For one of this year's IHAP Digital Learning Strategy objectives, I produced the following report to help build a picture of H5P usage and application across our department, identifying H5P champions, and to support further objectives to increase scaffolded online asynchronous learning in our courses and modules.
Head of Department - "Thanks for this very informative report. I’ll put it straight on the SLT page and let everyone know its there."
This was planned to be discussed with my line manager, the Head of Department, to plan how we can take the findings forward and promote the report further. Through a separate one to one meeting with the Principal Lecturer in Paramedicine, in a ad hoc manner, I showed the report which spurred on enthusiastic conversations on it's potential. He said they would discuss this with the Head to invite me to a future Senior Leadership Team meeting to walkthrough and discuss. However in my catch up later on the same day with the Head, she also agreed and invited me to attend the SLT meeting on 24 April.
In the meeting on 24 April I shared the original non-anonymised report, which enabled SLT to identify their staff and their practice. However, I have since anonymised it (below) to share widely across the department through various committee meetings. The report was very well-received by SLT and we had much insightful discussions, such as confirming the following outcomes:
- 1. Focus on H5P
- Focus promotion and support on specific content types, interactive learning and presentation of information.
- Plan and promote further my successful and impactful H5P Retreat workshops.
- Discussed the need for conducting more module learning room audits.
- 2. Scope out training needs on interactive learning tools such as Padlet and underutilised Microsoft Office (curate self-service resources and bespoke workshops).
- Consideration for Principal Lecturers on how they can get lecturers to come to us. Ensuring accountability through their course and team meetings and one to ones.
- 3. Start with MSc Nursing - we concluded the meeting by agreeing to meet to discuss the following on 22 May, utilising our exemplar H5P work and NOW web pages:
- Development of an IHAP-specific standardised online asynchronous learning framework to ensure quality
- Think about a standardised NOW template to aid Module leaders
- What we want as a minimum in each module
- What modules should we review first in terms of digital resources
