I’ve just spent a fascinating (and tiring) 2 and a bit days at the DundeeGovJam – and the easiest summary is probably to point you to a few key URLs:
- Dundee GovJam
- Park-in-a-Box – the project I was involved with.
- #DnDGovJam – a well used twitter hash tag.
I’m full of ideas; and, rather than my usual approach of thinking about blog posts for so long that the thing that grabbed me has long been forgotten, I’ll do a short post now, while I’m buzzing. How we can apply this to what we’re doing in the CTIL team? I see that the work we’re doing on looking at what a VLE should / could etc., do, should actually be looking at 2 main themes:
- How do you want to learn?
- How to you want to teach?
And, to make them both apply to both staff and students, as learning/teaching is something all should be doing. Only after that, think about where digital fits in. Sometimes it won’t; sometimes it’ll be the space that’s more important than the tech. Sometimes, yes, it will be tech.
I’ll not say more now, but will return to this when I’ve had time to speak to the colleagues who were there – and, more importantly, those who weren’t.
Particular thanks for organising it and all the ideas during the last 2 days; Mike, Hazel, Fiona – and too many others to list!
And, many thanks to the group I was with – it’s amazing what we developed as a group. Looking forward to hearing about how it’s going to be actually used next week!
Couldn’t agree more about the more two main themes we need to focus on and the need to think about digital where necessary. Was speaking to a design student the other day about how we could work with them to do some design-led thinking with students around the VLE. Looking forward to discussing.