Mimas Learning Teaching Stories Dr Jackie Carter Senior

Mimas Learning & Teaching Stories Dr Jackie Carter Senior Manager: Learning &Teaching and Social Science Data Services

This Project Briefing » Mimas » The L&T stories project » Reflections - how this has benefited Mimas » Story for JISC conference (April 13 th)

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The L&T Stories Project » Context » What we did » How we did it » What we produced » What we learned » What we are going to do next

Context » Quantitative data (metrics, KPIs) › We do this already through our Service Level Agreements › http: //www. jiscmu. ac. uk/sims/news/view/176 » Increasing need to demonstrate impact › Research and funding councils › Narratives/Case studies/Stories › Value for Money measures

Context (references) of skills agenda » Leitch Review of Skills report, 2006 (Prosperity for all in the global economy) http: //www. hm-treasury. gov. uk/leitch_review_index. htmreport » Economic & Social Research Council. 2009. Building a world class social science research base in quantitative methods: a national strategy. ESRC Society Today. http: //www. esrcsocietytoday. ac. uk/ESRCInfo. Centre/Images/AQM%20 flyer_tcm 6 -34272. pdf » Mac. Innes, John. 2009. Proposals to support and improve the teaching of quantitative research methods at undergraduate level in the UK. ESRC Society Today. http: //www. esrcsocietytoday. ac. uk/ESRCInfo. Centre/Images/Final%20 Report_%20 Strategic%20 Adviser%20 for%20 Quantitative%20 Methods_tcm 6 -35465. pdf » UK Commission for Employment and Skills. 2009. Ambition 2020: world class skills and jobs for the UK: the 2009 report: key findings and implications for action. http: //www. ukces. org. uk/tags/key-findings/ambition-2020 -key-findings » Higher Ambitions http: //www. bis. gov. uk/policies/higher-education/shape-and-structure/higher-ambitions » Skills for growth http: //www. bis. gov. uk/policies/further-education-skills/skills-for-growth

Who did it » 2009 › Funded through our Strategic Investment Fund › Procurement of services » Sarah Currier acted as consultant www. sarahcurrier. com » Librarian; Metadata; e-learning; Learning object repository projects; worked for Intrallect; comoderator of DCEd Community; etc. Metadata, Repositories, Resource Sharing for Education Requirements, Research, Implementation, Management, Policy, Training, Evaluation, Interoperability Standards & Web 2. 0 Communities. . specialising in e-learning resource management and sharing, with a particular interest in metadata, controlled vocabularies, repositories, and the use of Web 2. 0 tools for sharing of materials and practice, and for community development.

The Aims and Outputs » Aim 1 › Collective showcase of benefits of Mimas services to L&T community » Aim 2 › How do Mimas services support skills base of undergraduates and taught postgraduates? › Focus on employability » Aim 3 › Who delivers the learning? How can Mimas services be embedded in L&T? » Aim 4 › What can we learn? » Stories based on 4 services › ESDS International › Census Dissemination Unit › Intute VTS and Internet Detective › Landmap » Final report

What we did » Collected stories (SC) › Uncover who’s doing what with the data in L&T » Semi-structured interviews (SC) › Teachers and students › Recorded where possible » Written up (SC with Mimas) › Googledocs › Sign off for web copy » Extracted key issues (SC with Mimas) › Real world real data › News items etc.

ESDS International

Census Dissemination Unit - Casweb web interface to census aggregate outputs and digital boundary data

Intute VTS and Internet Detective

Landmap

Who was involved Mimas service ESDS International Participants Paul Turner, Loughborough University Nick Weaver, Manchester University Story details Second year undergraduate course in econometrics Applied economics course for first year economics students; Applied Development Economics Project (ADEP): MSc in Development Economics and Policy; Masters level applied economics project with an evidence-based approach (planned for 09/10 academic year). CDU (Casweb) Prof. Philip Rees, Prof. John Stillwell, Dr. Myles Gould, Helen Durham, and Holly Shulman, Leeds University Using census data to teach human geography to second year undergraduates over two semesters: research methods, MAUP and ethnic populations. Intute Virtual Training Suite Liz Wright & Joe Newsome, Librarians, Doncaster College (Liz supports FE students, Joe HE students). Information skills training for new FE students in subject group cohorts, and for library assistants to ensure they can support students; Information skills and academic writing training for HE students (undergrad and taught Masters) in English, social sciences, law, criminology and education. Cynthia Patterson, University of South Florida Polytechnic Academic writing and information literacy skills for applied degree students coming from community colleges and the workplace: annotated bibliographies assignment and using the Internet for companies analysis report assignment. Bex Ferriday, Cornwall College, St Austell Campus Joanne Cheesborough, Sheffield Hallam University Using Internet Detective to support information literacy and academic writing and research for people gaining teaching qualifications. Groundtruthing with Landmap – Undergraduate Education and GIS at Sheffield Hallam University. Internet Detective Landmap

The Stories » All stories still being worked on for service websites » Will contain multimedia and be benefits led » May be web-based articles with embedded short pithy clips of key benefits » Story for JISC conference (13 th April 2010) promotional piece

The stories in development

Example stories

Example story A student’s journey through econometrics data Taught 2 nd year course; 2 semesters; 10 credits Learning objectives and skills Subject knowledge and understanding; Subject Specific skills; Transferable skills Activity Students assigned combinations of countries (from 9) and variables (consumption, investment, imports) Screencams at Youtube www. youtube. com/watch? v=288 Ka. Pjo. Oy 8 And www. youtube. com/watch? v=m. X_rd. CVz. VVk

Two news items – quick wins » Real data Real world » Helping economics students keep it real » Census data: from the real world for the real world

Presentations and Publications » ELI 2010 (after ELI 2009) “L&T: telling stories about and with data (research based)” » CNI Spring Meeting “Real Data Real World Real Stories” » JISC/CNI Conference “Using primary research data in L&T” » IASSIST 2010 “Telling stories about and with data” » ESRC Research Methods Festival » Submitted – awaiting outcome › ALT (with Sarah Currier) “Building Bridges between Education and the Workplace: Using Real Data to Prepare Learners for the Real World” › EDUCAUSE 2010 “Because we’re worth it” » ALT-N » Book chapter in “Teaching Quantitative Methods: Counting on the Social Sciences”

Recommendations » Theme 1 – Direct contact with teachers › Through routes that teachers feel are authoritative › Find innovative ways for service staff to build direct relationships with key academics teaching in subject areas › Use email and telephone » Theme 2 – Utilise existing networks, conferences and journals › Promote Mimas services specifically for L&T in forums where teaching staff may look › Be targeted › Short pithy articles with visual examples

Recommendations (cont) » Theme 3 - Support open sharing of L&T materials developed around Mimas services › Open Educational Resources (OER) › Will help embedding of services into L&T › Put materials where the users are › Maximise academic exposure to ideas to support their teaching » Theme 4 – Keep services usable and current › Up to date › Available › Integrated with other services

Reflections » Digital Story Telling » User focused, benefits led » Marketing vs. Service Support » Open Educational Resources (OER) » Needs resource at service level » Work with professional bodies » Mimas well placed to build on this work

JISC Conference

Thank you and questions

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