Education is an illusion if it simply disseminates information

A university wide cloud-like approach to connecting in an open world

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/7204732704

@PeterBryantHEp.j.bryant@lse.ac.uk

@TELGreenwicha.coombs@gre.ac.uk

@monikapaziom.pazio@gre.ac.uk

Greenwich Connecthttp://blogs.gre.ac.uk/greenwichconnecthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixHacm7vyu8&feature=youtu.be

Projects

Seed fundGovernance (organisational and individual)Working groups (OERs and social media)Communications/ResourcesHearts and minds

https://www.flickr.com/photos/drbethsnow/2346465163

What happened?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_morris/3547443925/

resistance

https://www.flickr.com/photos/henryfaber/28339057

Resistance to technology

https://www.flickr.com/photos/spookman01/6790694167/https://www.flickr.com/photos/spookman01/6790608295

Resistance to openness

Resistance to openness

https://www.flickr.com/photos/16190595@N05/13845135604

engagement

https://www.flickr.com/photos/brennanmoore/2445853757

Example: Seed fund

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dave_apple/348754929https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNLbp9gzspQ&feature=youtu.be

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wiertz/10248755515

Key messagesPeople not platforms

Action not activityProducing not consuming

Interacting not broadcastingLeading not followingLearning not analytics

Transformational not incremental

So 18 months on…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/barryadams/4390647882

Absorption not transformationInactivity not actionMicro not macroYou not weChallenged views of the collective and the institution

BUT…Heroes emergedChampions heard and celebratedEngagement supportedIntervention not revolution

Your starter for 10(you all know the rules)

How can we scale innovation beyond the micro ‘projects with 30 students’ into broader macro institutional practice

and change?

Is there a contradiction between a culture of academic freedom and implementing institutional strategies around teaching and learning?

@PeterBryantHEp.j.bryant@lse.ac.uk

@TELGreenwicha.coombs@gre.ac.uk

@monikapaziom.pazio@gre.ac.uk