Keele Digital Festival 2018

Talis Aspire List View
Talis Aspire, the Library’s online reading list system, is getting a makeover. Come and see the new look with book jacket images, book information available without clicking to a new page and easier list navigation letting you jump straight to a section in the list | Demonsration | Scott Chesworth, Liason Librarian

All New Library Search
Join us for a demonstration of 2.0 of Library Search, the Library’s discovery service - coming this summer. With a new look, enhanced interaction and improved operation across mobile devices, Library Search provides a single place to view and access quality academic resources provided by the Library | Demonstration | Paul Johnson, E-Resources Manager

New RefWorks in 30
Working on your dissertation or thesis? Struggling to keep track of hundreds of references? Why not give New RefWorks a try! Join us for a hands-on with the Library’s reference management software | Workshop | Scott Chesworth, Liason Librarian

Showcase Event & Learning Labs
This showcase event will bring together a range of leading technologies for education, provided by companies such as Blackboard, HP and Microsoft including virtual reality, the mixed reality Microsoft HoloLens, online collaborative tools and technologies to support accessibility. You will have the opportunity to experiment with these technologies in an informal setting and explore how these technologies could develop your practice. A wide range of innovations already being used and developed at Keele will be available for you to learn more about and try out, technologists and specialist staff will be on hand throughout the day

Augmented reality in Pharmacy
Tired of the same old teaching spaces? Come and take a look around Pharmacy's THELMA18 nominated teaching space - the Digital Health Hub - and be shown how Augmented Reality (AR) can be featured in such a space along with the latest collaborative technology! | Workshop | Matt Stibbs and Reg Icli

Ways to produce bespoke video resources
Sarah Aynsley, Medical School
Sharing experiences of using technology to enhance your practice
20 minute presentation

Experience Microsoft HoloLens
Discover how Microsoft’s HoloLens introduces Mixed Reality with examples taken from industry and education. The session will be delivered by Microsoft's Mike Taulty who will be around after the session to answer any questions | Demonstration | Mike Taulty, Microsoft

Social Media and Digital Footprints guidance for parents
Do you know what your child can or even is already doing online? Do you want to upskill on the tools and latest advice on protecting you children and preparing them to engage safely in the digital world | Workshop | Tim Smale, eLearning Fellow

Creating the online reading list in 30 mins
Did you know that students can access their key readings online? And that you can see if they’re reading the key texts? Join us for a hands-on to create an online reading list for your module through Talis Aspire, the Library’s online reading list system | Workshop | Scott Chesworth, Liason Librarian

Digital Dilemmas
Book yourself in to speak with us about any digital topic. There are no silly questions.

Opening Keynote: Sue Beckingham
Sue is a National Teaching Fellow, Principal Lecturer in Business Information Systems and Technology and Educational Developer at Sheffield Hallam University. Her research interests include social media for learning and digital identity, and the use of technology to enhance learning and teaching

Emerging technologies in the legal classroom: subject of the study, object of research and tool for active learning
Dr Maria Tzanou, School of Law
Encouraging students to use digital platforms and tools for collaboration, debate and the production of online research and learning outputs.
20 minute presentation

Using PowerApps for collaborative student app development
Luke Bracegirdle, School of Pharmacy
Creating and active Learning Environment
20 minute presentation

Analytics in the School of Medicine.
Adrian Molyneux, Medical School
Sharing experiences of using technology to enhance your practice
20 minute presentation

Lunch

Parody, Caricature and Pastiche: (Mis)using Digital Tools to Create an Artwork. 
Tim Anderson, Keele Humanities, MPhil Student
Creating an active learning environment
20 minute presentation

Online learning environment to support open academic skills workshops, Google it? 
Kizzy Beaumont, Student Learning
Creating an active learning environment
20 minute presentation

Why diversity in tech matters. A personal journey of using technology.
Cat Hallam, Learning Technology Officer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Creating an active learning environment
20 minute presentation

Refreshments

Understanding the Keele Digital Student
Gain an insight into the student digital experience, collected during Keele’s involvement in a 2017-18 sector wide JISC survey. Over 600 responses were analysed, providing actionable feedback for a variety of University staff | 20 minute presentation | Matt Street, Dan Harding and Tim Hinchcliffe

Keep your research growing with an ORCID
Come to our briefing session on ORCID – an essential tool to distinguish you in the world of the digital researcher – and learn how to create a free, unique identifier you can use to attribute your research and keep it growing | 20 minute presentation | Scott McGowan, Research Support Librarian

Enhancing the quality of remote feedback to students using screencasting technology. 
Ben Simkins and Keren Coney
Creating an active learning environment
20 minute presentation

Getting to know G Suite (Google Apps) Part 1
Would you like to know what tools you have at your fingertips? Google are continually adding new apps and resources and this session will try to give you a high level update and overview of what is available to you through your GSuite for Education Account | Workshop | Tim Smale, Pete Lonsdale & Daryl Kerr

Digital Dilemmas
Book yourself in to speak with us about any digital topic. There are no silly questions

Digital Dilemmas
Book yourself in to speak with us about any digital topic. There are no silly questions

Opening Keynote: Professor Chris Stokes
A Professor of Digital Learning and Dental Education and University Director of Digital Learning at the University of Sheffield. As a Director of Digital Learning, he is helping others to successfully integrate technology into their teaching across the University. Chris was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy in 2016

Technology-rich learning: how the Health Library supports digital literacy.
Find out how the Health Library’s suite of e-tutorials supports the development of digital literacy in healthcare students and take the opportunity to check your own skills.
Gill Grigson and Cheryl Kent
20 minute presentation

The E Files - The truth is out there… Making the storage of electronic student files manageable for professional services staff.
Alex Goffe, Nick Vaughan, Sarah Thirlwall, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Sharing experiences of using technology to enhance your practice
20 minute presentation

The big email question - do students want it.
When it comes to communication methods, what do students actually want? This session will showcase research conducted by Students Services into students’ preferred communication methods and research conducted by Careers and Employability into the impact of e-mail campaigns on student engagement. We will consider how this research has altered each service’s approach to student communications and why a cautious and considered strategy is still important.
Matt Coombe-Boxall, Careers and Employability and Lucy Welch, Student Services Centre
20 minute presentation

Lunch

Stand and Deliver: Blending technology with tradition to develop public speaking and presentation skills
Ella Tennant, Language Centre
Creating an active learning environment
20 minute presentation

Digital DeLC: Connecting digital with experiential and authentic learning opportunities in language education.  
Phil Devine, Lancaster University
Creating an active learning environment
20 minute presentation

Social Media Trends 2018. 
Paul Newton and Tom Maurice, Marketing and communications
Sharing experiences of using technology to enhance your practice
20 minute presentation

Refreshments

PlayBack
PlayBack, our lecture capture system is now widely available on campus, but what happens now? Many of the great unanswered questions surrounding lecture capture relate to supporting students incorporating recordings into good study practice, and helping staff to use recordings in support of teaching, particularly through the 'flipped classroom' or in production of revision resources. In this session we will update on how PlayBack is going, then host several discussions on how we make the most of this exciting learning technology | Workshop | Katherine Haxton, Karl Gimblett, Daniela Plana and Matt Street

Applications of Google Apps in Chemistry at Keele
Dave McGarvey and the Chemistry Team (academics, teaching fellows, administrators and professional staff)
Sharing experiences of using technology to enhance your practice
5 minute presentation

Moodle 'Database Activity', facilitating specific pedagogical needs in the virtual learning environment (VLE)
Phil Devine, Lancaster University.
Sharing experiences of using technology to enhance your practice
5 minute presentation.

Getting to know G Suite (Google Apps) Part 2
Google apps are great for supporting learning & teaching - come along to find out what kinds of activities you can run & support with apps like Classroom, Forms, YouTube, and Hangouts/Chat | Workshop | Tim Smale, Pete Lonsdale and Daryl Kerr | CBA1.085

Talis Aspire List View
Talis Aspire, the Library’s online reading list system, is getting a makeover. Come and see the new look with book jacket images, book information available without clicking to a new page and easier list navigation letting you jump straight to a section in the list | Demonstration | Scott Chesworth, Liason Librarian | Library Training Suite

All New Library Search
Join us for a demonstration of 2.0 of Library Search, the Library’s discovery service - coming this summer. With a new look, enhanced interaction and improved operation across mobile devices, Library Search provides a single place to view and access quality academic resources provided by the Library | Demonstration | Paul Johnson, eResources Manager | Library Training Suite

Careers and Employability Online
Do you want to help your students become more employable? There are a range of available resources online that you can signpost them to. This session will show you examples of resources and also provide an overview of CareerHub, the system used by students to engage with Careers and Employability | Presentation | Matt Coombe-Boxall, Careers | CBA1.085

Topdesk Self service and Knowledge base
Living in a self service world is something that we are all familiar with today but as the many services at Keele embark on the launch of the self service portal the importance of a searchable, well written knowledge base is key to its success. We also welcome the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine to Keele to talk about the success that they have had with their Self Service Desk using Topdesk | Presentation | Jamie Girvin, Caroline Fernyhough and Daniela Graf | CBA1.085

Develop your course, I bet you didn’t know the KLE could do that
Would you like to develop your KLE module space or just know more about what functions are available in the KLE? then drop into this session, bring your course or just some questions with you and we can explore the options | Drop-in | Matt Street, Daryl Kerr and Dan Harding | CBA1.085

What is PebblePad
PebblePad lets students build online portfolios and other structured documents and share them with tutors for reflection, feedback, and assessment. If you would like to find out about how Pebblepad works, come and see some examples of how it is currently used at Keele, and other things it can be used for | Workshop | Pete Lonsdale, Nursing and Midwifery | CBA1.085

Tour of the 3D Health Cinema
Sit back, relax and enjoy a viewing inside Pharmacy's huge 230" 3D Health Cinema! Now showing: Anatomy & Molecular Visualisation - all in glorious 3D! 3D glasses included | Tour | Carolyn Voisey, Alan Richardson and Reg Icli

Hands on with the new RefWorks in 30
Description:- Working on your dissertation or thesis? Struggling to keep track of hundreds of references? Why not give New RefWorks a try! Join us for a hands-on with the Library’s reference management software | Workshop | Scott Chesworth, Liason Librarian