Where ideas grow: Bring your own device for learning #BYOD4L Media Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group (MELSIG) Smart Learning #3 Contribution by Chrissi Nerantzi and Sue Beckingham 14 April 2014 at Manchester Met University

1. Smart Learning #3 MELSIG event, at MMU 14 April 2014
Chrissi Nerantzi
Academic Developer
Manchester Metropolitan University
@chrissinerantzi
Sue Beckingham
Academic Developer
Sheffield Hallam University
@suebecks

2. Bring Your Own Device for Learning

3. global trends
• authentic and contextualised learning
• personalised, self-organised, self-directed
• social learning
• flexible pedagogies
• lifelong and lifewide learning
• connected, collaborative, open
• recognising finally the positive impact of human
interaction for learning
The future of education (2030 vision):
“The overall vision is that personalisation, collaboration and informalisation
(informal learning) will be at the core of learning in the future. “
(Redecker, 2014, 12)

4. What did we want to explore...
Can we create an open
learning ecology that enables
learners to learn with and
from each other in a
supportive environment
using authentic and inquiry-
based pedagogical models?
How can we support open
learners effectively to create
the foundations of a vibrant
learning community?

5. BYOD4L is... mobile
flexible
collaborative
authentic
autonomous
self-organised
self-determined
pick ‘n’ mix
supported
registration-free
for teachers & students
rewarding achievement
BYOD4Learning
course
MELSIG Smart
Learning event #3
MELSIG Book
project

6. using authentic stories
student stories teacher stories

7. getting ready
Connect Communicate
Curate Collaborate
Create

9. Day 1 Twitter traffic in the morning

13. extending BYOD4L
through F2F
local engagement

17. BYOD4L answer garden
1 February 14 http://answergarden.ch/view/80135

18. BYOD4L blog traffic

19. What next?
• Evaluate this experiment (+learning analytics data)
• Open facilitators’ experiences research project (work-in-
progress)
• Sheffield Hallam University plans to offer BYOD4L in the
near future (June 2014)
• Smart Learning Book project (MELSIG)
• Organising a cross-institutional BYOD4L event later in the
year with colleagues in NZ (a possibility at the moment)
• FLEX pilot using open badges at MMU
• Further collaborative projects are discussed between MMU
and SHU
• We are also open to other ideas and collaborations ;)

20. Bring Your Own Devices for Learning
Chrissi Nerantzi
Academic Developer
Manchester Metropolitan University
@chrissinerantzi
Sue Beckingham
Academic Developer
Sheffield Hallam University
@suebecks
5 Days or 5 a
Day?