Nottingham 2012-12-11

Future Learners, new Opportunities and Technology
CETIS / CIePD Special Interest Group - event

11th December 2012, 10:00 to 16:00

Hashtag: #cetisfloat

The Senate Chamber, The Trent Building, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD
 * Visitors Parking - University Park
 * Campus map and directions
 * Google map

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We are witnessing major change in the educational and economic landscape. High fees, unemployment, new working patterns and of course, the need to demonstrate ‘employability’.

At the same time, new practices and technologies are emerging. For instance, Massive/Little Open Online Courses (M/LOOCS), big data, semantic web and Open Badge technology together with a major shift in digital culture - all offering opportunities for learners to access learning in new ways.

The aim of this event is to explore these opportunities from the viewpoint of the learner/individual and develop the community of interest around these areas:-
 * How can we support the learner to take control of their own learning?
 * What infrastructure should/could we provide as institutions?
 * Do the concerns and priorities of our learners go beyond institutional requirements?
 * Can new open technologies be truly democratic, accessible and sustainable?

There are other communities, in CETIS and elsewhere, either focusing around institutional concerns and needs, or around facilitating the discovery and use of learning resources. But the e-portfolio community, including the CIePD as well as people from JISC and CETIS, has been where the needs of the individual learner have been most prominently discussed. This meeting is partly intended as a gathering point for the ongoing community of interest and practice around supporting learners of all kinds and at all levels, using technology focused around individual needs.

Programme schedule
We are privileged to welcome Doug Belshaw from Mozilla to introduce Open Badges and to run a Badge design process workshop.

10:00    Arrival and refreshments

10:30    Welcome and introductions

10:45    Doug Belshaw, Mozilla (intro to badge + badge design process)

11:15    Lightning talks (in alphabetical order):
 * Alan Paull @alanepaull : "Learning with board games and virtual board games"
 * Andy Heath @andy_heath_ : "ePortfolio processes and personalisation - a resurgence in demand?"
 * Dominik Lukeš @techczech : "Scaling up peer assessment: trust-enhanced Personal Learning Networks for a Post-Portfolio future”
 * Joss Winn @josswinn : "Student as Producer is hacking the university: Involving learners in the re-production of the university"
 * Julian Tenney @xertedeveloper: "You learn a lot when you teach: Student Generated Content."
 * Kirstie Coolin @kirstie_C : "'We are all individuals!' - knowledge exchange, open data, portfolios and discovery in an accessible employability ecosystem"
 * Neil Bachelor @neilbachelor : "Measuring Lifelong Learning (E-Portfolios become Big-Data)"
 * Simon Grant @asimong : "Skills and competences reinvigorating the e-portfolio landscape"
 * Steve Coppin @steve_coppin : "Points, placements and employability at Kent"
 * Steve Stapleton @opennottingham : "Open iBooks, OER on the iPad"

Slides for most of these presentations are on the CIePD slideshare site

12:30    Lunch

13:15    Parallel workshop 1: Design your own badge - processes and practicalities (Doug Belshaw)

13:15    Parallel workshop 2: Developing a shared vision - Activities and discussion

14:15    Sharing the vision
 * Share your badges and comments
 * Future actions: shaping the community

15:30    Refreshments and cake

16:00    Close