Presented at ACODE 64: Developing Staff Digital Literacies Concepts, Policies and Practices for Staff. University of Waikato, New Zealand. 20-21 March.
1. Digital literacy pathways for staff
and students
Associate Professor Michael Sankey
Director, Learning Environments and Media
USQ
Presentation at: ACODE 64: Developing Staff Digital
Literacies Concepts, Policies and Practices for
Staff. University of Waikato, New Zealand. 20-21
March.
2. The role of the teacher
They are our
interface
In most cases they
want to engage
But are not confident
And not overly
aware of what others
are doing
We use the same tools they use to teach with to
help them learn
4. USQ Website (Sitecore) the public facing site
Different layers of the VLE
USQStudyDesk
• Student Portal
• All Course-
based activity
_______________
• Repository
USQStaffDesk
• Staff portal
• Staff facing for
PD activities
_______________
• Repository
USQOpenDesk
• OER/OEP
• Inter-institutional
activities
_______________
• Repository
USQ ePortfolio (Mahara), Blackboard Collaborate, EASE,
Voice tools, Turnitin, etc…
5. TEL PD model
Students Staff
USQStaffDesk
1. Staff Dev gateway
2. Staff eLE
3. Clover
4. PLAS & Induction
5. ePortfolio
USQStudyDesk
1. Induction site
2. Learning Centre site
3. Student eLE
4. ePortfolio
5. Course based ass’nce
USQ Website
AskUSQ RightNow
Equella
17. Academic Staff Development
Framework for personalised academic staff
development around learning and teaching –
Personalised Learning for Academic Staff
(PLAS)
Personalised learning pathways
Guiding principles of need to know, need to see /
hear, need to do and need to learn more
Within USQStaffDesk will be access points to just-
in-time and targeted development opportunities, in
blended formats
Will leverage existing resources and add new
content as changes are finalised, from S1 2014
onwards
20. Personalised Learning for Academic Staff
About PLAS
Personalised Learning for Academic Staff (PLAS) is a professional
development initiative, the aim of which is to provide learning opportunities
within a collegial, supportive learning environment. The sharing of ideas and
practices, to help address your teaching needs and requirements, is one of its
main goals.
Take a guided tour…
Watch this space
Latest news and announcement digest appear here… These include learning
systems update and new developments, as well as featured newly contributed
opinion piece, etc
Latest news and announcement digest appear here… These include learning
systems update and new developments, as well as featured newly contributed
opinion piece, etc. Latest news and announcement digest appear here…
Read more…
FEATURED
L&T Exemplary Practice
Web-based
group work
Trevor Black
from our Fraser Coast campus uses
Blackboard Collaborate to facilitate
group activities online. Student teams
work in allocated ‘Rooms’ to interact
with each other and complete
assigned learning tasks.
“I share what I do with my colleagues
at Fraser Coast. They are trying out
things with Blackboard Collaborate
too. We help each other out…”
Explore this exemplary practice…
Do you know…
The MOODLE
Glossary has an FAQ
function which you can
use in your course to
answer frequently asked
questions. You can build
this resource over time
with different cohorts of
students.
Learn more…
21. Personalised Learning for Academic Staff
About PLAS
Personalised Learning for Academic Staff (PLAS) is a professional
development initiative, the aim of which is to provide learning opportunities
within a collegial, supportive learning environment. The sharing of ideas and
practices, to help address your teaching needs and requirements, is one of its
main goals.
Take a guided tour…
Watch this space
Latest news and announcement digest appear here… These include learning
systems update and new developments, as well as featured newly contributed
opinion piece, etc
Latest news and announcement digest appear here… These include learning
systems update and new developments, as well as featured newly contributed
opinion piece, etc. Latest news and announcement digest appear here…
Read more…
FEATURED
L&T Exemplary Practice
Web-based
group work
Trevor Black
from our Fraser Coast campus uses
Blackboard Collaborate to facilitate
group activities online. Student teams
work in allocated ‘Rooms’ to interact
with each other and complete
assigned learning tasks.
“I share what I do with my colleagues
at Fraser Coast. They are trying out
things with Blackboard Collaborate
too. We help each other out…”
Explore this exemplary practice…