Newsletter 2011/2

Hello TEPL member,

We wanted to update you on some of the activities of our Technology Enhanced Professional Learning (TEPL) and related news:

1.    Challenge 5 event with Dr Stefanie Lindstaedt, Graz University

2.    Challenge 6 event with Julie Clow, Google

3.    First TEPL webinar

4.    ORIOLE Survey

5.    TEPL Ning platform

1. Challenge 5 event- Technology support for professional learning

Keynote speaker: Dr Stefanie Lindstaedt

Knowledge Management Institute, Graz University of Technology (TUG), Austria

8^th of June 2011, 11:00-16:00, GCU London, 40 Fashion Street, Spitalfields, London, E1 6PX

More information about the event and TEPL SIG can be found on our wesbite http://uk-sself.ning.com/events/challenge-5-technology-support

To register fill in your details here

2. Challenge event 6 - Approaches to and models of professional learning

Leadership Development in "The Cloud": A Google Case Study

Julie Clow, Ph.D, Learning and Organisational Development Manager, Google, San Francisco, USA

28^th of June 2011, 11-16h, Glasgow Caledonian University, William Harley Building H113, 70 Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA

More information about the event and the TEPL SIG you can find on our website http://uk-sself.ning.com/events/challenge-6-approaches-to-and

To register fill in your details here

3. WebinarsWe are starting a series of Webinars which would be seminar held online around areas of work that TEPL members are researching and using in their professional learning practice. The first webinar will be held on August 19^th.

In this webinar Dr Keith Smyth (Edinburgh Napier University) will explore technology-enhanced approaches to staff development, and invite participants to discuss where we need to rethink current staff development provision, including Pg Certificates in Learning and Teaching, to encourage educators to engage critically and creatively with the place of technology-enhanced learning in the current HE landscape and their own teaching practice.

More information about the following webinar will be available on our TEPL website http://uk-sself.ning.com/

5. ORIOLE Survey

ORIOLE (Open Resources: Influence on Learners and Educators) (http://orioleproject.blogspot.com ) would like to hear from educators that create/use/reuse online resources (even if use is offline). They have launched an survey (see website above) and would appreciate your responses. The average time to complete the survey is 20 minutes and there is a charitable payback. Respondents are asked to select charities from a list, with the most popular three each receiving £100. So please try the survey and, if you are interested in open content and open educational resources, watch ORIOLE and spread the word. The survey ends on 26 May results of the survey will be disseminated from July. (Note that its not iPad or mobile friendly as it uses card sorts which for some devices render as massive grids, so seek out a bigger screen for this one).

5. TEPL Ning platform