Andy Wilson and Marina Janetsky came to the University of Winchester on 1st February. It was another 'select' group of staff, and another interesting ...

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Dear Colleagues,   Apologies for getting this to you relatively late - we wanted to wait until we had seen your final reports, in order to ens...

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Dear Pilots and Colleagues,   Just a further reminder and details about the venue about our second workshop next week. I haven’t had repl...

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Dear all, I can't believe we have reached final report stages already! You should all now be in receipt of the Final Report Guidance document I...

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This meeting focussed on the interconnectedness if ICT teaching and learning initiatives in Bolton including: the use of Mahara as an integrated portf...

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Good feedback on my assignment on developing a Community of Practice at the University of Winchester (for the PGCLTHE), so now I feel it's worthy to s...

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Dear Pilots,   Just a quick reminder and some details about the venue for our second workshop :   11am – 3pm Tuesday 9th November ...

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Hi All, I've carved some time out of the diary now that we've got students in class and academics to teach them (don't you just love start of session...

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Developments at BradfordNow that our move to open plan is completed and the packing crates have finally disappeared, we are starting to think about us...

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Lesley indicated the other week that she'd be interested to see information about SkillsNet, the project we've undertaken at Winchester, and which wil...

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Dear colleagues, Just a quick note to remind you that my contact details have changed, and are now as follows:   Email: l.gourlay@ioe.ac.uk C...

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Dear All Some thoughts on the 'toolkit' following last week's meeting. What we saw was a fairly elaborate diagnostic tool. Such a tool is a usef...

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Dear All, It was so nice to finally meet with you all last Thursday.  I have attached my presentation I gave so that you can (if you like!) read...

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 Our project work at Bradford has been heavily distracted over the summer by a combination of both physical and organisational restructuring. On ...

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The idea of this project is to very much address the question of the personal within project implementations, not just the practicalities. Perc...

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To give a 'feel' in support of Richards suggestions for the WWIT Toolkit structure:- here is a snapshot of how Horizon Scanning (HS1) COULD ...

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We looked at two sections: 1 Horizon Scanning First statement framed in the positive? Second and fourth seem to be similar Distinguish between int...

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A summary of issues raised in peer-review discussion Group 1 Roehampton /  UEL Importance of lessons learned - from external sources as well ...

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Looking forward to working with you all on Thursday. it has been fascinating to read the reports. Leslie Gourlay and I have a session on toolkit res...

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Dear All I look forward to meeting you at the workshop on Thursday. We meet at 12.00 in suite 3a (in main hub) of the East Midlands Conference Centre...

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Hi All A couple of you have uploaded documents to the blog and linked to them, and it has not been that obvious how this is done. So I have updated ...

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Hi again, At SEDA we have put together some suggestions whihc might help you gather materials from your site, see below. Again it would be good to he...

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Hi Folks Have pasted in document I attached a couple of days ago - would love to hear of any further ideas.  - Lesley Embedding Work-with-IT en...

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Hello Below are proposed questions on change management, as you can see there are five pairs of questions, one part reflective and one part where the...

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Hi Everyone, I have had some very productive discussions over the last few weeks with the 'link' people for the sector organisaitons, who provided a ...

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I have recently attended a 2 day event led by the CETL at Liverpool John Moores on using 'clean questions' for reflection and action planning. The eve...

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This week I have completed a number of tutorials with staff who are preparing for the final workshop of the course which forms the central part of the...

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Toolkit development is firmly underway and we will be demoing an interim toolkit at the September workshop. After taking soundings regarding the loo...

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Just reflecting on a Managing Successful Programmes course why I have recently attended. The MSP methodology adopts a holistic approach focussing on b...

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What's in a name? We really struggled with what to call our project – did anyone else come up against the same stumbling blocks?   The p...

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Hi I  was thinking about fundamentals and what Work-with-IT is trying to address. The three Key questions the Work-with-IT project has aimed t...

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Hi all, We have now allocated Peer Review groups ( see below). We really hope you will get a lot out of  reading up on the experiences of y...

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Also posted on our wiki ~ http://odgit.pbworks.com  Here's the programme for the Winchester workshop... 1000  Introductions 1015  Th...

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As new emerging technology leads us through innovative ways of presenting course content to students through a range of mediums, there will always be ...

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Reflections on the Blog so far The blog has been developing well and to date blogs have been broadly split into three categories: those from pilots ...

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We have just completed the 'launch' of our project within our school. (14th July). Colleagues were supportive of the new Exploring Evidence for Practi...

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It has been a quiet time in some ways at Strathclyde, with people on holiday, training and with the loss of undergraduate students for the summer. We...

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  Well I’m glad that everyone else is better at blogging than me…   My excuse is that AMOSSHE has been snowed under with get...

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Thank you for a great meeting yesterday! Your Wimba implementation will be a great success I'm sure and I hope that support from the Embedding Work-w...

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Hi all, After a very succcessful meeting yesterday at Winchester University, we have now completed our initial pilot visits. It has been a ...

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Hi The September workshop on the Embedding Work-with–IT Toolkit and pilot peer review will be on the afternoon of Thursday 9th September in No...

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VLE Roll Out Strategy University of Bolton VLE Roll Out Strategy for Staff Training:- We accept that all staff are different Some fundam...

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Lights off – pay attention please One example of good structure that worked well in the Moodle training sessions with up to 10 delegat...

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Hi Everyone, Just a quick note to say I've had some very productive conversations recently with the 'link' people representing the professional organ...

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Hi all, I have returned from my holiday well rested and heartened to see how many of you have been blogging away! As you will remeber from the workpl...

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A blog post on this can be found on my personal blog which can be accessed below: In Praise of TRILT (Embedding Work-with-IT Project Blog Post 1) ...

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Now that summer is here most of us will be going on holiday at some point or have just been away. Although typical of Scottish weather we look like ha...

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Attendence: Sue Burkinshaw, Stephen Powell, Richard Millwood, Mike Lawrence, Graeme Prescott We held the second full-project meeting today to discuss...

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Hello from Bournemouth. Our project, partnering with the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (LFHE), is now underway. We welcomed Diane and Don...

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Hi Folks I am currently researching tools, toolkits and resources to include in and inform the construction of the Embedding Work-with-IT Toolkit. A...

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Dear All We are attempting to set a date for an early September workshop where the draft version of the Work-with–IT Toolkit will be presented ...

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As a result of the Workshop held at Roehampton a couple of weeks ago, we are progressing with an idea to develop some key resources both for current s...

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The Bringing Organisational Development Guidance into IT strand is running a wiki where we're capturing our ideas, offering links, and sharing documen...

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Hi all, Pilot workshops are going well!  We have now visited Bradford, Bolton, East London, Roehampton and today we are visiting Bournemouth Uni...

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 Just to report that I gave a presentation to SEDA's Professional Development Committee today about the project in general and about the progress...

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Hi This is an initial post from the Organisational Development Group + Winchester + Middlesex Pilot. We're looking at the implementation of Wimba at...

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Hi Again Just a quick follow-up to confirm my earlier email: A date for your diaries: I am pleased to report that SEDA will be able to host the end ...

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Hi Everyone, My name is Lesley Gourlay and I am the SEDA project manager. Great to read about the various workshops. I attended the Bolton one last w...

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We are holding our first workshop, attended by Diane and Donna from the work-with-IT project team, on Friday this week.  We are looking forward t...

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The Bolton mini-project has started with the workshop event explaining the Work-with-IT project and its previous activities and what it aims to achiev...

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Hi all, My name is Kirstie Adam, and I am working on the Work With IT project here at University of East London. UEL's project is on embedding a sof...

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Hi all, We have completed our first pilot workshop intervention with a visit to Bradford University on Monday. Newport joined us through Elluminate a...

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The final report from phase I to III of Work-with-IT is now available here (as a .pdf file) and in the report five key areas are identified where chan...

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Hello all, I'm delighted to be able to announce another pilot for the Embedding Work-with-IT phase - The University of Winchester along with the Orga...

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 The Bradford/Newport/HEA pilot is now underway with the first workshop supported by Strathclyde taking place as I type this message. We are usin...

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Our pilot is underway!  We are working with SEDA to provide a staff development programme to academic support staff who have recently been throug...

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Dear All We are planning a dissemination event in November this year to disseminate the findings of the Embedding Work-with-IT project. I have set up...

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Hi Just to let people know that SEDA's role in the project is to broker relationships with the professional bodies and to ensure that learning from th...

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Hello all, I'm delighted to be able to announce our pilots for the Embedding Work-with-IT phase. All pilots will work in partnership with a Profession...

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A new section has been added to the Work-with-IT website entitled Advice for Pilots - 'Embedding Work-with-IT Framework Descriptor' . This section has...

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Hi all, I have been involved with the Work-with-IT project from the very beginning (Feb 2008) and I've been delighted to be part of a ...

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My name is Archie MacDonald and I am a member of the the Work-with-IT team at Strathclyde that has now started the dissemination phase - Embedding Wor...

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