I described this idea to the leader of the Delivering Excellent Learning & Teaching strategy in the education organisation I work for . He thought it was a great idea. Let’s see if I’m on the right track.
Proposal: Knowledge networking artifact proposal
Proposed topic:
The Knowledge networking artifact will be an instructional text for the teachers in my school about how to collaboratively build a knowledge base about the teaching pedagogies that frame the school’s Delivering Excellent Learning & Teaching strategy.
Proposed digital tools and/or spaces:
A combination of a podcast created with Audacity, and slideshow of images(created in wordand/or PowerPoint) to create a video on Vimeo. This video will eventually be embedded on the school’s Moodle site.
Brief description of nature of artifact –
The targeted audience is the whole teaching community in my secondary school. The Leadership team, together with teacher-librarians will facilitate access to information about the learning and teaching pedagogies. The other teachers will make responses to the information, collaboratively building a knowledge space about these pedagogies.
The teaching community needs to engage with this information collaboratively, discuss, share ideas and resources and build a knowledge base together about the pedagogies that will allow them to implement the school’s Delivering Excellent Learning & Teaching strategies.
There is a concern that not all members of the teaching community will engage or see the importance of building this knowledge base. There is a variance in the teaching staff’s ability to work collaboratively and existing knowledge. There are a lot of new requirements being made of staff including goal setting and sharing professional practice and including the school’s Delivering Excellent Learning & Teaching strategy. The aim is to help the teaching community see the how this knowledge building activity will be beneficial and helpful for these new requirements.
Assignment plan –
Major Steps | Resources | Projected timeline |
Collate information about specific learning and teaching pedagogies in consultation with Leadership at school | Documents and Information about pedagogies | Week 5 |
Learn how to use Audacity and Vimeo and set up accounts | Audacity and Vimeo online technologyColleagues on staff you have knowledge in this technology | Week 6 |
Collate images for slideshow | Documents and Information about pedagogies | Week 6 |
Write podcast to accompany slideshow and record podcast | AudacityReferences for podcast | Week 7 |
Upload both podcast and images onto Vimeo | Audacity and Vimeo online technology | Week 7 |
Share Vimeo publically online and promote to teaching staff | Vimeo online technology | Week 8 |
Embed Vimeo on school Moodle page | School Moodle pageSchool IT staff | Week 8 |
Upload information and collaboration tools on Moodle site. | School Moodle pageSchool IT staff | Week 8 |
Assess school communities’ response | School Community | Week 8/9 |
Write Exegesis. | Collated information about use of Knowledge Artefact | Week 9 |