relax time > JISC Bid Document > Use Case BA (Hons) Professional Practice
| Author 1 | Alan Durrant |
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Summary of the BA (Hons) Professional Practice pilot of a personal learning and networking platform.
BA (Hons) Professional Practice Student Tasks using InTouch Social Networking Profiles.
As part of their CPD portfolio, each student would be expected to create a profile on InTouch. This will enable them to define their specialist interests, which will enable others in the ‘Professional Practice’ community to search for other students with similar interests.
Specialist Interest Groups
Each student will be expected to create or join at least one special interest group by searching the ‘Professional Practice Community’ members profiles.
Blogging
Students will expected to blog within their specialist interest group (community) engaging in meaningful discussion.
Students will be encouraged to think whether each blog should be private for their own use or for use by the whole community (or part of). Students will be encouraged to use ‘Private’ Blogs to record their own reflections as an assigned task.
Students will be required to blog to interact with their community including interaction with some specific tasks (e.g. blog discussion on a video clip provided by the tutors).
Your resources Students will be expected to use this tool to draw down resources and access external sites.
Wiki
Students will be expected to contribute towards Wikis within specialist interest groups. The programme will set up some Wikis, and students will be encouraged to create their own.
Feedback from Students
Students will be expected to provide feedback on their use of InTouch and its value as a social networking system.
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| Learner | To construct social and professional networks that support self-directed learning. To build a range of resources for staying informed through peers. The Learner is in full control of her learning landscape |
| NCWBL Facilitators | Alan Durrant (Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Professional Practice) will facilitate the community and ensure that the pilot is engaged by students and that feedback from students is gathered and collated for use in the evaluation. |
| OU | Main responsibility |
| Emerald | To provide a stable and reliable platform for accessing the files. |
| Emerald | Increasing usage, acquisition of skills, knowledge and experience in supoprting journal communities |
| Learners, WBL and LifeLong, Dprof network participants | Better support and improved opportunties for mentoring, professional support and development in work based setting. |
| Teaching staff, faculty | For use with students/employees on training modules. |
| 1 | An personal learning platform capable of supporting both community and individual blogs, wikis and file storage requirements |
| 2 | Users will need an account on the personal learning platform |
| 3 | Users need internet access and a web browser |
| 4 | Development of security, fair use and privacy policies |
| 5 | Creation of support materials and help facilities |
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| 1 | BA (Hons) Professional Practice participants derive real value from the site and regulalry update their blogs, wikis and content pages. |
| 1a | Poor take up or little regualr update of personal blogs |
| 1b | Use of the system to be written into the proposed programmes |
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| 2a | Lack of support for users of the system. |
| 2b | Review of help and supoprt materials. Appropriate intervention |
