SHOUT4HE THIRD NEWSLETTER
Issue 3
SHOUT4HE
Third Newsletter
September
2019
‘SHARING OPEN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES USING TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION’
(SHOUT4HE).
SHOUT4HE
Recognition
Framework: Introduction
Within the SHOUT4HE Research Project
there are three different Intellectual
Outputs that all result in various aims
and outcomes of the project. Intellectual
Output One (IO1) is the development of
a Recognition Framework that will
provide Higher Education lecturers and
teachers with the opportunity to
conduct an ‘extensive phase of
exploration and reflection’. This is in
relation to their Educational Practice
and Digital Confidence.
empowerment within their own
learning.
Digital Confidence assesses how HE
teachers incorporate technology into
their teaching and learning, and how
effectively it is utilized. The use of the
term ‘confidence’ is to ensure that less
judgement is placed on lecturers who
currently have low confidence in relation
to digital technologies in their
pedagogy.
Stages
Dimensions The Framework also consists of 3 key
stages where HE lecturers, teachers and
educators should be reflecting on their
own practice. These 3 stages are:
Discover and Discuss; Design and
Deploy; Demonstrate and Disseminate.
The Framework provides its user with
two key dimensions that should be at
the forefront of exploration and
reflection for the HE lecturer or teacher.
These dimensions are labelled
‘Educational Practice’ and ‘Digital
Confidence’. Educational Practice
focuses on the learning experience that
is being offered to the students by the
teacher with the aim of giving them
greater responsibility and Within each of the stages and
overarching sections of the framework,
descriptors have been developed to
allow lecturers and teachers to easily
locate where they currently sit. The
descriptors use accessible and consistent
language across all sections, using
terminology such as: ‘I am aware’; ‘I am
confident and empowered’ and ‘I
evaluate and disseminate’. This should
result in a simpler process of reflection.
Structure and Development
IN THIS ISSUE
Framework introduction
This latest edition of the SHOUT4HE
Newsletter focuses on the recently
finalized Recognition Framework. An
introduction to the framework and an
overview of its structures will be provided.
Framework Overview and
Structure
The structure of the framework and a
breakdown of the contents will then be
provided. Specific attention will be given
to the 2 dimensions and 3 stages of the
Recognition Process.
The Recognition Framework
(IO1)
The full framework will be provided within
the newsletter. This will include all stages
and descriptors.