16th Annual SEDA Conference 2011

16th Annual SEDA Conference 2011

Using Technology to Enhance Learning

Conference Programme

Day One: Thursday 17th November

09.15 – 09.45 Registration and tea & coffee

09.45 –10.00 Welcome and Introductions

10.00 – 10.45 Keynote Address – How far have we (really) come? Helen Beetham

10.45 – 11.15 Break

11.15 – 12.45 Parallel Session 1

1. Open Educational Resources Symposium : Developing the inclusive practitioner: a workshop exploring the use of OERs to support the continuing development of ‘professional values’ in HE Christine Hockings View Presentation 1 ; From use to production: evaluating how OERs can best support student learning Barbara Lee and Jenny Anderson and OERs for academic development Jane Hughes and Holly Smith
   
2. Digital thinking: working with staff to embed information and digital literacy Alan Masson, Helen Beetham and Catherine O’Donnell
   
3. Engaging educators in PG Certs: from content to online collaborative creation Julia Fotheringham
   
4. 'Horses for courses': a comparative approach to developing staff use of technology   Pam Parker, Sally Bradley, Fran Beaton and Jane Carne View Presentation 4
   
5. Employing the 3E (enhance-extend-empower) framework to underpin institutional practice in the active use of technology Keith Smyth and Stephen Bruce View Presentation 5
   
6. Using free web-based tools for collaborative e-learning Chris Thomson View Using-free-web-based-tools-for-collaborative-e-learning and Mirror, mirror on the wall? Blogging as reflection Ruth Ann Smith View Presentation 6
   
7. "It takes more than giving me a laptop and the reading software you know!" Approaches to supporting teaching and learning for students with dyslexia Liane Purnell and Sue Griffiths View Presentation 7
   
   

8. Developing and embedding technology-supported assessment and feedback processes across an institution Stephen Bostock and Matthew Street Presentation 8a Presentation 8b Presentation 8c Presentation 8d
   
9. LiveStreaming: for whose benefit anyway? From pedagogy to practice Janet Cole and Nicholas Fernando View Presentation 9
   
10. Implementation of a podcasting project targeting key stages of a three year undergraduate programme Jacqueline Nicol and Karen Campbell  View Presentation 10
    
11. A learning design support environment; using technology-enhanced learning to support teachers in developing their practice Steve Ryan, Liz Masterman, Joanna Wild and Diana Laurillard
    
12. Technology for the untechnical: lessons from a successful educational project involving technology Celia Popovic, Anne Hill and Ruth Lawton View Presentation 12
    
13. Making the transition virtually: online learning tools to help international students acquire the study skills and knowledge of academic culture needed for UK higher education Julie Watson View Presentation 13
    
14. VLEs and meeting student expectations Maria Tannant
    

15. Telling stories through Web 2.0   Nicholas Fernando and Janet Cole View Presentation 15
    
16. Supporting research students to prepare for their viva - a new online tool Peter Hartley and Gina Wisker
    
17. Developing reflective practice with lecture capture? Juliet Hinrichsen
    
18. Innovating real time assessment for stimulating business reality: a radical change in assessment using technology to drive the experience Anni Hollings and Paul Dobson
    
19. Using podcasts to enhance student learning and support Karen Strickland and Colin Gray View Presentation 19 Episode-5-an-outside-broadcast-from-the-seda-conference
    
20. Introducing assessed multi-format e-coursework on undergraduate degree programmes Bridget Middlemas Middlemas - chart Middlemas - booklet View Presentation 20
    
21. Getting started: using technology to enhance student transition into university Sue Watling and Andy Hagyard View Presentation 21
    
    

17.00 -18.00 Reading group & Poster session

Posters:

a. Engaging staff with use of GradeMark for enhanced student learning Joelle Adams and Roberts Anderson, Bath Spa University Adams and Anderson poster

b. Integrating recorded ‘talk through’ feedback on written assignments using Jing Felicity Harper, Hannelore Green and María Fernandez, The Open University

c. Developing staff and student digital literacy skills to live, work and thrive in a digital world Helen Howard, University of Leeds

d.Using ePortfolio to engage staff as students in their own learning development Ruth Lawton, Birmingham City University

e. Seeing the unseen: Using real-time data to measure online collaboration Sue Lee and Ben Scoble, Staffordshire University

f. Switching staff on to audio feedback Peter Lumsden, University of Central Lancashire

g. Practitioners as university teachers: building communities of practice through accreditation Jane Roberts, The Open University

h. Enhancing language proficiency in an online forum in EAP courses: a Malaysian experience Roziana Rosli, International Islamic University Malaysia

i.Using storyboarding as a planning tool for blended learning course development Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi, The University of the West Indies

j. Using a virtual learning environment to provide prompt and personalised support for students learning introductory programming Quan Dang, Tingkai Wang, Peiyuan Pan, Peter Chalk and Ken Fisher, London Metropolitan University

k. LibTeach: using a VLE organisation as a community space to support development of a community of practice of library teachers Rebecca Dearden and Rachel Myers, University of Leeds 

l. Online assessment feedback: the benefits and challenges of providing online student feedback  Angela Green, Leeds Metropolitan University

m. Bridging the gap between good pedagogic practice and effective use of new technologies: evaluating a learning design approach  Rebecca Galley and Simon Cross, The Open University; Maria Papaefthimiou, University of Reading; Natalie Parnis, Brunel University

n. Developing e-learning practice: 'horizontal' vs 'vertical' strategies  Geraldine Jones and Rachael Carkett, University of Bath

o. Towards flying solo - eteachng practice + online peer observation to engage staff in teaching/supporting learning online  Shirley Bennett and Lyz Howard, University of Hull

p.  Aligning virtual learning environments with international students needs  Sarah Clark, Nottingham Trent University

q.  Why, why, why, Delila?  Catherine Robertson, University of Birmingham and Elizabeth Cleaver, Newman University College

19.30 Drinks reception

20.30 Dinner


Day Two: Friday 18th November

08.15 – 09.00 Breakfast session for people new to SEDA – come and find out more about the organisation

09.15 – 09.30 Welcome Day 2

09.30 - 10.15 Keynote address: Supporting risk-taking cultures in teachers and learners - lessons learnt Julie Hughes, University of Wolverhampton

10.15 – 10.45 Break

10.45 – 11.30 Parallel Session 4

22. CANCELLED
    
23. Tales from the digital classroom: engaging staff with digital stories to enhance learning and teaching Jak Radice and Maureen Readle View Presentation 23
    
24. Developing pedagogy and practice: supporting and assessing sports coaching students with electronic technologies Angus Ryrie, Simon Roberts and Matthews Reeves
    
25. Using social media to develop your own professional learning network Sue Beckingham and David Walker  View Presentation 25
    
26. Transforming abstract/theoretical concepts into video format in order to enhance learning and teaching Marika Jones and Nick Birch View Presentation 26
    
27. How best to evaluate the effectiveness of a VLE Chris Rowell View Presentation 27
    
    

28. From institutional policy to individual practice: using learning technologies to develop and assess essential learning skills Sarra Powell View Presentation 28
    
29. Developing an online collaborative PG Cert TLHE Louisa Sheward and Lesley Hamilton View Presentation 29
    
30. ‘Being together’: creating social presence in short online courses for academic staff development Elaine Mowat
    
31. ‘How we live now’: students’ attitudes to technology and learning Neil Witt and Helen Beetham
    
32. Training Open University associate lecturers to use Elluminate for tutorials Annie Eardley and Elke St John View Presentation 32
    
33. CANCELLED
    

34. E-portfolios for learning Chrissi Nerantzi and Neil Currant
    
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36. The extended project qualification (EPQ) – opportunities for developing e-learning solutions for effective transition Henriette Harnisch and Lou Taylor-Murison
    
37. Using technology to enhance student engagement with feedback Stuart Hepplestone and Helen Parkin View Presentation 37
    
38. CloudEngine: creating networks for professional development and research Nick Freear and Rebecca Galley View Freear/Galley presentation
    
39. Teaching and learning within and beyond the classroom setting: technology enhanced or technology transformed? John Jessel