Supporters must complete the proforma relevant to the category of Fellowship sought by the applicant. As a four-part series I am openly publishing my case studies previously submitted for my Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Me leading a Mahara developers workshop at Catalyst HQ in Auckland, New Zealand 2015. In the spirit of disclosure I'll tell you that not long after the deadline for applications had passed . I used the structure and technology of Case Study 1 (such as collaborative Word Documents) but reimagined for online learning, which consisted of guided talking head videos and a presentation, which gives space for more self-paced and self-referential learning than in-person teaching (Forsey et al., 2013; Hsin and Cigas, 2013; Li, 2020) [K1, K3, V3]. Though engagement was good, assessment of the Collaborative Word documents became more generalised (to avoid giving individual feedback in a mass group setting which may not be appropriate) which is not ideal, but gives space for students to assess their own submissions against the generalised feedback. Vygotsky, L.S. Fr Stephen Reilly published, "Parish renewal in the image of Barnabas and Paul, sons of encouragement" in the journal "Pastoral Review" and "Catholic Schools: Catholic High School Liturgy: A Faithful Presence Within" in the journal "Catechetical Review". 105117. (2006) Critical Information Literacy: Implications for Instructional Practice,The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32(2), pp. It was during this time that I decided to re-evaluate my support offer and see if I could do anything differently. The whole process took me around 6 months. Lloyd, A. The latter has featured as part of wider doctoral research into information literacy at York St John University (Dean, 2019) [A5] which has resituated my own understandings of my teaching as part of the wider teaching community, helping me to navigate how to talk about information literacy with academics in more nuanced ways [V3]. in a narrative. When I first heard about HEA fellowships, I assumed that, if successful, Id be upskilled by HEA (workshops, mentoring, a structured program of some sort, maybe even a grant ). Please choose which you would like to copy: Updated on 25 July 2018, 10:53 AM; 35290 page visits from 29 September 2015 to 4 March 2023, core knowledge needed to carry out those activities at the appropriate level, professional values that I adhered to whilst performing these activities, A2: Teaching and/or supporting student learning, A3: Assessing and giving feedback to learners, A4: Developing effective learning environments & approaches to support & guidance, A5: Engage in CPD in subjects/disciplines and their pedagogy, background as a dancer and dance teacher/choreographer, Building up your online professional profile, my own personal profile and online network, http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/socialmedia-help, Using Technology to Support your Graduate Associate Position, https://www.coursera.org/course/virtualinstruction, https://portal.solent.ac.uk/it-and-media/learning-technologies/staff-profiles/steve-hogg.aspx. Peach, T. and McCluskey-Dean, C. (2019)Diversity in information resources: working towards inclusion. Feedback gained from those who attend say they feel really positive about the sessions as they are learning a lot from their peers. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. As social media and networking involve an element of sharing your own personal data with the world, I knew that those attending my sessions would have very different experiences of using it and therefore I had to ensure that I was sensitive enough not to let those who dont want to use it feel isolated or singled out. I know that I learn better by reading instructions and doing the activity as I go, however Im also aware that some people prefer to watch a video before giving the activity a try. St Albans: Critical Publishing. Your email address will not be published. Recently, HR asked if I could combine my generic workshop with an overview of myPortfolio to the new intake of SSU Graduate Associates. From my examples above it is possible to see that I utilise a number of different methods for facilitating learning and the types of environments & settings used to support my training. Quality Evaluation Learning and Teaching Unit PhD co-supervisor "Authentic Leadership: The Development and Measurement of a Contemporary Leadership Theory in an Australian Context". If you work as part of a delivery team, be clear about what your role is in that team and the contribution you make to it. (2020) I dont like to be told that I view a student with a deficit mindset: Why it Matters that Disability Studies in Education Continues to Grow,Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 9(5), pp. Academic development, developing teaching materials, pedagogic research in higher education and designing and delivering workshops are all suitable examples of teaching and learning and in higher education and supporting these activities. It is important that when writing and building my support and help guides that I ensure that I use language that can be easily understood by the learners no matter how comfortable they are with using technology. I have created many online tutorials and guides to advise staff and students on using technology to support teaching and/or learning. Harmondsworth: Penguin. As shown above, I always try to ensure that I understand as much about my subject area as possible. Wenger, E. (2008) Communities of practice: learning, meaning, and identity. I chose the latter approach as I find it easier to be reflective I chose to also create bespoke videos specifically for this unit to ensure that the students will know exactly what to include in their myPortfolio page. For future development, consider sharing your findings not just within academic librarianship but everyone who is engaged with developing academic thinking. (2019)Identifying and facilitating a community of practice in information literacy in higher education. Armed with evidence of personal success, I went about pulling my experiences and findings into a workshop that could be delivered to students and staff at all levels. I have also completed MBA degree. Round 1, 2023. It is intended as a GUIDE, and not as a template to be followed References should be personalised. The main sections of this site are an overview of what myPortfolio is, examples of pages that can be built (and tools that support them), assessment processes, lecturer guidance and finally other types of portfolios. By the way, if you are stuck for ideas on how to write 1130. Just drop me a line any timeu and we can meet up for a HEA chat. Billett, S. (2009) Personal epistemologies, work and learning,Educational Research Review, 4(3), pp. The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is the national (UK) body which "champions teaching excellence" and seeks to inspire and improve teaching in higher education. The main examples of where I support learning are listed below. If you could, how would you? educating your staff and students about copyright. In: Chalmers, D. and Hunt, L. eds. https://blog.yorksj.ac.uk/lgbt/2019/10/11/diversity-in-information-resources-working-towards-inclusion-2/, The Practice and Promise of Critical Information Literacy: Academic Librarians Involvement in Critical Library Instruction, http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/16616, Flipping the sociology classroom: Towards a practice of online pedagogy, Multimodal pedagogy in TESOL teacher education: Students perspectives, Toward Inclusive Education? and Cigas, J. (2016) Access Is Not Problem Solving: Disability Justice and Libraries,Library Trends, 64(3), pp. MMus Music, The University of Huddersfield, 2015. Based in the United Kingdom, Advance HE (formally known as HEA) champions excellence in teaching and learning within the tertiary education sector globally. There are more than 150,000 HEA fellows in the world. To my surprise, thinking about my teaching and other work in terms of HEA framework gave me an unexpected feeling of comfort. University teaching in focus: a learning-centred approach. I circulated around the room, listening to various conversations to get an understanding of what students understood. The University will support you in your direct application for Principal Fellow (D4) to the HEA by bearing the cost of the application and holding occasional workshops to guide you through the application process. The point at which I see the students in their learning journey is before any summative or formativeassessment, and usually the academics have no initial assessment of their referencing skills or knowledge. Descriptors, outcome (Accept / Borderline / Refer), and any special comments: 2.I Successful engagement across all five Areas of ActivityAccept, 2.II Appropriate knowledge and understanding across all aspects of Core KnowledgeAccept, 2.III A commitment to all the Professional ValuesAccept. Your explanation of planning, creation of learning environments for learning and delivery of sessions all aligned nicely with your philosophical position. Sam has an excellent approach to her work and is professional in all aspects and is very well respected by her colleagues. We are able to award Fellowship in all categories - Associate Fellow, Fellow, Senior Fellow and Principal Fellow - to our staff at our four campuses. Peach, T. (2018) If you could, how would you? educating your staff and students about copyright. The Higher Education Academy awards Fellowship with an expectation that Fellows will remain in 'good standing'. focussed academics with a focus on senior and principal fellowships. I submitted my application in February 2014. The Poison information services will be provided free of cost to healthcare professionals and the public. I centre my pedagogy around a basis in constuctivism, particularly social constructivism (Vygotsky, 1978), with a humanist lens. We also would like to thank United Utilities for sampling sites, field work and physicochemical sample analysis. 253259. The types of activities I build into my sessions enable my learners to get involved and apply knowledge to their current situation. The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is a national body that champions teaching quality and focusses on the contribution of teaching as part of the wider student learning experience. using the application Educreations (Educreations 2016). (2020) I dont like to be told that I view a student with a deficit mindset: Why it Matters that Disability Studies in Education Continues to Grow, https://cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cjds/article/view/689, Introduction: Disability Studies in EducationCritical Conversations, https://cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cjds/article/view/688(Accessed. I was so inspired that I felt I had to share my new knowledge with the SSU staff and therefore came up with 7 Edutech Wonders series of seminars. Some students will even open up their existing LinkedIn accounts to share the before and after profiles. The framework seemed creating a table with every single criterion in one column and specific examples doi: 10.1177/1440783313504059. It includes detailed guidance from Advance HE as well as . This led me to think about what advice we give to our students at SSU about their own employability skills, and whether or not they knew how to exploit the free web for their own personal gains. The collaborative reference lists produced as a result of the problem-based learning in Case Study 1 also provided a great opportunity to explore ways to get the students to peer-review and assess the list against the criteria set out in the referencing guidance used [A3, K2]. A Theoretical and Hands-on Introduction to Foucauldian DiscourseAnalysis. Disabled students routinely experience difficulties with university structures, bureaucracy and systems which are not designed around them this includes pedagogy and support mechanisms (Blunkett, Mitchell and Norton, 2020) [V1, V2, V4]. Tewell, E. (2015) A Decade of Critical Information Literacy: A Review of the Literature,Comminfolit, 9(1), pp. 145163. Goodley, D.et al. JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research Poison Information at JSS Hospital, Mysore with the objective to improve the health of the public by minimizing or preventing the illness and death due to poisoning. This case study draws upon Case Study 1 and 2 within the context of becoming a remote worker during the COVID-19 pandemic, to explore my approach to transforming the pedagogies outlined there into a remote, online environment. Required fields are marked *. Some people break their HEA applications into specific points while others tell Sam has been working with us since 2008 firstly as an e-Learning Support Officer before becoming a Learning Technologist. Swanson, T. (2006) Information Literacy, Personal Epistemology, and Knowledge Construction: Potential and Possibilities,College & Undergraduate Libraries, 13(3), pp. that I may be missing something important and that there is never enough Learners are then shown examples of answers to help them get an idea of what language to use and what to write. In: Chalmers, D. and Hunt, L. eds. The Advance Higher Education Fellowship is an internationally recognised program. I wish to confirm that the evidence of teaching/support of student learning drawn on for the application ofSam Tayloris correct, and that the applicant has been working in a professional capacity in education for a minimum of two years, of which at least one must have been in Higher Education. The written application was submitted alongside two references, which I havent included here. Working with a disabled staff member who uses a screenreader, I have been re-developing referencing guidance through aspects of Universal Design, but critically applied so it re-centers disabled people in its focus without deficit thinking (Baglieri, 2020; Connor, 2020; Douglas and Santinele Martino, 2020). I explained to students that they needed to move around room, congregate at the stations they needed more help with, and help one another by discussing what they did and did not understand. We are developing further content around exemplars and will be continually updating this section of the website over coming months, so please do check regularly for updates and new content. This is an example of how Mahara can be used to build a portfolio of evidence. The Monash Education Academy (MEA) is accredited to offer routes to Fellowship through Advance HE. Thinking Australia might be next, I expressed interest in the program and went to MQs HEA workshop. In future, I will develop this further for students to self-assess to further the knowledge construction. This was a particularly impressive aspect of your claim which you demonstrated in relation to both scholarship and practice. To support the lecturers, I will now work with them individually to decide how the induction process would go; some will still book an IT room where the students will work through the videos in one session, others will drip-feed 10 minute activities week by week to be completed as homework. Application for Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy: Complete Reflective Commentary LJ 2 Lindsay Jordan Reflective Commentary My application for Senior Fellowship is based on many years' experience with university-wide teaching and learning advisory responsibilities. You should complete this section against the relevant descriptor statements (D1-D3) in the UKPSF, making sure that you provide evidence against appropriate Dimensions of the Framework. To view the exemplars for the level of fellowship you are applying for, select the appropriate link from the drop down lists below. You should complete this section against the relevant descriptor statements (D1-D3) in the UKPSF, making sure that you provide evidence against the relevant Dimensions of the Framework. 6. (LogOut/ for this criterion in the other column (see a small snippet below of how I did As much of my teaching is confined to single sessions, I have been developing ways to engage in self-assessment to inform the teaching within the session, as well as how I can engage the class collaboratively in assessing their work and giving feedback [A3, A4, K2]. At the end of most of my presentations I will often tell SSU staff to pop in to see me and bring their mugs so I can fill them with tea. In the seminar I gave all students a copy of the revision guide. (2018)Effective personal tutoring in higher education. Published On: 04/02/2022 To some technology is seen as a necessary evil and I can hopefully help them to see the benefits rather than the inconvenience. Preparing your HEA application Many colleagues have used our 'HEA Fellowships-on-one-page' handout, which is best printed out A3 in colour when working on your applications for Associate Fellowship, Fellowship, Senior Fellowship and Principal Fellowship. This whole assessment review depended on obtaining feedback from many parties; teaching staff, students and myself as a learning technology specialist. (Accessed: 3 October 2019]. Once the list was completed, I would ask the class to review the list against the referencing criteria and point out to me and the class what could be improved. When I was preparing to submit for Fellowship (FHEA), I struggled to find enough examples of written applications which werent from an academic lens, particularly in a librarian context where our relationship to certain aspects of the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF)such as assessmentis somewhat different. It is hoped that the three examples of ways in which I support learning (both staff and students) shows how I have carefully thought about how I deliver content and subject matter to my learners, taking into account their needs and levels of understanding. Students fedback enjoyed the breakout rooms and joint experience in Word in this module, but some experienced their submissions being accidently deleted which introduced assessment anxiety to the process, and I decided that in future, engagement marks would need more consideration when using open tools [K4, K5, K6]. I regularly attend conferences and webinars to do with educational technologies and I am often invited to present my knowledge on Mahara, Moodle and Social Media usage in education at both regional and national events. MSc Information and Library Studies, Robert Gordon University, 2019. The purpose of the self-assessment was also to encourage students to identify what they needed to do next to develop their learning or their confidence, such as to consolidate the class learning through practice, or to seek further support from me [V1]. (2019) Dyslexia: Shackles far beyond the written word, in McIntosh, M., Nicholas, H., and Huq, H. A. The YSJ Access and Participation plan (York St John University, 2019) outlines an above sector average proportion of disabled students (17.9% in 2017-18) with above average continuation rates but lagging attainment the disabled / non-disabled gap has increased over the last reporting period. Me presenting at MoodleMaharaMoot in Leipzig, Germany 2014. For example, a category of how students learn, both generally and within their subject/disciplinary area(s) still seems a bit broad to me, but. In these videos I explain an aspect of academic writing, for example, thesis statements. All the content in this portfolio was from when I worked at Southampton Solent University, and successfully became a Fellow of the HEA in May 2015. It was promoted by the Higher Education Academy (HEA, now Advance HE) as a way of recognising individual university teachers' contribution to learning and teaching.The framework allows eligible staff engaged in teaching and learning to apply for four categories of . I am an avid user of social media and use my professional online network to stay connected with peers in similar positions in other universities to share knowledge, advice and to stay up-to-date with key trends and emerging technologies. Happy HEA applications, my friends! I have anAcademia.Eduaccount which I use to publish my research to my network of followers on twitter and facebook. Applicants can review these project statements from successful fellowship applications for assistance in preparing their applications. In the revision guide I also reproduced the essential reading list, which would help students comprehend every ILO, and I asked students to jot down which ones they had and had not read. For the most part, the activity took the focus away from me, and enabled more confident students to share their knowledge and understanding of the ILOs, and thus engage in the higher order skill of teaching their fellow students. (1978)Mind in society: the development of higher psychological processes. Invited speaker: JISC RSC South East eLearning Fair: Weaving Employability into the Curriculum, Invited speaker: Highbury College Higher Education Conference. The resources below provide you with the relevant documents to start your application plus a copy of the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF), which underpins the Fellowship process: 192199. Referencing as a skill is one which often requires problem solving, and as such, I moved towards a Problem-Based Learning model (Brodie, 2013) [A2, A4, K2]. Either way, I will write and build the activities into their myCourse pages (see evidencebelow). Vygotsky, L.S. The spectrum chosen initially was a spectrum from I dont know anything to I know everything, which whilst seemingly effective, I realised was placing my self-assessment activities in a deficit model of learning that the students are lacking and need me as an educator to complete them whilst prioritizing knowledge over the practical application of that knowledge [A2, A3, K3].
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