■ 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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■ 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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■ 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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■ 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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■ 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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■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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