The presentation looks at the content given to UCA students and staff via the templates including a set of digital literacy skills for today’s creative professional (for students) - as well as digital pedagogy with learning activities and case studies (for staff). It demonstrates how the learning technologists gather and share knowledge about each course throughout the year so the renewed template is created according to user demands, trends in technology and curriculum requirements.
Along with the locally built resources in the template, the presentation also looks at how the Blackboard Community Module Page is deployed - but centrally managed outside the course area to target subject specific learning resources – many belonging to the Library. As with all universities, library resources can be overwhelming if not managed correctly. By using subject specific library modules within a course/unit area, students are taken directly to relevant eStream broadcasts, eJournals, databases and no more getting lost and giving up on the library website. With this use of the community modules, the task of providing library resources directly within course/unit areas has finally become manageable, has empowered subject librarians and most importantly enhanced the student experience.
2. University for the Creative Arts
- Guild HE university
- Provide specialist art and design education
- 5 campus locations in the southeast
- 7000 students
- 90 courses
- Art, Design, Architecture, Media & Communication
Campuses:
Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone & Rochester
MARIA TANNANT
Programme Manager in Digital Pedagogy
mtannant@ucreative.ac.uk
14. Resources available at UCA
•30,000 DVDs, audio files & digital games
•Archive of special collections & rare books
•Artists books special collection
•Athens: gateway to ejournals and databases
•Books: over 300,000 printed/digital
•eStream: TV & Radio broadcasts under license
•Exhibition Catalogues special collection
•Imagebank, VADS,
•Journals: over 13,000 printed/digital
•Library Catalogue
•Multimedia: still/moving image & newspaper archives
•Reading lists
•Subscribed service to over 60 special collections
16. Tailored Library content for each course
empowering staff
- tailored content
- subject specific
- oneClick
- direct
- no excuse
- sustainable
- centrally located
- working together
18. 19.5% increase in use of resources
Impact – finding & using resources
19. Benefits for students & course team
The subject modules
ensure my students
are ONE CLICK from
key resources to
support learning
The subject modules
ensure my students
are ONE CLICK from
key resources to
support learning
Having the right
library links in
my course area
has save me so
much time…
Having the right
library links in
my course area
has save me so
much time…
AT LAST…. I can now
find all the relevant
resources for my
subject in one place
AT LAST…. I can now
find all the relevant
resources for my
subject in one place
The resources look
attractive… and that’s
exactly what my
students respond to
The resources look
attractive… and that’s
exactly what my
students respond to
21. Modules available for courses and units
empowering staff – working smarter
Academic Support - Canterbury
Academic Support - Rochester
Campus Technical Resources - Canterbury
Campus Technical Resources - Epsom
Campus Technical Resources - Farnham
Campus Technical Resources - Maidstone
Campus Technical Resources - Rochester
e-Journals for Architecture and Interiors
e-Journals for Fashion & Textiles
e-Journals for Film Production
e-Journals for Fine Art
e-Journals for Graphic Design
e-journals for Illustration
e-Journals for Photography
e-Stream TV & Radio
eStream TV/Radio: Animation
eStream TV/Radio: Architecture
eStream TV/Radio: Business, Marketing & Advertising
eStream TV/Radio: Design & Craft
eStream TV/Radio: Fashion & Textiles
eStream TV/Radio: Fashion Management & Marketing
eStream TV/Radio: FE Taster
eStream TV/Radio: Film Production
eStream TV/Radio: Fine Art
eStream TV/Radio: Graphic Design & Illustration
eStream TV/Radio: Journalism
eStream TV/Radio: Learning & Teaching
eStream TV/Radio: Media & Digital Arts
eStream TV/Radio: Performing Arts
eStream TV/Radio: Photography
Fashion Textiles: Research
Learning Support & Study Advice FE
Learning Support & Study Advice UG/PG
Lynda.com Tutorials
myUCA student induction video
Online Resources - Animation
Online Resources - Architecture & Interiors
Online Resources - Broadcast Media
Online Resources - Business Marketing and Advertising
Online Resources - Creative Arts for Theatre and Film
Online Resources - Design & Craft
Online Resources - Fashion & Textiles
Online Resources - Film Production
Online Resources - Fine Art
Online Resources - Further Education
Online Resources - Graphic Design
Online Resources - Illustration
Online Resources - Media & Digital Arts
Online Resources - PG Cert Learning & Teaching
Online Resources - Photography
Referencing
Search the Library Catalogue
Search Library Catalogue
Search the Web
Study Abroad (Year 1) Consider This Option
Technicians at Canterbury
Top 10 Tools to Support Learning
Tutorials - Self Directed Learning
22. Keeping track and working together
advocating ownership and accountability with Google Drive
24. Annual learning technology audit
Measuring impact and benefits
0 = no use
1 = limited use
2 = adequate use
3 = extensive use
25. Disseminating audit findings to Schools
Each school gets an annual e-learning report
- informs academic monitoring report
- helps identify areas of staff support
- helps course discovers other course’s activity
- starts conversations
26. Thanks for your time…
…any questions
IMAGE Credits:
Tavis Murray BA (Hons) Graphic Design New Media, UCA Epsom
Notas do Editor
Image Credit: Tavis Murray BA (Hons) Graphic Design New Media, UCA Epsom
UCA came about in 2007 with the merging of:
Kent Institute of Art & Design – KIAD
Surrey Institute of Art and Design
2 learning technologists have been in place since 2007
We have moved around since 2010…
Began in the Faculty of Learning & Teaching (until that was disbanded 2012)
Moved into the Library’s ‘Central Service’s department for 1 year
Currently in the Centre for Digital Scholarship (another Library Department)
Either way, we still do the same thing – enhance learning with technology and manage the VLE
Each of the 7 schools are scattered across all or some of the campuses
FE has courses in each location whereas
Architecture is taught at Canterbury and Farnham
Fashion at Epsom and Rochester….. As so on…
This logistical model means we work across all schools
Practice is very much a joined-up and agreed process.
Innovation is tried, tested and implemented
Successful outputs are often multiplied across courses through recommendations at school boards
Helps advocate minimum requirements
Helps staff upload content in a more ordered and structured way
Helps with consistency across courses and units so both staff and students become familiar with a pattern of information finding
Prompts and guides staff where information should be located (esp. new staff and sessional lecturers)
Students arrive at university expecting to find everything they need from one central point… and get annoyed when this doesn’t happen
Helps advocate minimum requirements
Helps staff upload content in a more ordered and structured way
Helps with consistency across courses and units so both staff and students become familiar with a pattern of information finding
Prompts and guides staff where information should be located (esp. new staff and sessional lecturers)
Students arrive at university expecting to find everything they need from one central point… and get annoyed when this doesn’t happen
Preloaded L&T resources ensure:
Teaching staff find relevant ‘point of need’ material
Ideas and case studies of using technology to enhance learning
Content only visible to instructors
they need from one central point… and get annoyed when this doesn’t happen
Preloaded L&T resources ensure:
Teaching staff find relevant ‘point of need’ material
Ideas and case studies of using technology to enhance learning
Content only visible to instructors
they need from one central point… and get annoyed when this doesn’t happen
As a consequence students can often feel overwhelmed and lost if they arrive directly to the library website
There are a wealth of resources for students at UCA, including:
eBooks, journals, images, online resources and TV broadcasts
Module content is tailored to the course’s subject area
The bank of library modules cover the 12 creative disciplines taught at UCA
A oneClick approach has addressed student’s concerns about too many clicks in the VLE
Having direct links to library resources ensures students find them – last year’s library strategy was to make ‘Library Resources Discoverable’
Hopefully students have no more excuses for not finding the Library resources
The Library Modules are completely sustainable - as they are managed centrally by the Library
Being centrally located eliminates room for error and duplication, so the same module may be pinned to 10 courses and updated centrally in one place
The efficiency of Library Modules have strengthened relationships and opened doors between academics and the Library
The Learning Tools modules can be:
Updated centrally in Blackboard (not in the course areas) allowing all 1000 instances to be changed with one edit.
Induction videos can be placed at the top of the module at the beginning of the year and move to the bottom after Xmas
New tutorials/ learning packages can be featured very simply with immediate effect – using the announcement/course link tool to create awareness
Address new trends in technology/learning university wide
A reference point staff can direct students to – and a place staff can also learn!
Provides a basic tool-kit for our creative students – as needs dictate
Students get sense of value for money with the provision
Usage has shot up
There was an increase of 19.5% in the usage of online resources from the autumn term in 2012/13 to the autumn term in 2013/14
The modules have provided clear benefits to staff and students
Staff Quotes – Blue
Student Quotes - Orange
Collaborative document provides:
Game plan & inventory
A sense of ownership & responsibility
A snapshot of who’s doing what so people can work together building resources
Identifies shortfalls in subject areas
Documented management process
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uj5flX-GIoVb7qyMdBsf2u0-JuLrrdPUU_vGeC0HlLc/edit?usp=sharing
Collaborative document provides:
A game plan and sense of order
A sense of ownership and responsibility
A snapshot of who’s doing what so people can work together building resources
Identifies shortfalls in subject areas
Much needed documentation for staff turnaround/organisational changes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uj5flX-GIoVb7qyMdBsf2u0-JuLrrdPUU_vGeC0HlLc/edit?usp=sharing
Each year we audit every course’s engagement with learning technology
Categorised into 4 distinct areas
Comments to record distinct activity
Snapshot of how each course uses the VLE and engages with technologies
Allows us to pinpoint (& document) activity across all UCA’s courses
Demonstrate real one
Ask audience how they manage template content
Ask audience how they use course modules
Ask audience if they have any questions