We are delighted to be hosting a visit by Donna Lanclos and David White to the National University of Ireland, Galway on March 13th next. Donna and Dave will co-facilitate a workshop entitled Marvellous Mapping: Reflecting on online identities and practices using Visitors and Residents mapping. In the workshop, we’ll explore the Visitors and Residents (V&R) concept and use the V&R mapping exercise to reflect on our online identities and practices, and the identities and practices of our students.
The workshop is free to attend and will take place from 11am to 3pm on Friday, March 13th. The event is sponsored by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education in Ireland as part of the 2014-15 National Seminar Series — and is also cross-listed as an event in Open Education Week 2015. Please consider joining us in Galway! If you cannot attend, the main section of the workshop will be live streamed and we’ll also be active on Twitter using the Visitors and Residents hashtag #vandr (latterly shared by some lovely guitars 🙂 ). To sign up for the workshop or to request details of the live stream nearer the time, please check out the Eventbrite link.
- Summary of recent research in the area of the “digital student” and networked scholarship
- Guided exercise using the Visitors & Residents mapping tool
- Discussion & reflection on the mapping exercise
Overall, the workshop will provide educators with an opportunity to reflect on their own online practices, to share perspectives on learning spaces and openness, and to consider how such insights could inform our teaching practices — particularly with respect to bridging the divide between formal and informal learning. Please join us!
Sadly can’t come over to attend this but would love to watch the live stream!
That’s great, Sue — only sorry that you won’t be able to pop over to Galway to join us! I’ll tweet and blog details nearer the the time and will be sure to let you know. Thanks, as always, for your interest and support 🙂