[Post by Karla Willems, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] In an article titled "Love or Lose Your Senior Talent" published in the September issue of Talent Management magazine, "Older workers still bring value to the workplace." The article notes that by the year 2020, approximately 60 million American will be over age 65 and that the potential losses for organizations are many. "Some managers think that losing senior talent is inevitable or it won’t be a big loss. Think again." Authors Sharon Jordan-Evans and Beverly Kaye list some of the potential losses as: depth of knowledge; wisdom; ability to mentor; innovation; and leadership. So what can you do about it? Read the article for "hints on hanging on," which include helping seniors find new and meaningful roles in your organization. To read the article visit: Talent Management September Issue Or visit the Talent Management magazine website: Talent Management Photo from Freeimages.com

[Post by Arden Rose, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] Join Katherine Jones (Ph.D., Vice President, HCM Technology Research, Bersin by Deloitte) and Camille Price (Senior Manager, Bersin by Deloitte) tomorrow, October 7, for a free webinar called Planning Organization Change: Getting over the Gotchas "In business, change is a constant. From acquisition and mergers to layoffs, market entrances and exits, organizations are often in flux in ways that can affect the workforce. The success of new initiatives depends on how that pending change is approached within the organization. But is your organization even ready to change? How can you tell? This complimentary webinar from industry-leading analyst Bersin by Deloitte will review the main aspects of change management. The webinar will discuss how to get from a business plan to an action plan; how to create a team; and if your organization is ready for change. Register here: Bersin Webinar Registration

[Post by K.M. Lowe, Writer & Corporate Communicator] An extensive report titled "eLearning for Undergraduate Health Professional Education" was published this year by the World Health Organization. WHO’s Department of Health Workforce collaborated with the Imperial College London to conduct a systematic review of scientific literature to evaluate the effectiveness of eLearning for undergraduate health professional education. With contributions from more than 30 researchers from around the world, the 156-page report identified 209 studies for inclusion in the review. Reports from large organizations, whether government, non-governmental (NGO) or private, often state the obvious. This report is not the exception evidenced by the Foreword, which begins by explaining, "A defining feature of health systems in the 21st century will be the capacity to respond to populations’ needs, while at the same time anticipating future scenarios and effectively planning for evolving requirements." The report then went on to describe its parameters. It was interesting to read that it limited the types of elearning it considered relevant to the research. "It was decided to focus on non-networked computerbased and Internet and local area network-based eLearning only, as these are the two forms of technology that are most likely to be available in a multiplicity of settings." Yet the researchers were willing to use data that was 14 years old, which is considered ancient in technology years. "Overall, 47 records published between 2001 and 2013 were compatible with the definition of computer-based eLearning." The speed at which the research was done must have been the reason why nothing published in the past two years was included. It must be assumed that the study began in 2013 and that decisions were made then as to what research to include. Anything that came out after that, regardless of how relevant it might have been, was apparently ignored. The following passage shows just how out-of-date some of the data was, "The majority of the studies used programs that run on PCs or laptops. One study investigated the use of a personal digital assistant (PDA), which is a small portable electronic device that can be regarded as the predecessor to a computer tablet and smartphone…" If a technology is so old that it must be described to readers because they have likely never seen it, maybe it shouldn’t be included. But more important is the lack of data used in relation to smartphones and tablets, especially since technology access in lower-income countries was listed as a mitigating factor for choosing surveys to include in the study. In February of 2015, Wired magazine published the following. "For those in many developing countries, a smartphone is their first computer and their only Internet-connected device." Wired predicted that by 2017, a smartphone might be only ‘computer’ most people own. Back in 2013, Forbes magazine published that the analysts at IDC forecast that by 2017, 87% of connected devices sold would be smartphones and tablets. Other research shows that sales of tablets will surpass PCs in 2015. In view of all that and that smartphones and tablets are more affordable and portable options worldwide, relevancy of the data used in the study becomes a serious concern. One of the most surprising sentences in the report read, "The strengths of eLearning as a new educational tool…" Although the document included a glossary, the term ‘new’ was not listed, so we can’t really know what criteria was used to define the word ‘new.’ As elearning has been around since the mid-1990s (Wikipedia tell us that the first online high school was founded in 1994) and went mainstream around 1999, it was apparently not the same criteria used in business. In business, a strategy that’s been in use for 15-20 years is not only not new, but generally falls into the well-established category. The study’s key findings included, "The shortage of health-care workers at global level has forced educational institutions to turn to innovative ways of teaching and learning. One of the paths that shows the most promise is… eLearning." Again, that would appear to be stating the obvious, however, the report then goes on to say that more research is necessary citing gaps in the available evidence. "The research available to date has tended to focus on educational institutions in high-income countries… None of the included studies from the WHO African Region and Eastern Mediterranean Region were eligible for inclusion…" And that was just one of the issues with the ‘eligible’ data. Others were that the included studies were all based on university education and none on vocational training and that there was little data for community health assistants and other health-allied professions. Maybe the researchers should have loosened their criteria to get a broader data set to work from. It also seems that the use of the phrase, "research available to date" is misleading since ‘to date’ in this case is until two years ago and not actually anywhere near the date of the report’s release. The report did remind us of some of the advantages of elearning, such as reducing costs associated with training delivery, bridging geographic barriers, improving access to content, offering personalized learner experience and so on. And one of the more valuable sections found in the report was the chapter called, "Critical success factors for the implementation and adoption of eLearning interventions." This provided a breakdown of the framework required for effective elearning delivery including understanding the ‘problem’ that elearning is expected to solve and the issues with implementing that solution (or intervention). The two following chapters, "Strategies to introduce eLearning equitably and effectively" and "Institutionalizing and sustaining eLearning," also contained some worthwhile information. "eLearning for Undergraduate Health Professional Education" is certainly worth a read for anyone studying elearning or health education and provides some interesting data, especially for those who enjoy statistics. If you’d like to read the report for yourself, you can download it here: WHO report

[Post by Karla Willems, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] Bersin by Deloitte is presenting a free webinar on October 13 titled "How and Where Organizations are Investing to Help Close Employee." Jennifer Krider, Senior Research Analyst at Bersin by Deloitte, will discuss how much some U.S. companies are investing in employee development; how the typical allocation of L&D practitioners’ time has shifted; and how and where many high-impact learning organizations are spending their money. Register for this complimentary webinar at: Bersin Webinar Oct 13

[Post by Arden Rose, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] The results of a survey conducted in March 2015 of 127 HR professionals was published in the September issue of Talent Management. The article, titled "Firms Boost HR Tech Spending," claims "Half of talent managers say their companies’ spending on HR technology grew year over year." Article author, Elyse Samuels, writes that the survey showed the least popular HR technology to spend money on was wellness software followed by succession planning, but nearly 40% were planning to purchase mobile HR software. You can read the whole article here: Talent Management September issue Or visit the magazine’s website: Talent Management

[Post by Karla Willems, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] In his monthly column in the August issue of Chief Learning Office magazine, industry analyst Josh Bersin writes that "Online education is back with a vengeance — and it works." Bersin reminds his readers that e-learning as we have come to know it was created back in 1999. He goes on to say that there were hundreds of vendors in the elearning marketplace "most of which have disappeared of been acquired." Interestingly, 1999 was the year we first released our online version of TrainingPartner. I remember it well, having already worked for GeoMetrix Data Systems for two years by then. So I guess that makes us one of the few vendors who have not ‘disappeared or been acquired.’ Of course, in 1991, GeoMetrix had already been in the training technology business for seven years. Bersin writes that while elearning has had its ups and downs over the past 15 years, "research shows that most large companies today are in the middle of a digital renaissance; they desperately need to re-engineer their employee learning experiences to accommodate this new, refreshing, exciting market." "…being a CLO or learning leader is more exciting now than it has been in years." To read the column visit: CLO August 2015 Bersin column Or visit the magazine’s website here: CLO Media website

[Post by Karla Willems, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] Hosted by ELearning! magazine, the Virtual Learning! Summit’s mission is Creating Great Learning Experiences…Virtually. Convene with 2,000+ corporate and government learning executives online to: Hear success stories from learning leaders; Share best practices with virtual experts; See best-in-class solutions; and Network with experts at this live virtual event. If you are responsible for business and agency performance, employee development and learning strategy, you need to attend the Virtual Learning! Summit Live! You can attend this online event live for free on November 4 or choose a paid premium pass to access all the recorded sessions for the rest of 2015. For more information visit: ELearning!

[Post by K.M. Lowe, Writer & Corporate Communicator] According to a new report by think-tank McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), "Gender inequality is not only a pressing moral and social issue but also a critical economic challenge." The report titled ‘The Power of Parity’ states that advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to global growth by 2025. The full report at 168 pages is extensive but laid out in an engaging format with an ‘in brief’ section at the beginning and easily understood infographics (except a couple of exhibits, which were a little difficult to navigate). The more reasonable executive summary version, at only 32 pages, provides highlights and summaries of the most important information, as well as the all-important infographics. Whether you choose to tackle the statistics or browse the highlights, from this report you’ll learn that "Women are half the world’s working-age population but generate only 37% of GDP." MGI research statistics show that "Even after decades of progress toward making women equal partners with men in the economy and society, the gap between them remains large." MGI mapped 15 gender-equality indicators in four categories: equality in work, essential services and enablers of economic opportunity, legal protection and political voice, and physical security and autonomy. The researchers applied the indicators to 95 countries and found that 40 countries have high or extremely high levels of gender inequality on at least half of the indicators. MGI’s Gender Parity Score (GPS) measured the distance each country had traveled toward gender parity. With full parity, MGI’s bar is set at 1.00. South Asia (excluding India) scored the lowest GPS at 0.44. North America and Oceania (which includes Australia and New Zealand) scored the highest at 0.74. These results show that even in the highest ranking regions, women are still participating at less than three-quarters of their potential. So what would happen if women were participating at full capacity? According to MGI, the impact of women participating at full economic potential would add up to $28 trillion by 2025 or "roughly equivalent to the size of the combined Chinese and US economies today." Even if full potential wasn’t reached in that period, a best-in-region scenario could equal $12 trillion in annual Gross Domestic Product or "equivalent in size to the current GDP of Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom combined, or twice the likely growth in global GDP contributed by female workers between 2014 and 2025 in a business-as-usual scenario." The researchers showed that both advanced and developing countries stood to gain by increased economic participation by women. "In 46 of the 95 countries analyzed, the best-in-region outcome could increase annual GDP by 2025 by more than 10 percent over the business-as-usual case, with the highest relative regional boost in India and Latin America." "If women—who account for half the world’s working-age population—do not achieve their full economic potential, the global economy will suffer." To download the complete 168-page report or the more easily consumable 32-page executive summary visit: McKinsey Global Institute Photos from Freeimages.com

[Post by Greg Gammie, Implementations Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] The value proposition for implementing a new human resources information system (HRIS), especially if implementing a cloud based Software as a Services (SAS) based model, is often clear and compelling. In fact, it is estimated that organizations spent approximately $10 billion USD implementing such global systems in 2014. How many organizations have recently implemented a new HRIS? What challenges did they face during and after implementation? What outcomes have organizations experienced? Human Capital Media Advisory Group, the research arm of Workforce magazine, in partnership with Mercer, is conducting this global survey to examine the opportunities and challenges faced by organizations while implementing a new HRIS. They’d like your input on these topics. Please take just 15 minutes to tell them about your organization, and they’ll send you a white paper reporting on the results. To take the survey visit: HCM Transformation Survey

[Post by Arden Rose, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] Workforce magazine is pleased to invite you and your colleagues to an exploration of the future of benefits management. Designed by the editors of Workforce magazine in conjunction with researchers from the Human Capital Media Advisory Group, this event explores how employee benefit management is being transformed by technology. From wearables to electronic exchanges and gamification, benefits management is in the midst of a generational shift, giving consumers unprecedented tools to manage their own healthcare and retirement planning. Many employers struggle with the shift, others are finding unprecedented opportunity. The conference will examine the challenges, opportunities and shifts in employee benefit management, pushing the dialogue from vision to action and creating measurable results for employees and employers alike along the way. Informed by research from multiple sources, including the landmark original research from Workforce sister organization the Human Capital Media Advisory Group, this event will put you in direct conversation with colleagues, researchers and management experts to look at the current state of benefit management, where future trends are headed and provide ideas and action steps for creating an employee benefit program that contains costs and attracts talent. For more information visit: Workforce Focus on Benefits

Our annual pumpkin carving contest was a big success again this year as you can see from some of the entries below. We at GeoMetrix Data Systems would like to wish you and your families a safe and happy Halloween.

Our LMS, TrainingPartner, is a finalist in the Best of Elearning! Awards for 2015. As a finalist in this prestigious industry awards program, our product was singled out by readers and professionals from both the private and public sector, who cast more than 4,000 nominations for the best-in-class solutions across 30 product categories. TrainingPartner, which is a component of our GeoTalent Talent Management System, was nominated in the LMS Enterprise category. "Awards such as this are recognition of the dedication our staff has to producing the best learning and talent management products that we can," said Justin Hearn, president of GeoMetrix Data Systems. "We’ve been developing the TrainingPartner product line since 1992 and have recently incorporated it into a larger Talent Management suite called GeoTalent. With TrainingPartner at its core, we expect GeoTalent to be just as popular with users as TrainingPartner has been for more than 20 years. I’d like to congratulate all my employees on a job well done! I’d also like to thank everyone who nominated us. We appreciate the time you took to make this happen." In its 11th year, The Best of Elearning! Awards program is the industry gold standard for excellence. The program is a User’s Choice Award whereby learning professionals vote with their ballot for best-in-class solutions. Eighty-five percent of professionals have personally recommended a learning solution to a colleague over the past 12 months and this awards program formalizes this personal recommendation process. Award recognition is important for buyers, as 61 percent agree that award recognition impacts their buying decision, according to Elearning! Media Group’s research. This year, 100 individual products and solutions are being named as finalists. "Our industry continues to innovate and evolve. We responded by adding the new categories of for Adaptive/Personalized Learning Platforms, Adaptive/Personalized Learning Content, and Content Aggregations Libraries. We are committed to recognizing innovation and user satisfaction across a diverse group of solution providers," reports Jerry Roche, editorial director of the Elearning! Media Group. Winners of each category will be revealed in Elearning! and Government Elearning! magazines in December and honored at the Best of Elearning! Celebration at the Enterprise Learning! Conference. For more information visit: Best of Elearning! Awards Finalists

[Post by Arden Rose, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] Bersin by Deloitte is presenting a free webinar on November 12 titled, "Onboarding: The On-Ramp for Employee Success." Senior Research Analyst Sally-Ann Cooke will discuss a Bersin by Deloitte report and review Why onboarding matters; Components of a good onboarding program; and Technologies that can help. Register for this complimentary webinar at: Bersin Webinar: Onboarding

[Post by Karla Willems, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] Join Chief Learning Office magazine November 17 and 18 for the online edition of the Fall CLO Symposium. Being there when CLO relives all the best moments from thought-provoking discussions to stirring idea exchanges — all inspired by the multiple expert speakers from the Fall 2015 CLO Symposium during the Online Edition. Access to this encore presentation is free — no cost, no travel! Hear how learning leaders are experimenting with and applying new approaches as well as transforming traditional models to meet the demands of the modern workforce. As an attendee, you will have the opportunity to network with fellow attendees and receive HRCI and SHRM credit. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to share the most exclusive learning and development conference in the industry with a colleague, or experience it for yourself firsthand from your location of choice at no cost. For a look at the agenda, visit closymposium.com/online. To register visit: CLO Fall Symposium Online

In honour of Remembrance Day, we are posting a poem written during World War 1 more than 100 years ago in May 1915 by Canadian military doctor and artillery commander Major John McCrae (1872-1918). In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. Please note that the province of British Columbia in Canada has chosen to designate Remembrance Day, November 11, as a statutory holiday. Our head office is in British Columbia, and we are closed for the day. Photo from Wikimedia Commons

[Post by Arden Rose, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] Harvard Business Review estimates that by 2020, over 50% of the worldwide workforce will be virtual. In this complimentary webinar, best-selling author, Kevin Sheridan, will discuss the benefits of allowing employees to work remotely, the attributes to look for when hiring for remote positions, employment engagement drivers for virtual workers and how organizations can overcome the barrier of trust. This one-hour webinar hosted by Training magazine is being held on Wednesday, Nov 18, 2015 at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern. Can’t make that time? No worries. If you register and don’t show up, you’ll get a link to the recorded event that you can listen to later. To register for this free webinar visit: Training Mag Events

[Post by Karla Willems, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] Training magazine’s 2016 Emerging Training Leaders awards program is open for nominations until January 18, 2016. This program recognizes training professionals who are relatively new to the training/learning and development industry (minimum of two years and maximum of 10 years in the field) and who have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills, business savvy, and training instincts. The criteria for the awards says that nominations must come from managers, co-workers, peers/colleagues—each company can nominate ONLY 2 candidates (no self-nominations). The candidate must be in the training industry for a minimum of two years but no more than 10 years experience and must have taken on at least one new responsibility in the last year. For the rest of the criteria, visit: Emerging Training Leaders The competition will be judged by Training’s Top 10 Hall of Famers and the editor of Training magazine in January and February 2016. Winners will be notified in March 2016 and featured in the May/June 2016 print issue of Training magazine. For more information visit: Emerging Training Leaders

[Post by Greg Gammie, Implementations Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] For the past seven years, Training Industry Inc. has surveyed learning leaders from a variety of industries to identify the process capabilities and practices that define great training organizations. Over 1,600 learning leaders from 1,300 organizations across the globe have contributed their expert opinions. The current study continues this research and investigates the processes and practices that define great training organizations like yours. Please take a few minutes to contribute to this valuable industry research and you’ll receive a copy of the benchmark report, summarizing survey findings and providing a personalized scorecard. To take the survey visit: Survey Monkey

[Post by Arden Rose, Account Manager at GeoMetrix Data Systems Inc.] An article published in the Winter edition of Training Industry Magazine dispels some neuromyths or "false information that leads to faulty assumptions and incorrect theories." Written by Jeremy B. Teitlebaum of California Polytechnic State University, the article provides the truths revealed by recent research, including that human brains can’t really multitask. Read the rest beginning on page 16 in Training Industry Magazine’s Winter Edition Or visit Training Industry’s website: www.trainingindustry.com

Last Thursday saw Mark, Steph and myself don our finest and head out to the annual Staff Excellence Awards. We were fortunate enough to have been shortlisted for the Exceptional Contribution to the Student Experience award.  As a team we are really proud to be nominated for this award. Student experience is at the heart of what we do and so to be recognised in this area is a real achievement for us.  The event was a great opportunity to meet others at the University who had been nominated in additional categories such as Rising Star, Outstanding Contribution to Research and Innovation and Service Excellence.  With the DIME core team being nominated for the International Collaboration of the Year award it meant that Damien found himself in two categories on the night.  Each shortlisted entry was accompanied by a short video outlining the nominated team, individual or project. It was really great to hear so many testimonials from staff at the University passionate about the shortlisted entrants. Judging finished earlier on in the evening and Rosie Sellwood picked up the Exceptional Contribution to the Student Experience award. Well done Rosie! Congratulations also to the DIME Team (including ET’s Damien Hogan) for winning the International Collaboration of the Year Award. It was a great evening and one we hope is repeated year after year!   

Students are now added to their modules on Learning Space automatically. Information is being fed through from SITS (the student information system) to identify students’ modules and add them to their accounts; they will see them listed on the My Modules tab after they login.What this means:Students are reliably added to the modules on Learning Space and are no longer required to self-subscribe to see and engage with activities online. It also means that any communication through the modules on Learning Space will be delivered to them as long as they are fully enrolled through SITS.What this doesn’t mean:Students will still need to add Course Pages and Technical Resource areas to their accounts by self-subscribing to them.

There’s been quite a bit of change within the Educational Technology team over the last few months with the addition of some new staff and farewells to others. We’ve also moved to Falmouth Campus; we are now in the Interior Design building on the first floor.We have two new members of staff, Adel Gordon and Adam Grice. Adel is a Learning Technologist and is part of the core Falmouth team, and Adam has joined as a Learning Technologist for Exeter.Adel has moved from Northampton where she worked at the University, also as a Learning Technologist. She looked after the School of Science and Technology and worked closely with the teaching staff to design and enhance teaching with the use of technology. She has particular interests in technology for assessment, mobile, and learning systems integration. She has spent the last couple of weeks or so finding her way around Learning Space and contacting staff in the Schools that she will be the point of contact for at Falmouth. Those being: the School of Architecture, Design & Interiors; the School of Communication Design; the Fashion & Textiles Institute; The Games Academy, and the Business School. If you’d like to see a list of Adel’s research output so far have a look at her ResearchGate profile.Adam joins us from University of the Arts London where he worked as a specialist technician (learning and teaching) for learning technologies and as an associate lecturer (PGCHE) teaching design software for a number of access, BA and MA courses. His role focused on supporting students and staff across a range of technology enhanced learning and e learning functions championing blended learning approaches. During his time at UAL he has developed an online resource for technical services information and the Universities video channel and lecture capture platform Replay.arts.ac.uk.  As Steph Comley’s maternity cover Adam will be taking on her responsibilities for supporting Exeter courses based at the Falmouth campus. Contact etsupport@falmouth.ac.uk to get in touch with any of the EdTech team.

In this series of articles, the Educational Technology team will be providing an insight into existing practice using technology for learning and teaching at Falmouth University and also at projects being undertaken within the wider HE sector.Our previous articles have looked at Assessment, Feedback and Open Education.The term ‘Digital Literacy’ has origins which date back to the 1960s as Doug Belshsaw notes in What is ‘Digital Literacy’? and encompasses comprehension and understanding around use of technologies. Henry Jenkins describes it as the ability to effectively and critically navigate, evaluate and create information using a range of digital technologies. It requires one "to recognize and use that power, to manipulate and transform digital media, to distribute pervasively, and to easily adapt them to new forms". One of the best definitions in my opinion comes from Josie Fraser who describes it in terms of function and socio-cultural development: Digital Literacy = digital tool knowledge + critical thinking + social engagementFraser’s work with the  DigiLit Leicester project presents an excellent framework of reference for educators in understanding how we support these literacies. It has led to the local council driving forward use of OER and giving express permission to schools and colleges to make use of open materials in the physical and virtual classroom.From 2011-2013 Jisc ran a project around digital literacies, which built on a Digital Literacy framework developed by Beetham and Sharpe (2010) to describe 7 elements that combine to form our digital literacies (Fig.1). A further ongoing project looks at the digital capabilities our institutions need to scaffold the development of these literacies.Figure 1 - Seven elements of digital literacies from the JISC Digital Literacy project.Online, Mozilla continues to encourage people by using an experiential approach to learning, with Teach The Web and Code Club partners volunteering with community groups to teach coding to kids.In Finland, digital literacies are embedded in the core curriculum and the recent House of Lords Digital Skills report urges Universities to ensure the digital competency of their graduates so that they have the necessary skills to thrive in the future workplace. At Falmouth, the ET team organises a range of drop in events aimed at sharing practice, trying out new tools and discussing the ever evolving world of Educational Technology. Last year we ran a series of 10 workshops ranging in theme and included a mobile learning speed geek/picnic, where staff got to move around the room discussing ‘mobile first’ design approaches to learning and new apps and technologies in the mobile environment.We’re always up for doing more of this kind of stuff and talking about developing student literacies within taught courses, so get in touch if you have any thoughts/ideas around the subject.

Educational Technology were recently invited to host a session as part of the Lunch and Talk series. In this session we discussed current initiatives we are working on as well as a brief summary of the last academic year. We finished the session with a mapping activity. We wanted to get participants thinking about learning technology from different perspectives and using post-it’s asked them to make contributions to these areas. We included examples of the types of comments we’d like to see to give an idea. We asked all to map the following:  Experience - Your experiences of teaching and technology, within Falmouth and external to it. Courses you’ve attended, things you’ve seen implemented or discussed at conferences. Example: I’ve seen lists of tweets at HEA conference and I’d like to use it. TagboardExpectation - Your expectations on the students for the ways they should be using technology, i/e - assessment methods, resources accessed. Students expectations, what technologies do you feel they expect to be using at University. Example: Many of my students have mobiles, I’d like to help them utilise them. Digital Student project.CPD - What opportunities are out there for supporting use of learning technologies, what would you like to have made available for you.Example: I find it difficult to attend scheduled sessions, but I’d like to broaden my skill-set. Video resources/10 min CPD.We had a positive response to the session and would definitely suggest it as a method to gauge staff and student opinions. A selection of the responses include: Experience: "Need easier ways of sharing information on Learning Space (VLE) - e.g share button""Mixed…different courses use it (VLE) more or less effectively."Expectation: "An assumption that all students are tech savvy""That staff are current" "Face to face contact with academics and peers"CPD:"Windows 10 - students are arriving with laptops with this on""How to create interactive flowcharts"Taking these responses into account we can aim to ensure that staff have the resources and tools to meet expectation, experience and CPD demands. If you would like us to come and run a similar session with your course team, please get in touch. etsupport@falmouth.ac.uk