article
disruption
ubiquitous technologies
mobile/handheld devices
tablets/iPad
gaming
outdated office metaphor
casual computing
access
networks/signals
cost
disabilities
shared devices
technical differences across devices
teaching practice
skills
time factor
transforming practice not just using techs
learners practice
formal learning
informal learning/personal
educational institutions
institutional technologies
outdated technologies
technologies devised for old/existing practice
markets/ed tech business
policy and procedure
strategy and vision
openenss to innovation/risk
external drivers
govt. agendas
business/workplaces
resourcing
student as consumer?
Closing questions
1. How will digital technology otherwise change our views of assessment?
2. What will students expect as a normal part of any educational interaction? What expectations should we foster?
S5: Gus Cameron, Marion Manton, Phil George Sustaining innovation in curriculum delivery
challenges
stakeholder engagement
Getting stakeholders to engage and prioritise project requests against day to day work
embedding
Establishing how project work will move forward as a service in practice
faculty/departmental culture
entrenched practice
Implementing change in core departmental processes - lots of stakeholders - hard to progress - but once done automatically embedded
resource management
staff perceptions, practice/culture
fear of change
Culture: 'this is the way we have always done it' 'Are you saying I am not doing a good job?'
time and resources
innertia
skills/training needs
institutional systems and procedures
technologies supported
institutional structure
Trying to influence 'delivery' elements of a program when 'design' elements ownership with partner institution
centralised or decentralised approaches
communication mechanisms
institutional strategy and policy
linking strategies
existing strategies
new strategies
external factors
funding
national agendas
subject discipline/professional communities
business/commercial bodies
why innovate curriculum delivery
changing learner demographic
new technologies offering new potential
which changes
Identifying which changes offer real value to stakeholders and can be sustained- across different perceptions of value
using limited resources effectively
good practice
stakeholder & communication plan
staff development activities and support
transforming the curriculum
identifying areas of biggest gain across institution
including and responding to the learners voice
champions at all levels of the institution
linking new approaches with institutional strategy and policy
understanding institutional context and culture
taking time to talk and listen
background context curriculum delivery
S6: Simon Thomson, Andy Beggan Sustaining OER innovation through collaboration and partnership
internal partnerships
barriers
cliques or perceived cliques
busy people with different agendas
trust and engagement difficult to get in large organisations
fear - implications of letting people down
the system is bigger than me...
top down can seem imposed
bottom up may not be supported by management
often working in isolation so not used to partnerships within institution
may have more connection to external partnerships - eg subject discipline
different stakeholders have different needs/drivers
benefits
established communication mechanisms
enthusiasts (keen people on side)
experienced partnership developers
working within accepted Institutional systems and processes
immediate results - surveys/questionnaires
cross institutional dialogue encouraged
new ways of working
external partnerships
barriers
time taken to develop partnerships
need nurturing and patience
formal agreements (including legal)
fallout - don't always work equally
benefits
enhance reputation
sharing best practice
supporting informal learning
reducing development (OERs) time
develop communities and build connections
work with/connect to like-minded people
social networks making it easier
bigger voice
external supporters used internally
recognition and reward
collaborative development of ideas and processes
processes and practices
processes reflect institutional cultures and approaches
stakeholder buy in at all levels needed
changing hearts and minds
links to institution wide and existing processes
clarity of processed and agreement from range of stakeholders
background context - OER Release