LTHEChat returned last night with a chat on Staff and Student “Digital” Development led by Simon Thompson (@digisim) supported by the new backroom team.
There will be a Storify but I thought I would provide a personal curation of the key conversations that I engaged with or noticed during and after the chat.
This is made easier by a WordPress feature that converts the URL of a tweet into an embedded tweet.
Hint: click on the embedded tweets to access the conversations.
Question 1
Q1: What can institutions do to incentivise staff to engage in digital skills development? #LTHEchat
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 13, 2017
A1: Provide cake … #lthechat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
A1: Task driven … "If you need to do this use this" with signposting to excellent on-line resources and people and communities #lthechat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
A1 recogntion, not reward – you cant pay or promise promotion for upskilling, but you can recognise effective practice and effort #lthechat
— Matt Cornock (@mattcornock) September 13, 2017
A1 get people who use it already to enthuse others, worked at my institution via @S_J_Lancaster #LTHEchat
— Robert Jenkins (@rbrtjnkns) September 13, 2017
Question 2
Q2: What "digital skill" have you learnt which has had most positive impact on student learning? #LTHEchat
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 13, 2017
A2: knowing how to programme, how the web works and not being afraid of the browser. #lthechat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
A2 Getting better at LaTeX and becoming more fluent using software etc. #LTHEchat
— Julie avec un T (@combatbb) September 13, 2017
A2 lead by example and demonstrate a love of messy learning and getting things wrong at first ! 🙂 #LTHEchat
— Deb Baff (@debbaff) September 13, 2017
Love this answer – do we need to provide "safe spaces" to fail in? #LTHEchat https://t.co/E4ilbTXOAc
— Simon Thomson (@digisim) September 13, 2017
Question 3
Q3: What was the last digital development you undertook? Why? #LTHEchat
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 13, 2017
A3: introducing OneNote Class Notebook into a course. 1. To work around issue with new campus lecture AV (infinite whiteboard) #lthechat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
A2: 2. to provide a place to gather and easily assess student portfolios for a lab course #lthechat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
A3: 3 to encourage group work and collaboration … didn't quite crack that but I have hopes. #lthechat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
A3 I did #clmooc this summer lots of (digital) development, but focus on creating/connecting not digital #LTHEchat
— Clare Thomson (@ClareThomsonQUB) September 13, 2017
Question 4
Q4: What role can students play in supporting the digital skills development of staff? #LTHEchat
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 13, 2017
A4: here hoping to learn the answer to that question #LTHEChat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
we can learn from each other … I know Matlab, you teach me snapchat. #lthechat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
Question 5
Q5: What role should staff play in the digital skills development of students? #LTHEchat
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 13, 2017
A5: model the professional approach to using our digital skills. #LTHEchat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
which brings us back to where we started … the digital skills of staff #lthechat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
Question 6
Q6: Share one digital "tool" that you would recommend to others (and why). #LTHEchat
— LTHE Tweetchat (@LTHEchat) September 13, 2017
A6: my current favourite is OneNote … it's extremely flexible and its potential largely untapped. #lthechat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
A6: I also think Teams for Education (Office 365) is going to be big. #lthechat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
A6: if advising colleagues, I'd say "join twitter" and observe the next #LTHEChat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
A6: smart phone as a producer not consumer of content. Extremely powerful. #lthechat
— Chris Jobling (@cpjobling) September 13, 2017
Other Conversations
It’s official 🔑 – higher education students 🎓 want staff to be better with digital ⚡️, not to use more of it 🤔🤖 https://t.co/DVvMGwzUzQ
— Eric Stoller (@EricStoller) September 13, 2017
Being cynical here but: make it a compulsory part of the appraisal/annual PDR process? #LTHEchat https://t.co/uXS6asgxIL
— Rosie Hare (@RosieHare) September 13, 2017
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