DIAL: Communications and Dissemination Activities
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 stage of the project? In what ways have you integrated evaluation into stakeholder activities? Attach or provide URLs for any relevant dissemination or presentation materials, and please ensure these are linked to from the Design Studio. Include details of any publicity the project received during the reporting period.
Timing |
Dissemination Activity |
Audience |
Purpose |
Key Message |
November 2011 | ||||
11/11/11 | Kick off meeting | JISC team and UAL staff, student rep senior management 15 in attendance | Start project | Meeting notes: http://process.arts.ac.uk/sites/default/files/notes-project-visit-_0.doc |
15/11/11 | Learning Studio | UAL Staff at LCC | Staff development in community of practice | An overview of JISC funded projects at UAL including ALTO and the new DIAL project – http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/learning-studio-alto-dial |
14/11/11 | Enterprise week | UAL Students, alumni and industry members 30 plus in attendance | Enterprise week session: | ‘Sharing knowledge improve and develop professional identities’ |
21/11/11 | Meeting web environment – Information services | Web environment team | Key staff | Collaboration and alignment |
22/11/11 | Meeting NUS president | NUS president x 1 | NUS and DIAL | Collaboration and alignment |
22/11/11 | DIAL project operational team meeting | Kick off meeting x 5 | Kick off meeting | See team here – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/dial-project-team/ |
30/11/11 | Team meeting | 14 WCA staff | Meeting with WCA technical team | http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2011/12/01/meeting-wimbledon-technical-staff/ |
December 2011 | ||||
01/12/11 | E-Learning Strategy Group Meeting ELSG 01/12/11 | Key elearning staff at UAL 10 attendance | Intro Collaboration and alignment | Collaboration and alignment – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/04/29/e-learning-strategy-group-meeting-elsg-011211/
http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2011/12/01/meeting-wimbledon-technical-staff/ |
06/12/11-13/12/11 | Introduce DIAL project to key staff at colleges. | Key staff contacts in each college at UAL Alex Lumley CSM, Mark Constable (CCW), Jason Copley (LCC), Alison James (LCF) | Intro Collaboration and alignment | Collaboration and alignment |
12/12/11 | Learning Studio | Key staff drop-in at LCC | DIAL Update | http://process.arts.ac.uk/category/project-groups/learning-studio |
19/12/11 | LCF staff meeting | Key staff (technical team x 4) | Community and support | |
January 2012 | ||||
18/01/12 | Learning and Teaching day 2012 | UAL Staff and students 35+ in attendance at LCF | Learning and teaching day | Open discussion around issues being addressed by the DIAL project, see full transcript here – http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/dial-project-defining-digital-identity-practice |
23/01/12 | Learning Studio | Staff drop-in at LCF 10 in attendance | Support and update for staff at UAL | Learning Studio |
Twice monthly | In situ | All DIAL project groups (Individually) | DIAL project tem meeting individual | Update and support projects |
Jan | In situ | As above with Duna project evaluator | As above | Starting Evaluation |
February 2012 | ||||
07/02/12 | Learning Studio | UAL Staff at LCF, 15 in attendance. | Staff development in community of practice | An overview of JISC funded projects at UAL – DIAL project |
21/02/12 | Developing your online professional identities | Staff from Learn IT and SEE x 5 at HH | Key projects UAL | First meeting of group collaboration project – http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/developing-your-online-professional-identities |
22/02/2012 | Dial invited to present at the STAFF & CAREER DEVELOPMENT FORUM | The deputy Rector and key UAL staff x 12 at HH | Discussion item – DIAL update lead by Chris Follows | See – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/04/24/staff-career-development-forum-22022012/Was recommended by the deputy Rector DIAL present to the Academics (See July 2012) |
Twice monthly | In situ | All DIAL project groups (Individually) | DIAL project tem meeting individual | Update and support projects |
March 2012 | ||||
08/03/12 | Open education at UAL – Global open education week http://www.openeducationweek.org/ | UAL Staff and students 8 in attendance at CSM | Why and how could we make our course more flexible? | See – What kind of digital skills or literacies do we need to participate in and navigate across the growing ‘open commons’ of educational content? http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/04/13/open-education-week-at-the-ual/ |
09/03/12 | Student enterprise and employability presentation and intro | The SEE team meeting 9 staff in attendance at HH | Key SEE team staff | Collaboration opportunities |
12/03/12 | DIAL project board meeting agenda | Key UAL staff | DIAL project set up, update and overview. | Please see – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/03/22/dial-project-board-meeting-agenda-120312/ |
19/03/12 | Learning Studio | CSM and wider UAL staff 20 in attendance | Staff development in community of practice | The DIAL projects drop-in – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/03/19/learning-studio-workshop-on-digital-and-social-media-for-teaching-and-learning/ |
19/03/12 | Presentation to all staff meeting – Student enterprise and employability | SEE all staff meeting | Key SEE staff | Collaboration and alignment – http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/developing-your-online-professional-identities |
21/03/12 | LCF-Ology | UAL and LCF Staff 30 in attendance | Drop in session talk about DIAL | Please see – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/03/20/what-is-lcf-ology/ |
26/03/12 | 2nd meeting Developing your online professional identities | Learn IT and SEE staff x4 in attendance | Key SEE staff | Collaboration and alignment – http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/developing-your-online-professional-identities |
Twice monthly | In situ | All DIAL project groups (Individually) | DIAL project tem meeting individual | Update and support projects |
April 2012 | ||||
16/18/04 2012 | Cambridge 2012 will combine OER12 and the OCW Consortium’s Global Conference. | International audience 50 + in attendance | Sector dissemination and collaboration.Presentations were DIAL, SCORE and ALTO related. | Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact – Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education – http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/audio-recording-cambridge-2012-processarts-case-studyEmbed, don’t bolt-on: promoting OER use in UK universities – http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/embed-dont-bolt-promoting-oer-use-uk-universities |
254\12 | Wimbledon college of Art | WCA | DIAL & ALTO focus group for open education at UAL | Open education – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/04/11/open-education-at-the-ual-focus-and-discussion-group-meetings/ |
Monthly | Team Meeting | All DIAL project groups (Individually) | DIAL project team meeting individual | Update and support projects |
May 2012 | ||||
16/05/12 | Drawing on All Resources: University of Brighton | National conference presentation | Developing open educational practice in art, design and media. | http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/case-study-pt1-oep-processarts-ual |
22/05/12 | Strategic Development SMT | Deputy Rector for strategic development and senior managers | Strategic Development SMT DIAL presentation | http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/05/24/dial-project-update-strategic-development-smt-22-may-12/ |
Monthly | Team Meeting | All DIAL project groups (Individually) | DIAL project team meeting individual | Update and support projects |
28/05/12 | Rector meeting | Rector and Shan Wareing | Institutional support for DIAL | Rector writes on his blog – see http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/06/13/digital-technologies-for-learning-and-teaching/ |
June 2012 | ||||
07/06/12 | Learning Studios at LCC | UAL staff | Presentation of DIAL groups | http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/05/24/learning-studio-workshop-in-using-digital-social-media-for-teaching-and-learning-17-00-19-00-thursday-june-7th/ |
26/06/12 | IT meeting with director of IT | DIAL and IT team | IT UAL and DIAL collaborations – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/06/26/it-ual-and-dial-collaborations/ | |
27/06/12 | Meeting with CCSkills, SEE and DIAL | CCSkills team, SEE and DIAL | Meeting to explore collaboration and support | See – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/07/10/meeting-with-ccskills-see-and-dial/ |
29/06/12 | Academic Leaders forum | Rector and deputy Rector and UAL Academic Leaders x 35 | Academic Leaders forum DIAL presentation | See: http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/academic-leaders-forum |
30/06/12 | Conference | ARLIS conference international | Introduction to DIAL | ARLIS – http://dial.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2012/06/27/arlis-annual-conference-dial-slides/ |
Monthly | Team Meeting | All DIAL project groups (Individually) | DIAL project team meeting individual | Update and support projects |
July 2012 | ||||
02/07/12 | LCF learning studio | UAL Staff 25 participants | DIAL updates | http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/learning-studio-workshop-digital-tools-and-social-media |
04/07/12 | HEA annual conference | National conference | Presentation DIAL, SCORE and CLTAD related | HEA – http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/hea-conference-2012-oer-social-media-content-communities-within-arts-design-media |
Monthly | Team Meeting | All DIAL project groups (Individually) | DIAL project team meeting individual | Update and support projects |
10/07/12 | Academic team meeting LCF | 4 teaching staff in meeting | DIAL support for Academic team | Collaboration and support |