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■ Lily Huggins
►some of use of technology has overshadowed passion of teachers in schools
►Inappropriate use of technology an issue in schools e.g. whiteboard/smartboard technology not used well
■ Rachel Shanks - PhD student, School of Education
►blogs too much like hard work
►E-journal and email groups very useful
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Student Panel discussion
■ Donna►Deficits – education is a right not a privilege: technology may
exacerbate digital divide►Accessiblity – software, tools not available at home►Mature students’ IT skills►Loss of social interaction►Issues for foreign students
■ Amanda►Peer mentor for 1st yr students – use facebook & social
networking sites to get in touch►1st yrs emailing assignments to check referencing►Students worried about financial and housing►Pre-induction, not many opportunities for use of ICT to support
this
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Student Panel discussion
■ Desh►Time to support new international students is an issue
■ Aaron Porter - summary►Presence of academics in social networking►Support for different levels of IT skills necessary - could
harness more skilled student peers►Networking of international students would help
■ Questions►Is there a tension in needing to be seen using ICT vs being
able to use it appropriately?►Is technology being used effectively?
● Initial Teacher training courses emphasise appropriate use of ICT,
►Staff skills – there are steps/processes staff need to go through before can begin to use ICT appropriately
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Student Panel discussion
■ Dissemination of sharing of good practice – can be an issue
■ Turnitin – being used to encourage academic integrity among students
■ Aaron Porter► Feedback – NSS & postgrad experience survey highlights issues,
some universities using ‘Amazon‘ process to track submission of assignment
■ Experience of turnitin► Positive in Aberdeen► Donna – good tracking system, turnitin used by some psychology
tutors, frightening – need to ensure that people know what they’re doing
► Lily – use of Moodle to submit assignments and receive feedback
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Student Panel discussion
■ Challenges for peer support
■ Bradford has a team of 5 IT student supporters to assist with software & hardware support, dedicated training sessions plus ‘surgeries’
■ Issues with finding authentic information via Google, effective use of search engines not taught?
■ Role of technology in group work – employer criticism of HE that group working skills not taught, are academic staff up to speed with use of technology to enable group work e.g. wikis?
■ Digital divide is an issue but can’t go backwards! Has to be a move to find solutions to problems of inclusivity. Gap some academic staff need to bridge becoming larger.
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Student Panel discussion
■Digital divide
►access to ICT a socio-economic issue not just about digital literacy skills
►would timetabled support help?
● peer/mentor support would be better as would reward senior students and enable less able students to develop necessary skills.
►provision of lap-tops for students would help reduce divide
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Student Panel discussion
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