becoming the linked in university
TRANSCRIPT
Becoming the LinkedIn University
Andrew Middleton & Sue Beckingham
@andrewmid @suebecks #SHULT15
Managing Our Professional Presence
Student StaffIdentity
Being & BecomingPPDP and Employability
Establishing our standingOur practice is our profile
social media profiles are a common currency for all aspiring and developing professionals
Update your status!
Who and where are your contacts?
Peers Employers
Alumni Publics
Clients Associations
Update your status!
Focusing on the “Presentation Layer”strategic Professional Profiling
“What’s happening?...(nothing*?*!)
from small acorns...
Update your status!
Promoting and modelling employability and PPDP
Being Professional, demonstrating reflective, connected and curated practice
You and LinkedIn?
1. I am not aware2. I am aware, but I have no profile yet3. I am aware with a basic profile4. It’s important to me5. It’s my key networking tool
Learning ecologies
Valuing lifewide learning and
developing lifelong habits
We are at the centre of our learning
“A learning ecology is defined as the set of contexts found in physical or virtual spaces that provide opportunities for learning.
Each context is comprised of a unique configuration of activities, material resources, relationships, and the interactions that emerge from them.”
Barron (2006, p.195)
“An environment that fosters and supports the formation of communities and networks.If ecologies are the spaces of learning, then networks are the structures of learning. Networks do not occur in a vacuum.Knowledge is networked and distributed, and the act of learning is the creation and navigation of networks.”
Siemens 2008
Ecologies and networks
Providing students opportunities to develop professional digital and social media skills to enhance meaningful engagement with personal and professional development.
Available on Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/suebeckingham/providing-students-opportunities-to-develop-professional-digital-and-social-media-skills-for-ppdp
Introducing activities that allow students to:
★ explore and experiment with multimedia to personalise their own reflective blogs and professional portfolios
★ use inquiry to observe, listen, interact and learn within professional social media spaces
★ capture feedback from tutors, peers, employers and the wider public using innovative ways chosen by themselves
★ prepare in a safe space for their public professional portfolio which could be a blog, website, LinkedIn profile or digital CV
The project
12 case study videos and written artefacts :★ Students★ Staff★ Alumni★ Employers
and★ Guidance
So, is this where we do PPDP?
How does it fit in with other PPDP approaches?
LinkedIn University Presentation Layer
Formal Learning Activity
Informal Learning Activity
Work Experience
Activity
Life Experience ...
The habit of Reflection on Learning
Other formal and self defined tools
What next?
★ The project will be delivered to the HEA next Tuesday★ We will then construct a Toolkit using WordPress to host and
develop the collection★ https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/profiles
★ Q: What would you like to see in the toolkit?