Presentation to accompany the "Social Storytelling" workshop at the Social Media in HE Conference, SHU 18 Dec 2015, by Sarah Copeland and John Couperthwaite

1. Dr Sarah Copeland (University of Bradford)
and Dr John Couperthwaite (PebblePad)
Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal
learning narrative through digital media

2. Understanding personal
learning narratives

3. Storytelling as pedagogy
#DigitalStorytelling
#DigitalStories
#DST
#StoryCircle

4. Storytelling in learning journeys
#phdchat

5. “Reflection on creative practice”
And
“Creative reflection on practice”
Kirk, C and Pitches, J. 2013. Digital reflection: using digital technologies to enhance and embed
creative processes. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, Volume 22, Issue 2

6. Reflection technologies:
“technologies that enable students to 'look and listen again' to their
digital artefacts, a process that encourages them to reflect not only
on the learning itself, but also on the process by which they came to
that learning”
Steve Wheeler, http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/digital-reflections.html

7. https://conversationprism.com/

8. Resident
Social
Visitor
Professional
Based on diagrams showed at https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/evaluating-digital-services/example-visitor-and-resident-maps

9. Based on diagrams showed at https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/evaluating-digital-services/example-visitor-and-resident-maps

12. Social media as evidence

15. Towards a better
understanding of social
storytelling

17. #SocialStory
“I've done a blog to reflect on learning which includes images for a specific
course. I quite liked it but was nervous about posting my ideas out in
cyberspace..”
“I've heard academics report positively about using digital story telling in the
healthcare profession for reflecting on critical incidents. The staff and students
seemed to be really positive about their experiences. ”

18. #SocialStory
Survey question: Should social media be considered as evidence in personal and/or
professional portfolios? If yes, under what conditions?
“I´m not sure about how it could be implemented but it could be a valuable resource.”
“Yes providing the comments are not trolling or offensive. If they are constructive then
it should be seen as a form of feedback and engaging with feedback is a very useful
exercise.”
“Yes, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter can be used as part an employers remit.”

19. Over to you !

20. Activity 1. Defining user stories…
Create a short user story to describe how using social media would
support a portfolio.
Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal
learning narrative through digital media
Example:
- As a University Lecturer applying for a HEA Fellowship
- I need to include examples of my Tweetchat activity
- So that I can demonstrate engagement with fellow educators

21. Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal
learning narrative through digital media
Activity 2. Understanding challenges…
What are the challenges associated with using Social Media in personal
and professional portfolios ?
Consider:
• Accuracy
• Legitimacy
• Credentialing
• Legality
• Ownership

22. Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal
learning narrative through digital media
Activity 3. Making it work…
For the user story below, identify steps to overcome the challenges. A
‘challenge’ will be assigned to each group.
Challenges: Accuracy, legitimacy, credentialing, legality and ownership
Example Scenario:
- As a University Lecturer applying for a HEA Fellowship
- I need to include examples of my Tweetchat activity
- So that I can demonstrate engagement with fellow educators

23. Next steps

24. Social storytelling: Evidencing a personal
learning narrative through digital media
Useful links: Connect/Link with us:
Ucisa, Social Media Toolkit
#SocialStory TweetChat
The Conversation Prism
Social Media Guides, Sheffield Hallam University
Visitor and Residents, JISC InfoKit
Kirk & Pitches paper
PDP and Social Media, Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Sarah Copeland
Educational Developer, University of Bradford
Twitter: @XarahC
Blog: StoryTEL
LinkedIn: SarahCopeland2
SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/xarahc/
Dr John Couperthwaite
Consultant, PebblePad
Twitter: @johncoup
Blog: Technology Enhanced Musings
LinkedIn: JohnCouperthwaite