{"id":272,"date":"2018-05-18T18:01:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T18:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.471e43c11faaf157c32bf15d6-15341.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/onlineeducation\/?p=272"},"modified":"2019-10-10T09:42:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T09:42:09","slug":"whats-different-about-distance-inspireucem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/posts\/272","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Different about Distance? #InspireUCEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we launched the Online Learning Research Centre&#8217;s Inspire sessions.\u00a0 The aim of the sessions is to do exactly that, inspire our teams across UCEM to explore new ideas and enhance our programmes for all our students.\u00a0 We were very lucky to have Associate Professor David Smith, Head of the School of Education at Charles Sturt University, Australia.\u00a0 David spent the day with us, giving a talk in the morning and then running a workshop for us in the afternoon.\u00a0 David made sure that we realised that this was not a session where we would be talked &#8216;at&#8217; but that it was a learning conversation, which made a huge difference because we knew then that we had permission to ask questions and talk about our own ideas, inspired from the topics of our conversation.<\/p>\n<h3>Guiding Principles<\/h3>\n<p>A key area of interest for me was the idea of a set of guiding principles or standards that we could apply as the benchmark that should be included in all our modules.\u00a0 There are various principles or standards from other universities and we actually do have our QA regulations that guide us to ensure that we can offer a consistent student experience.\u00a0 However, it was good to hear about how they are used at Charles Sturt University and how we could bring them into our design methodology when we begin our new round of design in August.\u00a0 They act as a kind of expectation of what we should be including and something that both our online education technologists and our tutors have agreed should be in every module.\u00a0 Seems perfectly sensible to me.<\/p>\n<p>The second part of the day was spent in teams looking at creating these standards\/principles and also looking at rubrics.<\/p>\n<p>It was a fulfilling day for everyone, there was a chance for everyone to talk with David and he was able to return the next day to meet with our teams individually and help us to explore more with him.\u00a0 We are very grateful for the time he took out of his busy schedule to share his experiences and his research with us.<\/p>\n<p>David Smith: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/djs2206\">@djs2206<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/271447552?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ember2895\" class=\"ember-view\">(Edit by Tharindu 10th October 2019: Transcript available <\/span><a id=\"ember2899\" class=\"feed-shared-text-view__hyperlink ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/S1QULq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/S1QULq<\/a><span id=\"ember2903\" class=\"ember-view\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We are also very excited to hold our next Inspire Session, June 28th with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/digital-learning\/contact-us\/staff\/snc1m13.page\">Stephan Caspar<\/a> from the University of Southampton:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open Voice<br \/>\nHow to Enrich and Engage through Podcasting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Educators can harness the power of podcasting to tell engaging stories and connect with their learners. This session will explore tips and techniques for creating and capturing audio content. By the end of the session, you\u2019ll have a plan for a series of podcasts, have taken your first steps in recording and shared your content. We\u2019ll discuss the challenges and issues of the medium, how to nurture your listenership and ensure a two-way dialogue. You will need an iOS device such as an iPhone or iPad and be ready to talk, record, create and share.<\/p>\n<p>Stephan Caspar:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dotsandspaces\">@Dotsandspaces<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in attending, then please get in touch with <a href=\"mailto: t.liyanagunawardena@ucem.ac.uk\" rel=\"noopener\">Tharindu Liyanagunawardena<\/a>, who leads the OLRC.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-moment\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/moments\/996023936088502272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">What\u2019s different about distance? <\/a> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we launched the Online Learning Research Centre&#8217;s Inspire sessions.\u00a0 The aim of the sessions is to do exactly that, inspire our teams across&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[29,28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1422,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/1422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ucem.ac.uk\/onlineeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}