The day consists of a series of talks and interactive workshops centered around current innovations in digital learning. The morning sessions will consist of a brief introduction summarizing the events of the day, leading onto four workshops before lunch.
The first round of workshops offers the attendees the opportunity to hear about some of the latest research to have been conducted by School of Visual Simulation (SimVis), as well as the chance to design and develop their own digital learning resource. Topics such as the role of audio and video technologies in workforce development and developing digital learning habits will also be discussed.
After lunch, the four workshops will be run again giving attendees the opportunity to attend the ones they missed out on before lunch. The day will end with coffees and a talk about the importance of measuring the impact of digital learning.
Itinerary for the day
09:30 Registration and tea/coffee
10:00 Welcome and introductions
10:30 Staying safe online. Learning resources for cyber awareness
11:30 Workshops
1. Making the most of audio and video for workforce development
2. Glasgow School of Art, School of Visualisation and Simulation (SimVis)
SimVis is an undergraduate and postgraduate research and commercial centre of The Glasgow School of Art. Its intense learning and research environment exploit the interface between science, technology and the arts to explore imaginative and novel uses of advanced 3D digital visualisation and interaction technologies. SimVis is proudly presenting some of its research and academic outcomes.
- Advanced virtual reality simulations for dangerous working environments and accident scenario training
- Using augmented reality to prevent kids from smoking
- Learning about skin breakdown
3. Digital learning design mini hackathon (UWS Education Futures)
The Certificate in Digital Learning Design run by Education Futures at the University of the West of Scotland is an opportunity to be creative, to experiment, to work collaboratively, to share experiences and to learn by doing. This workshop will give you the full digital learning design experience as you design, develop and create your very own digital learning resource (in 40 minutes).
4. Developing digital learning habitats (Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning)
With growing recognition of the role of social learning in the workplace, this session will explore how you can steward different digital tools and spaces to develop digital learning habitats that support communities of practice. Participants will have an opportunity to identify and map the tools and other tools commonly used in their teams, organisations and communities.
12:30 Lunch
13:15 Three highlight projects
- MyLearning
- Skin Breakdown
- Peer assessment for open badges
14:00 Workshops (as morning session, see 11.30am above)
15:00 Coffee
15:15 How do you know you’re making a difference? Measuring the impact of learning and development.
16:00 Finish