Speaker: John MacMillan, educational development leader, University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).

2. Developing digital capability in
a distributed institution
The Educational Development Unit at the University
of the Highlands and Islands

3. »John MacMillan
»Educational
development leader
»University of the
Highlands and Islands
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4. The University of the
Highlands and Islands
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5. The University of the Highlands and Islands
»Tertiary education institution
»Primarily serving an area
larger than Belgium
»13 academic partners
› Colleges
› Research institutions
»Europe’s largest user of video
conferencing for education
Video conferencing
»2001/02: 1091 hours
»2012/13: 7956 hours
»2016/17: 13,064
hours (predicated)
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6. Mapping the university’s main sites
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7. The Educational Development Unit
(EDU)
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8. The Educational Development Unit (EDU)
»Established in 2011
»Working across all subject
areas
»Promoting effective practices
across the University
› Blended learning
› Online learning
»A distributed team that relies
on digital platforms
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‘An Lòchran Building’ byValenta from
Geograph.CC BY-SA.
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9. Educational Development Unit activities
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Curriculum development
projects
Quality improvement
activity
External projects and
pedagogical research
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10. The Support Portal (Supportal)
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11. How effective do you think traditional
training is for embedding digital capability?
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12. The Support Portal (Supportal)
»Emerged from traditional
training and workshops
»Looking to increase re-use
of material
»Practising what we preach
› Flipped classroom
› Active learning
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Image from Pixabay
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13. The Support Portal (Supportal)
»Digital learning
resources
»Responsive design –
mobile compatible
»Accessible
»Re-usable
»Openly available online
› No barriers
› No time limits
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Image from Pixabay
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15. Contents of the Supportal
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16. Contents of the Supportal
»Four broad areas
› Learning environment
› Learning design
› Sourcing, creating and sharing content
› Multimedia
»More resources are being created, these will add to
those we already have
»Most resources are suitable for reuse outside UHI
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17. »Enhancing the learning
environment
»Technology enhanced
learning
Learning environment
»Bloom’s revised
taxonomy
»Assessment, feedback
and feedforward
Learning design
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18. »Creating learning
content with the EDU
»Finding and using images
»Accessibility in digital
content
»Creating PDFs
»MathML
»UHIToolkit
Sourcing, creating and sharing content
»Principles of
shooting video
»Creating and using
video content
»Editing video with
Movie Maker
»Converting PowerPoint
to video using Office Mix
Multimedia
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19. How is the Supportal used?
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20. How is the Supportal used?
» Flipped workshops
› Face-to-face, webinar, or video
conference
› Resources provided in advance
› Encourages activity and
participation in workshops
» Online training resources
› Project staff engage with resources
› Put skills and knowledge into
practice during development
projects
» Reference and just-in-time
learning
› Staff can access when needed
› Easily shared and bookmarked
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21. Have you ever used ‘flipped’ methods
for teaching?
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22. Have you ever experienced ‘flipped’
methods as a learner?
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23. Do you feel ‘flipped’ training sessions
can support staff to build their
digital skills?
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24. Future plans
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25. Future plans
»Route maps
› Include activities
› Create groups of
resources that will
meet set outcomes
»Add more subjects
»Re-use existing material
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Image from Pixabay
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26. Case study: copyright
Building confidence and competence
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27. Case study: copyright
»Key resource: Finding and
using images
»Flipped classroom sessions
› Activity driven
› Application of knowledge
»Introductory material –
curriculum development
projects
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Image from Pixabay
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28. Case study:TEL at NHS Highland
»Programme of learning
based around Supportal
resources
»Flipped Classroom
› 10 hours of workshops
over 10 to 12 weeks
› Application of
knowledge
› Follow-up: Mentoring
and embedding
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29. jisc.ac.uk
John MacMillan
Educational Development Leader
University of the Highlands and Islands
john.macmillan@uhi.ac.uk
Twitter: @_jmac_
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