Communities - ALT
Published on Nov 20, 2015
A short talk for my visit to Oxford Brookes to meet with a delegation from Indian HE's
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Fiona Harvey
Vice-Chair ALT
Education Development Manager
University of Southampton
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Developing communities with Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
SIGS I am chair of -
ALT MOOC SIG & at the University of Southampton, the Digital Literacies SIG
ALT MOOC SIG & at the University of Southampton, the Digital Literacies SIG
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What is a SIG?
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How do the work?
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International
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Virtual & Physical presence
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Opportunity to meet and share enthusiasm
Opportunity to use virtual communication to share good practice
Use Sharepoint to communicate online with Face to face meetings every semester
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Smaller groups set up to work on projects
- social media guidance
- digital badges
- iChamps
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DLSIG reports to other University commitees and works strategically
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Membership is open to all members of the Uni community
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Benefits of SIGs
- brings expertise together
- brings enthusiasm
- focus on specific area of interest
- can be used for monitioring
- creates resources
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