These are the slides from my recent MERJ (Media Education Research Journal) conversation at the Media Education Summit, held in Sheffield in the UK. When faced with the pressures of increased tuition fees, global metrics and happy students it can at times be difficult to know which way to turn as a practitioner-based lecturer. Therefore, this session was very much aimed at those arts, design and media educators who were interested in exploring new or rather alternative models for higher education.
The purpose of the presentation was to encourage and open up debate and questioning of creative arts pedagogy in the context of the current media ‘buzz’ surrounding open education, with particular reference to MOOCs. The slides hopefully standalone in revealing a range of initiatives we have led, projects that we have developed exploring our OpenMedia agenda from the Centre for Disruptive Media at Coventry School of Art & Design, Coventry University.
The projects and the topics covered areas such as certification, creativity, legacy, impact, value, innovation, professionalism and peer to peer learning.
It would be great to hear people’s thoughts, ideas as we are always on the look out for new collaborators and discovering ways to increase our learning as educators and help develop better learners within our students.
