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Learning LayersScaling up Technologies for Informal Learning in SME Clusters

Tamsin Treasure-Jones Leeds Institute of Medical Educationt.treasure-jones@leeds.ac.uk

Presentation at Teaching Innovations Workshop – Leeds University Business School 19th October 2016

Learning LayersAn EU-funded Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Research Project

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Learning Layers Objectives

• Understand how informal learning takes place in and between SMEs (General Practices - UK pilot study)

• Identify potential for technology to support and scale-up this learning (individual – team – organisation – network)

• Develop and pilot tools to provide this support– Following a Design Based Research approach

• Co-design the tools• Agile development - improve tools, show impact• Test/refine informal & workplace learning theories

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Learning Layers Project Consortium

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Project Coordination

Technology Research

Regional Application Clusters

Scaling Partners

Technology Partners

Healthcare – Leeds

Construction & Building – Bremen

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Four year research project

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November 2012

December 2016

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Healthcare Co-design Activities

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Empirical studies

Co-design

Field-testing / piloting

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Three tools developed for General Practices

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Bits and Pieces:Record/collect,

organise, share and collaborate on

informal learning & resources

Living Documents:Developing knowledge,

collaborative editing, discussions around documents,

sharing knowledge

Confer:Supports working groups, maintains focus and flow of work, structuring task, supporting

discussion, reaching consensus

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Piloting these tools Within real contexts and across organisations

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INTRODUCING A NEW SERVICE ACROSS A FEDERATION

1Gathering information

(training, search, meeting)

2Developing a proposal & plan

3Informing colleagues &

realization

4Monitoring, Evaluation

& Review

Evernote

Intradoc applications

INTRADOC

Practice Manager

Clinician

Layers AdapterMitreID OpenID Connect Server

Social Semantic ServerINFR

ASTR

UCT

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PLIC

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Practice Manager

Bits and Pieces:Record/collect,

organise, share and collaborately

develop informal learning & resources

Confer:Supports working groups, maintains focus and flow of work, structuring task,

supporting discussion, reaching consensus

Living Documents:Developing knowledge, collaborative editing, discussions around documents, sharing

knowledge

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Tools developed & being piloted in construction sector (& now healthcare)

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Record

Annotate

Share Videos

Learning ToolboxBuild you own apps

- collections of learning resources- for specific contexts

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OutcomesImpact on practice & research• Evidence of changed practices from tools use• Contribution to research knowledge on informal learning at work &

technology enhanced learning• Tools adopted beyond project

Sustainability• Open-source tools https://github.com/learning-layers • Further development of tools inside research projects• Commercial support for Learning Toolbox http://ltb.io/

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