Dr Jill Jameson

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ALT-C 2007 Beyond Control Nottingham 4-6
September 2007
Reflections on a Community of Practice in
e-Learning The JISC eLIDA CAMEL Project

• Dr Jill Jameson
• University of Greenwich

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Design for Learning
benefits of critical friends learning
from each other while developing new skills
through supportive reflection
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Design for Learning
benefits of reflection Enables you to engage
in critique, ask searching questions, consider
alternatives 1. What good things happened this
year? 2. What were your learning experiences? 3.
What will you take with you into 2008? 4. What
will you discard or leave behind?
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good practice is complex, situated,
specific no theory can fully describe it we
know more than we can tell (Polanyi) social
process of learning (Vygoksy, Wenger) thick/fat
case studies (Glenaffric) legitimate
peripheral participation
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opportunities of being supported by
mentors in a nomadic programme visits to support
each other and critique D4L practice
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• Some reflections from the team
• The CAMEL model has really worked well.
• I think we have become a close knit team where
  all our talents have been appreciated.
• Being involved in a project where all the project
  partners have experimented with new technology to
  see what its impact is on teaching and learning
  has been exciting.
• Im impressed by what we have achieved
  collectively so far and look forward to seeing
  further results from the partners.

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• Some reflections from the team
• We have all worked hard to understand how to use
  learning design tools and developed suitable
  learning designs for our students.
• Creating our designs, critiquing them internally
  and having the confidence to allow other partners
  in the project to critique them too has been a
  great experience.
• When delivering our learning designs I felt sure
  that they were as good as they could be.

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• Some reflections from the team
• The friendship and team work of such a focused
  group of individuals has been a wonderful
  experience.
• I learnt how Loughborough is taking LAMS
  forward into several curriculum areas. How Leeds
  will use LAMS with Moodle. How successful
  Greenwich Community College has been getting
  practitioners to use Moodle with the support of
  their learning guides. How well Dartford is
  transforming teaching by using the LAMS Moodle
  integration.

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University of Greenwich and FE/HE/Sixth Form
Partners

• staff development Web 2.0 learners/ teachers
• learning design/ designing for learning,
  leadership
• communities of e-L practice pedagogical planning
  tools

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Whats it about?

• Trialling design for learning sequences in LAMS,
  Moodle and RELOAD 2006-07
• Practitioner work and visits
• ALT, JISC infoNet, CAMEL partners involved

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• Implementing and evaluating
• Learning Design tools
• LAMS case studies, students
• Moodle- case studies, teachers
• RELOAD early trials

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Sharing and developing skills Collaborative,
open, slowish sharing process of critique Trust
very important
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• Develop skills in design for learning
• Mentor teachers new to e-learning case studies,
  discussion
• Outcomes case studies, evaluation

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nomadic community of practice
practitioners becoming learning designers
case studies individual and collective
evaluation and feedback, materials to JISC
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• Community of practice in design for learning
• JISC D4L JISC infoNet CAMEL
• www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/camel/index_html
• JISC-funded eLISA Project
• www.gre.ac.uk/elisa

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Thank you!

• JISC Design for Learning Programme
• eLIDA CAMEL Project
• www.gre.ac.uk/elidacamel