Translating the future: Team Enhanced Creativity approach to harnessing technology for learning John

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Translating the futureTeam Enhanced Creativity
approach to harnessing technology for learning
John CookCentre Manager
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e-learning future

• The futures we inherit are not of our own making,
  but the futures we create for generations of
  learners arise out of our ability to imagine a
  better world.
• (Paraphrasing Henry Giroux)

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Translating the future can be tricky!

• I think there is a world market for maybe five
  computers
• (Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM in 1943 )

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Working in teams can be tricky!!

• Getting academics together to work on e-learning
  has sometimes been said to be like trying to
  herding cats
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Recognising creativity can be tricky!!!

• We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on
  the way out
• (Decca Recording to the Beatles when rejecting
  them in 1962 )

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TEC involves 6 phases

• Agree contract
• Ensure Head of Department was on board
• Brainstorming at Wolfson
• Ongoing team meetings
• Incorporating student and tutor (user) feedback
  into design
• Summative evaluation

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Student feedback

• 100 interactivity
• 100 access anytime
• 93 access anywhere
• 93 working at my own speed
• 80 assessment/self-test exercises
• 67 audio/commentary
• 60 thought the visual components were important

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Student feedback

• I don't think I would change anything. Everything
  fits perfectly.
• I enjoyed the learning objects very much.
• For me its just perfect. I really can't think of
  anything better!!!
• I think they are great, no need of improving.
• I was completely content with everything. I even
  improved my IT knowledge.
• Very good learning tool that helped me a lot.
• Is really good that you can access information
  online! It improves learning very much!!

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Feedback from HoD

• Debbie Holley presented the suite of
  Reusable Learning Objects developed and evaluated
  with students to a recent Departmental Management
  Team meeting. Head of Department, Bob Morgan
  commented
• As a department we are very keen to
  promote cutting edge technological research
  activities, and students and tutors are to be
  commended on their work.

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Outputs

• Outputs so far include (see Dissemination section
  in TEC Report)
• 6 refereed papers/symposium
• 17 invited talks
• And the future

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