IMPALA Informal Mobile Podcasting and Learning Adaptation

Dissemination

IMPALA4T’s dissemination targets include students, academics, learning technologists and policy and decision makers in schools, further and higher sectors, and in local education authorities.

Method Details
1 Project website linked to the homepage of GENIE CETL Ongoing resources, literature reviews, resources and tools for practitioners, exemplars and use cases.
2 Podcasts Short ‘radio shows’ with students on aspects covered in student-created podcasts.
3 Exemplar podcasts A minimum of ten Type A and ten Type B podcasts
4 Blog View of events from the researcher, student-contributors and learning technologist.
5 Media Zoo IMPALA4T outputs available for UoL and BDRA community in physical, web and Second Life Media Zoos.
6 GENIE CETL As part of UoL students’ visiting schools and colleges.
7 Integration of student voices into the design of e-tivities at Carpe Diem workshops for UoL and the HE sector Course teams re-designing undergraduate courses invited to consider the IMPALA4T podcasts in their e-tivities with a focus on student’s HE transition issues.
8 External conference presentations Prof Gilly Salmon’s keynotes; ALT-C, Online Educa, HEA, EDEN, UoL Learning Futures.
9 External workshops As part of BDRA seminar series; at above conferences.
10 CULN (FE Network) in Midlands, CULN ICT group Presentations
11 Publications
11.1 Contribution to HEA e-Learning Research Observatory Academic papers.
11.2 Peer-reviewed journals (teaching and learning in science, e-learning,  higher education research) Academic papers.
11.3 Local and national news media Feature articles and programmes.

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