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Author Archives: Chris Follows
DIAL support for The Teaching and Professional Fellowship
As the final report of this project emerges, here is a short reflection on the context within which it was developed, as well as where it might lead us. The Teaching and Professional Fellowship “Learning videos- do they work for … Continue reading
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Benefits of DIAL to the Student Engagement (Digital) project:
Benefits of DIAL to the Student Engagement (Digital) project: The work of the Professional Online Identities group is of interest to the SE project ‘audience’ (students engaged in digital tech) and the POI event at LCC was really useful for … Continue reading
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Library Services things Unlimited update for DIAL draft final report
Library Services things Unlimited project update for the DIAL project draft final report. This project focuses on digital information literacy, addressing this initially through a process of discussion and confidence building with Library Services staff. See project overview.
DIAL engagement and influence in UALs strategic and departmental planning
Year one for DIAL was focused on senior management engagement and UAL strategy alignment – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/category/senior-management-and-strategy/ including UAL Strategic Development SMT meeting. In year two DIAL took a different approach in order to try and influence the small strategic objectives of … Continue reading
Reflections on the DIAL – Learn IT collaboration
Please see updates below from Christine Kelly from Learn IT reflecting on the Professional On-line Identities project (POI) collaborative work DIAL, SEE and Learn IT have been involved in over the past year and a half: What benefits has your project delivered and who are the beneficiaries? The … Continue reading
Organisational Development and Learning working in partnership with DIAL
Please see notes below from Anna Petts Head of UALs Organisational Development and Learning OD&L. The meeting with Anna, Christine Kelly from Learn IT and myself was a welcome and timely opportunity to reflect on the Professional On-line Identities project (POI) collaborative work DIAL, SEE and Learn … Continue reading
Refocusing of our strategy
How does DIAL align with the new refocusing of our strategy? See DIAL projects and activities UAL’s strategic plan under review in light of rapid changes in both sector and economy Three major areas identified as particularly important for review and … Continue reading
Digital literacies for open education
DIAL have been working closely with open education projects and developments across the university exploring the link between open practice and open digital literacies. DIAL are releasing all its resources as open educational resources (OERs). DIAL are currently in the … Continue reading
JISC Cluster meeting 26 April 2013
JISC Cluster meeting 26 April 2013 Chris Follows & John Jackson, University of Arts London, Meeting of London JISC Digital literacies Programme projects, UCL, 26 April 2013. Our cluster group (4 London DL projects) all gave project overviews. Digital literacies … Continue reading
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DIAL notes from the JISC Learning and Teaching experts meeting 23/04/2013
First time I’d been to a JISC Learning and Teaching experts meeting, it was great to hear all about all the JISC activities and progress across the various JISC programmes. I was pleased to hear JISC have some new programmes … Continue reading
Notes from kick off meetings ‘Understanding digital literacies at UAL
We kicked off the first ‘Understanding digital literacies at UAL definitions and competencies’ meetings at UALs High Holborn office, everyone enjoyed the debate and it was a great opportunity to have an open discussion about the issues. We’d like to … Continue reading
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Confessions of a DIAL Coordinator blog
Confessions of a DIAL coordinator’ blog documents the journey of Rossella Emanuele and Kaye Pryce in their new role of DIAL coordinators. It has the format of a journal of their individual journeys; it aims to be resource material for … Continue reading
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DIAL projects and activities
The DIAL project provides individuals, project teams, courses, conference groups or communities of interest a place to cluster groups of user generated content together, group forums can also be created. Users outside UAL can create accounts and fully contribute to … Continue reading
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Professional Online Identities (POI) workshops/programme
After meeting with Learn IT and SEE we concluded that a good approach we’d like to try is to offer some training/focus group sessions to programme/course staff and also the project staff. The idea being that we use this training … Continue reading
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Thoughts on developing a Digital Literacy open course
The DIAL project at UAL would be interested in creating or contributing to a Digital Literacy MOOC from user generated content and resources developed from its open content communities and DIAL projects on process.arts. We’d hope to experiment with independently … Continue reading
Meeting and survey notes for online identities project
The DIAL project met today with staff and students of the Performance Design and Practice course/subject area at Central Saint Martins. I met with around 65, 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students and course staff and had 15 to 20 … Continue reading
Social Media at UAL
On Monday 10 December I attended a Social Media Workshop at London College of Fashion by Claire Tomlins (PhD, CSM, 2010) who talked about where social media is being applied in corporate branding, something I was not to familiar with … Continue reading
Call for Student DIALogue digital researchers
Following the success of the DIAL student surveys (Six students + Six colleges) the DIAL project would like to identify and work with a group of six students (ongoing) one students from each college. The student researchers will work with … Continue reading
How can I contribute to DIAL?
Add content and comments to the DIAL blog and baseline blogs: In this video we walk through the process of joining my.blog.arts and joining group blogs like the DIAL UAL baseline blogs – http://ualdigitalbaseline.myblog.arts.ac.uk/ Baseline links – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/digital-baseline-links/ Call for … Continue reading
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CCW Technical Staff Away Day at the Imperial War Museum
DIAL presentation at the first All-CCW Technical Staff Away Day held at the Imperial War Museum London Download slides here – http://www.slideshare.net/ProcessArts/tech-away-day Links here – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/12/04/dial-project-highlight-report-291112/ DIAL Project Highlights This Period •WP 3: DIAL team Link •WP3: DIAL projects activity: … Continue reading
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DIAL Project Highlight Report – 29/11/12
DIAL Project Highlights This Period •WP 3: DIAL team Link •WP3: DIAL projects activity: Active, ongoing, new and emerging projects link •WP5: DIAL Project Blog Link •WP6: Ongoing Baseline Link 1 & Link 2 •WP6: Focus & discussion group meetings … Continue reading
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All-in-one UAL digital literacy blog activity
See all-in-one UAL digital literacy blog activity at: http://www.netvibes.com/dialproject#UAL_digital_literacies
E-Learning Strategy Group (ELSG)
DIAL attended the E-Learning Strategy Group (ELSG), as well as hearing a concise overview and update of all the current E-Learning developments & contacts at UAL that DIAL could be involved in or benefit from, it was also an opportunity … Continue reading
Today’s online identities panel schedule and links to all presentations
Enterprise Week 12-16 November 2012 – Improving Your Prospects through Online Profiles Post debate we have now set up this forum aims to encourage and continue the lively and constructive debate and presentations which took place at LCC on 15/11/2012 … Continue reading
DIAL proud sponsors of the ‘Digital’ Creative Enterprise Award
Very best wishes to all the nominees for Creative Enterprise Awards 2012 good luck from the DIAL team proud sponsors of the ‘Digital’ category. SEE will be hosting the fourth Creative Enterprise Awards at University of the Arts London as … Continue reading
DIAL Evaluation Report Year 1
DIAL Evaluation Report Duna Sabri October 2012 Introduction This report evaluates the progress of four projects within the JISC-funded UAL Project DIAL (Digital Integration into Arts Learning). This two year project is coming up to the end of its first … Continue reading
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Understanding digital literacies at UAL definitions and competencies
Understanding digital literacies at UAL definitions and competencies kick off meetings. DIAL are address Digital literacies in its own way (sustainable community networks) this is not to say this is the only way or that we can obtain generalised definitions … Continue reading
UALs DIAL project engagement and project capacity
In terms of ‘Managing expectations project scope met‘ in year one DIAL had differing success with engagement and managing engagement, given that DIAL is a project and not an institutional department or service and has limited resources and scope. DIALs … Continue reading
Online PPD skills & specialisms with a practice based accreditation tool
I’ve been part of the CCW (Chelsea) SICOM process and at one of the meetings, which brought together a wide cross section of staff we discussed issues and ideas I think DIAL could really support. I would really like to … Continue reading
DIAL Advisory Board 29 October 2012
Meeting minutes are being prepared…… DIAL Advisory Board meeting 29 Oct 2012 DIAL Advisory Board meeting 29 Oct 2012 AGENDA Meeting of the DIAL Advisory Board to consider the following items of business. The meeting will be held on Monday … Continue reading
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DIAL overview and update at Library Services Conference 2012
Chris Follows and Jess Crilly talk about University Projects DIAL and Process Arts and the Things Unlimited Information literacy project for Library Services part of the DIAL project at the Library Services Conference 2012 ‘Just One Thing’ Activity During the … Continue reading
Improving Your Prospects through Online Profiles
Enterprise Week 12-16 November 2012 For more information about this event http://see.arts.ac.uk/events/entweek/ or see event below: Improving Your Prospects through Online Profiles Date: 15 November 2012 Time: 3pm – 5pm Location: Podium Lecture Theatre, LCC, SE1 6SB Event details: Presenting … Continue reading
DIAL year 2 objectives
Lead and support wider collaborative ‘institutional’ objectives: (in collaboration with the new Digital Life programme and all involved projects) Define UALs digital projects and programmes use of the term ‘Digital literacies’. Debate and define UALs institutional understanding of terms associated … Continue reading
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Digital ‘present’ and futures new blog for CSM
Here’s a really great example of best practice in colleges taking ownership of their digital ‘present’ and futures – http://digitalpresent.myblog.arts.ac.uk/ My question would be who would set up and manage these kind of initiatives in all the other Colleges, this … Continue reading
Benefits of DIAL:
Benefits of DIAL inline with DIAL year 2 objectives. 1. Institutional digital literacies/leadership (Digitally literate organisation) 1.1. Digital Terms and definitions Support a cross college collaborative approach to policy and official terms associated to being a ‘digital literate university’ through … Continue reading
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How to join UALs my.blog.arts and blog groups
View this video on YouTube – http://youtu.be/y9BM30WFDws In this video we walk through the process of joining my.blog.arts and joining group blogs like the DIAL UAL baseline blogs – http://ualdigitalbaseline.myblog.arts.ac.uk/ Myblog.arts is UALs in house blogging service. The digital baseline … Continue reading
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DIAL at Crowd and cloud: towards a collaborative future
Open Education in Practice. Hard and soft skills for creating open educational resources (OERs) and open content communities Chris Follows, DIAL project manager (Digital Integration into Arts Learning) http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/about-dial/ will draw from resources developed during the DIAL project from the … Continue reading
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DIAL at the Library Services Conference 2012
Library Services Conference 2012 slides library-dial-process-arts-120920080658-phpapp02 ‘Green Shoots’ Chelsea College of Art and Design, 21st September 2012 (Download – LS CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 21.09.12) 9:30am to 10:00am Registration and NetworkingTea, coffee, and pastries Location: Canteen 10:00am to 10:10am WelcomeWelcome, housekeeping and … Continue reading
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Digital Research & Development Fund for the Arts
The £7 million Digital R&D Fund for the Arts is a partnership between the Arts Council, the AHRC and Nesta. http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/Funding-Opportunities/Pages/Digital-Research-Development-Fund-for-the-Arts.aspx It will support research and development projects that use digital technology to enhance audience reach and/or explore new business … Continue reading
UAL’s Strategy for Learning & Teaching and Digital Technologies
Slides for Professor Shân Wareing, Dean of Learning & Teaching Development presentation at CSM 20 September 2012 VIEW SLIDES HERE
A sustainable future for DIAL and a new ‘Digital Life’
I met with Shan Wareing (DIAL director) and Steve Howells (Digital Life programme manager) today and we discussed the new UAL ‘Digital Life Programme’ download brief , a new institutional led digital programme/strategy (more details follow soon). I first met with Steve … Continue reading
DIAL at ALT-C 2012
See presentation information, slides and recordings of DIAL of ALT-C 2012 - http://process.arts.ac.uk/category/tags/alt-c-dial
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DIAL presenting at the Library Services Conference 2012
Library Services Conference 2012 ‘Green Shoots’ Chelsea College of Art and Design, 21st September 2012 (Download – LS CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 21.09.12) See more details here – http://ccaddigitalbaseline.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/09/14/library-services-conference-2012/
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Open education at UAL group update
DIAL update – Open education at UAL 1. What were/are you aiming to achieve? Generating debate about the OER that addresses peoples’ fears, (mis)conceptions, and aspirations for what it might achieve Reviewing the factors that have underpinned achievements in ALTO … Continue reading
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DIAL at Cambridge 2012 OER12
Embed, don’t Bolt-on: promoting OER use in UK universities (full recording of panel session) Summary: Academic staff needs support in using OER. Five panelists share their institutional approaches. Panel: Joanna Wild, University of Oxford, UK Terese Bird University of Leicester … Continue reading
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Call for expressions of interest for DIAL small projects, support & case studies
UAL’s Digital Integration into Arts Learning (DIAL) project aims to carry out a small number of staff and student led projects and case studies, which will explore the pace of technological change and its impact on the day-to-day practices. As … Continue reading
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Staff and student engagement in digital literacies, with UAL academic leaders, academics and students
(Post last updated 18/07/12) I was recently invited to present at the academic leaders forum 29 June 2012 in Chesnut (by invitation of the deputy Rector via a staff development forum meeting), this was an extremely timely opportunity to catch … Continue reading
Meeting with CCSkills, SEE and DIAL
Katie Mills from SEE UAL Student Enterprise and employability and I had a very productive meeting with the CC Skills team on 27 June 2012. Research proposal – bespoke research project on digital skills needs The CC Skills team are … Continue reading
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Communications and Dissemination Activities
DIAL: Communications and Dissemination Activities DIAL dissemination Report on any communication or dissemination activities with project stakeholders or the wider community which have taken place during the reporting period. What strategies have you found useful for engaging stakeholders at this … Continue reading
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