{"id":10486,"date":"2019-06-13T14:33:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/cel\/?p=10486"},"modified":"2019-06-13T14:33:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:33:50","slug":"report-on-the-jisc-change-agents-network-conference-can-2019-29-30-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2019\/06\/13\/report-on-the-jisc-change-agents-network-conference-can-2019-29-30-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Report on  the JISC Change Agents Network Conference  CAN 2019 (29-30 May)"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h5>Apologies for cross posting &#8211; JISC annual Change Agents Network conference &#8211; lots of ideas and resources to share<\/h5>\n<h5>== from JISCs blog==<\/h5>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">An inspirational two days at CAN 2019 (29-30 May)<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/can.jiscinvolve.org\/wp\/author\/clarekillen\/\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-136 photo\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b7ec7c4ec03d9b804027a1a38a41a03?s=136&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/span> <span class=\"author-meta\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/can.jiscinvolve.org\/wp\/author\/clarekillen\/\"> Clare Killen<\/a><span class=\"post-date\"> June 11, 2019<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"post-meta\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/can.jiscinvolve.org\/wp\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Hosted by the Open University in their 50th anniversary year and with the theme of the evolving landscapes of student-staff partnerships\u00a0\u2013 CAN 2019 had much to celebrate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was the <strong>7th annual event<\/strong> \u2013 building on the initial project and network conferences hosted by Jisc, the universities of Lincoln, Exeter and Winchester<\/li>\n<li><strong>250 delegates<\/strong> \u2013 both days were sold out!<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>high percentage of student presenters<\/strong> \u2013 a ratio of approximately <strong>60:40 staff and students<\/strong> gave the event energy and purpose and really exemplified the value of working together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We were welcomed and supported throughout the two days by the OU student association\u2019s team of enthusiastic <strong>conference makers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cCAN \u2013 a network of people, who aren\u2019t just working together but who are constantly sharing their practice and being really practical about that. What I really love about the CAN community is that you are not afraid to talk about what goes wrong \u2013 because we know lots of stuff goes wrong. But we also have things going right all the time and it is a good idea to share that as much as possible.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Liz Ellis, conference organiser for CAN 2019, The Open University<\/h6>\n<h3>Inspiring keynotes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018StudyTuber\u2019 <strong>Ruby Granger<\/strong> gave us a thoughtful opening presentation. Her honesty in sharing her concerns about going to university and her commitment to sharing study tips and in offering social support and reassurance is impressive. Watch a <a href=\"http:\/\/stadium.open.ac.uk\/stadia\/preview.php?s=1&amp;whichevent=3277&amp;option=both&amp;record=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recording of Ruby\u2019s presentation<\/a> at CAN 2019 (opens in new window).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stadium.open.ac.uk\/stadia\/preview.php?s=1&amp;whichevent=3277&amp;option=both&amp;record=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Julian Stodd\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> (opens in new window) closing keynote on <em>Adapting for the social age: the evolution of education and the challenges of change<\/em> provided great food for thought at the end of day 1 and challenged us to think about the eco systems of organisations, trust, why change is so hard and how engagement is more social than contractual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cTechnology in and of itself is great, but it is what technology enables which is of much more interest. Where does technology take us? I think it takes us into evolved modes of being, evolved ways of being in the world. It lets us be together in different ways.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Julian Stodd, Sea Salt Learning<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scott Hayden<\/strong> from Basingstoke College of Technology talked about co-designing and innovating with students. He shared the digital journey that he has led at the college and outlined the many ways that students contribute, giving numerous practical examples of digital pedagogy that empower and engage students and help them to learn. Collaboration and sharing are key tenants of Scott\u2019s practice \u2013 watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/stadium.open.ac.uk\/stadia\/preview.php?s=1&amp;whichevent=3280&amp;option=both&amp;record=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recording<\/a> (opens in new window) of his presentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cWhether you are a child care teacher, whether you are teaching engineering or travel and tourism, it is my job to help you to use digital technology in a meaningful and relevant way. It has to be relevant, it has to be tied to students\u2019 future careers and the skills set they are going to have to have to be employable in the future.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Scott Hayden, Basingstoke College of Technology<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>The traditional <strong>student panel session<\/strong> preceded the closing keynote from <strong>Liz Marr<\/strong>, pro vice chancellor for students at the OU. Her reflections on <em>\u2018Just trying to keep the customer satisfied: student experience and student voice in a marketised higher education environment\u2019<\/em> challenged us to question some of the terms we use, rethink perceptions and really think about what we mean and what is important. The <a href=\"http:\/\/stadium.open.ac.uk\/stadia\/preview.php?s=1&amp;whichevent=3280&amp;option=both&amp;record=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recording of the student panel and Liz\u2019s presentation<\/a> are available here (opens in new window).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Workshops, presentations and posters<\/h3>\n<p>There was a wealth and great variety in the workshops, presentations and posters available to participants \u2013 something for everyone as you can see from the themes highlighted in the graphic recorder\u2019s impression of conference activity.<\/p>\n<p>The graphic recorder captured the themes that were explored throughout the two days.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/can.jiscinvolve.org\/wp\/files\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190530_163149_resized_20190530_092423275.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1733\" src=\"https:\/\/can.jiscinvolve.org\/wp\/files\/2019\/06\/IMG_20190530_163149_resized_20190530_092423275.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1935\" height=\"757\" \/><\/a>\n<p>All presentations are available to download from <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1lKRaCfiCQMyUaEgrPqXbN4jAS_VkYvDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GoogleDrive<\/a> (opens in new window).<\/p>\n<h3>Hackathon<\/h3>\n<p>Jisc\u2019s summer hackathon took place at the conference this year. Seven teams participated in the hackathon developing ideas around supporting health and well being, using AI for learning and implementing the intelligent campus. Congratulations to the winning teams from UCL and the University of Hull \u2013 find out more from the <a href=\"https:\/\/edtechlaunchpad.jiscinvolve.org\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">edtech launchpad blog<\/a> (opens in new window).<\/p>\n<p>Jisc are already planning the next hackathion event, so keep an eye on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/rd\/get-involved\/take-part-in-our-edtech-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Get Involved<\/a>\u00a0page\u00a0 for future events. and you still have until 31 July to enter ideas to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/rd\/get-involved\/take-part-in-our-edtech-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">edtech challenge competitions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Journal of education, innovation, partnership and change<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Volume 5, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.studentengagement.org.uk\/index.php\/studentchangeagents\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">journal of education, innovation, partnership and change<\/a> entitled <em>\u2018Championing student-staff partnership in a time of change\u2019<\/em> was launched at the conference dinner \u2013 the online version will be available soon. Presenters from this year are invited to contribute to the next edition.<\/p>\n<h3>Join us for CAN 2020<\/h3>\n<p>We hope to see you for <strong>CAN 2020<\/strong> which will be hosted by Birmingham City University. Join the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jiscmail.ac.uk\/cgi-bin\/webadmin?A0=CAN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mailing list<\/a><\/strong> (opens in new window) to receive announcements and updates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">Posted by <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" title=\"View all posts by Clare Killen\" href=\"https:\/\/can.jiscinvolve.org\/wp\/author\/clarekillen\/\" rel=\"author\">Clare Killen<\/a><\/span> on <a title=\"3:47 pm\" href=\"https:\/\/can.jiscinvolve.org\/wp\/2019\/06\/11\/an-inspirational-two-days-at-can-2019-29-30-may\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">June 11, 2019<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/can.jiscinvolve.org\/wp\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>.<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apologies for cross posting &#8211; JISC annual Change Agents Network conference &#8211; lots of ideas and resources to share == from JISCs blog== An inspirational two days at CAN 2019 (29-30 May) By Clare Killen June 11, 2019 Uncategorized Hosted by the Open University in their 50th anniversary year and with the theme of the&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2019\/06\/13\/report-on-the-jisc-change-agents-network-conference-can-2019-29-30-may\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Report on  the JISC Change Agents Network Conference  CAN 2019 (29-30 May)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1294,"featured_media":1672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1142,37,1143],"class_list":["post-10486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies-outside-bu","tag-can","tag-jisc","tag-students-as-change-agents"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10486"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10488,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10486\/revisions\/10488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}