SBOSE@Podbean

Welcome to the last podcast of the module!

With one more week of formal activities left on the SBOSE module, we attempt to take you down memory lane and a set of 2004 predictions by Prof Curtis Bonk for online technologies. Considering the state of affairs in 2012, Prof Bonk wasn’t exactly spot on with his predictions and we still see the majority of teaching remain traditional.

Not ones to give up, though, Colin offers 2011 predictions and hopes to get it better than back in 2004! Listen in to what’s thought to be in store for mobile learning, self-directed learning, connectedness…..and more.

Hope you enjoy!

Julia, Elaine and Colin

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Unit 4 Podcast 2

Welcome to the second podcast of Unit 4. 

This week Prof Terry Mayes chats to Colin about the changes in higher education that have been brought about by  Web 2.0.  We hear about the concept of 'horizontality' which reflects some of the changes in the role of the tutor.  Many of these changes are brought about by the opportunities for students to co-create knowledge, and for tutors to engage in new ways with students as c0-learners. 

By now you have your own experience of acting as co-tutor and as co-learner, so we hope that you enjoy the more future gazing discussions that characterise this week's podcast.

Thanks Colin!

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Welcome to the first SBOSE Unit 4 What’s next? podcast.

This week we start Unit 4 with a podcast where we’re looking for answers  to the question: What will universities do and look like in the future?  Keith explores topics related to collaborative provision and the virtual university, the opportunities our networked society offers for this, and the emergence of the virtual university in our developing knowledge society. One book that does not appear in the Unit 4 reader, but which is well worth a glance and which Keith refers to in this week’s podcast is:

Tiffin, J., and Rajasingham, L. (2003). The global virtual university. RoutledgeFalmer. We will return to this book, and the ideas within it, in our next module.

We hope that you enjoy the final unit of this module.

Julia and Colin

Welcome to the second SBOSE Unit 3 Reaching the online learner podcast.

In this week’s podcast a few of the BOE team share with you some of the challenges and rewards of teaching as a team online in addition to highlighting a few time saving strategies from the literature to help manage all the various demands. They’ll be discussing different models of online team teaching and describing ideas and tips to manage each of the different arrangements.

We speak to Edinburgh Napier University lecturer Dr Lynn Kilbride from the School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Care to hear about her experience of teaching online with a large team of tutors and so special thanks are due to her for sharing her experience and really practical advice.

We hope that you’re enjoying the podcast series and we look forward to seeing you online this week.

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Welcome to the first SBOSE Unit 3: Reaching The Online Learner podcast.

The first Unit 3 podcast explores issues around online social presence in both informal and formal settings. We’ll discuss the way that making students feel comfortable and part of a community online impacts significantly on the learning experience, retention rates, and satisfaction overall - but they don’t necessarily want us as friends on Facebook!   How sociable can you actually be ….?

So, listen out this week for strategies that tutors can adopt to combat online isolation and hear how the equivalence of experience ties in with social presence at an institutional level.  Let this podcast just start the process of thinking and reflecting on your own experience as online learner and then allow the Unit readings and the student led seminars to take you much, much further in your knowedge and understanding of this fascinating area.

URLS of websites mentioned in the podcast:

http://community.brighton.ac.uk/

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Welcome to the third episode of Unit 2: Supporting the online learner.

Many apologies for the wait on this episode - we had a few surprises in the last 3 weeks, not least of which was the birth of Colin's baby boy, Alasdair! So, as you can imagine, that put thoughts of Podcasts to the side for a couple of weeks for him.

Have no fear though, we're going to get back on track with these materials, starting with this, the last episode of Unit 2.

Bear in mind, this was recorded the afternoon before Colin unexpectedly left for pat leave, so it refers to evaluation week, which was a couple of weeks ago!

This podcast comes to you from the Caledonian Academy in Glasgow where Dr Christina Mainka met with Emeritus Prof. Terry Mayes to talk about digital literacy.  We think this is a brilliant interview because in conversation with Christina,  Prof Mayes clarifies and explores the concept of digital literacy and in so doing, he distinguishes in a really useful way amongst related terms (such as information literacy) that are sometimes used interachangeably (mistakenly in our view!).

So whether you’re new or familiar with this pedagogical vocabulary and the discussion that often surrounds these concepts, we expect that there will be something for everyone in this podcast.

In case you would like to delve even deeper into the concept and concerns around digital literacies you may find Prof. Mayes’ and Chris Fowler’s contributions in Ch. 2 of Martin and Madigan’s book of interest:

Martin, A. & Madigan, D. (Eds) (2006). Digital Literacies for Learning. Facet Publishing London.

You can find a reproduction of this chapter on the TESEP website, accessible from this page http://www2.napier.ac.uk/transform/rethinking_t.htm

Thanks for looking back at this long unchanged Podcasting page - we'll accelerate the releases a little over the next two weeks to get caught up, so look back regularly for the next update.

Thanks!

Julia.

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This week Colin highlights the important issues related to student diversity and inclusive curriclulum design by encouraging us to Think global, act local. Together with his guest Dr Monika Foster from Edinburgh Napier University, he unpicks the challenges faced in the traditional and online blended classrooms to accommodate the many needs of the inceasingly diverse local and global student cohorts.

As this week’s student-led seminars unfold, look out for opportunities to reflect on the links between the podcast material, the exchges in your group seminar and your own experience of inclusive curricula.

Finally, here’s the link to La Trobe University’s Inclusive Teaching Practices web pages http://www.latrobe.edu.au/equity/disas/inclusiv.htm

We hope that you’ll enjoy the podcast.

Julia

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Today marks the beginning of a few very exciting weeks ahead on the module with the beginning of Unit 2: Supporting the online learner.  Our student-led seminars start today in which small groups or pairs take on the role of co-tutor preparing and facilitating discussions related to topics such as widening participation, inclusive curriculum design, web 2.0 technologies. We thought it would be useful therefore, not only for your short-term co-tutoring activities, but also for your longer term practice in blended and online education to explore in the 4th podcast: The role of the tutor.

The podcast contains a couple of references, both of which are included here. Firstly, Seally Brown’s quote and further information can be found here:

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39284967,00.htm

And lastly, JISC’s senior management briefing on Online learning can be found here:

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/ebriefingshort.doc

Enjoy the podcast and see you in the seminars!

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Following on from last week’s exploration of equivalence of experience issues, in this our last episode for Unit 1 Thinking about the online learner, Colin provides an Introduction to online learning communities.  With the kind help of our guest contributors this episode explores what we mean by ‘learning communities’, the importance of community in online courses, and what makes for establishing effective online learning communities.

Grateful thanks to our guest contributors; James Blake and Karen Campbell, both from Edinburgh Napier University.

In addition to the texts and papers from the Unit 1 reader that are referenced in this podcast, the quote about Communities of Practice from Etienne Wenger’s website can be found, along with further interesting material on this topic, at:

http://www.ewenger.com/theory/index.htm

Following on from last week’s exploration of equivalence of experience issues, in this our last episode for Unit 1 Thinking about the online learner, Colin provides an Introduction to online learning communities.  With the kind help of our guest contributors, this episode explores what we mean by ‘learning communities’, the importance of community in online courses, and what makes for establishing effective online learning communities.

Many thanks to Colin for putting the podcast together, and to James Blake and Karen Campbell our guest expert contributers for this week’s episode.

Thanks for your comments and feedback about the podcasts - please keep them coming.

Julia

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In episode 2 of the SBOSE podcast we continue exploring key topics relating to the theme of Unit 1 Thinking about the online learner. This week we’ll explore the critical issue of equivalence of experience in wider, non-academic forms of support for blended and online learners from a starting point of asking, perhaps controversially, Why bother?

The following are the URLs of the online resources referred to in this episode, listed in the order that they are discussed. Please note these are not required reading for the current Unit, but are provided in case you would like to explore any of the examples discussed in this week’s podcast further.

Gilbert, S. W.  (2003) Why Bother? Article in TLT

http://www.tltgroup.org/gilbert/WhyBotherArticle.pdf

The Technology source archives: A model for effectively supporting e-learning

http://technologysource.org/article/model_for_effectively_supporting_elearning/

Assessment Teaching and Learning doc (LeedsMet)

http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/alt/

JISC e-Construction Transformation project

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/elearningsfc/sfcbookletectp.pdf

Online self-help center (University of Notre Dame)

http://ucc.nd.edu/self-help/

Cyber advisers (St. Petersburg eCampus)

http://www.spcollege.edu/ecampus/cyberadvisor/counseling.htm

Diversity Database (University of Maryland)

http://www.umd.edu/diversity/web/

Multi-cultural song index (University of Virginia)

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/arts/songs.html

The Changing Pace of Technology:  Technology is always changing so why bother to use it as it is often difficult to keep up? (Not mentioned in audio)

http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/investinyourself/whybother/changingpace

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