Pebblegogy: Ideas and activities to inspire and engage learners
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Pebblegogy: Ideas and activities to inspire and engage learners
Pebblegogy is a book that will help tutors and learning designers create meaningful activities that will support their curricula.
Written by PebblePad experts and informed by contributions from experienced practitioners in the UK and Australia, Pebblegogy will appeal to those new to PebblePad who want
practical guidance in making best use of the personal learning space. For those who are already experts, the book offers a rich source of inspiration for designing engaging
and motivating learning experiences with PebblePad.
Pebblegogy is written for practitioners in higher education, further education and professional bodies.
About the authors
Shane Sutherland worked in higher education for 10 years with a wonderfully diverse portfolio encompassing first year experience, technology
supported learning and as a designer and tutor of the PG Cert. Shane is one of the original designers of PebblePad and continues to lead its ongoing improvement in his role as development
director.
Jane Brotchie is a freelance author and learning designer who first encountered PebblePad when she developed a peer–assessed portfolio to
become a certified member of the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT). Since then, she has used PebblePad personally and professionally for her own learning. Jane has a background of
over fifteen years of writing distance and online learning for professional development.
Sarah Chesney, MEd, FHEA has used PebblePad for a number of years with her postgraduate students. Sarah has worked in higher education for seven years,
specialising in educational development and e–learning. Sarah has published a number of articles around the topic of e–portfolios and contributed to
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What’s inside the book?
Pebblegogy is a book of two halves. The first half explores the principles and practice of PebblePad. The latter presents a rich collection of learning designs resulting from the contributions and collaborations of more than 40 practitioners from the UK and Australia.
Part A includes chapters on:
- PebblePad: the Personal Learning Space
- Designed for Learning
- The Principles of PebblePad
- Planning Purposeful Activities
- Doing it differently: Bungee Jumping with PebblePad
- Pebblegogy in Practice
Part B features a set of 12 ‘learning themes’ and 38 learning designs that will help you embed activities in a range of contexts including work–based learning; collaborative learning; action planning and project management; experiential learning and planning personal and professional development.
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Order your copy of Pebblegogy
* For orders of less than 5 copies please purchase via Amazon.
For orders of 5 or more copies we can offer a discount including P&P.
To place an order please contact orders@pebblepad.co.uk with a PO number.Book details
Title: Pebblegogy – ideas and activities to inspire and engage learners
Authors: Shane Sutherland, Jane Brotchie, Sarah Chesney
Publisher: Pebble Learning © 2011
ISBN: 978–0–9565641–1–5
Cover price: £25.00 -
Pebblegogy activities
If you already own a copy of Pebblegogy, this is where you will find additional resources and help for designing your activities.
In Part B of Pebblegogy there are 12 learning themes, each with a set of activities drawn from practice. To supplement the activities which are described in the book, we have provided some further links and resources here. For each activity, you will find Word files for both the tutor and learner instructions, ready for you to adapt to your own purpose. For a full description of the activity you will need a copy of Pebblegogy.
1 First Steps with PebblePad
1.1 Getting to know each other in PebblePad1.2 Introducing blogging for reflective practice1.3 Seven steps to success with PebblePad
2 Orientation and Induction
2.1 Using case studies to reflect on the transition to university life2.1 additional resources
2.2 Managing information overload during orientation2.3 Mentoring through online dialogue
3 Planning Personal and Professional Development
3.1 Helping learners engage with Personal Development Planning (PDP)3.2 Staying the course: action learning and planning as strategies for student support3.2 additional resources3.3 Sustaining involvement in Personal Development Planning over time3.4 Developing professional identity
4 Developing Academic Study Skills
4.1 Just in time resources: Using WebQuests to introduce digital and academic literacies4.1 additional resourcesA WebQuest for EML508 – Socio–political Contexts for TESOL4.2 Overcoming resistance to academic writing4.3 Developing a collaborative ‘knowledge’ portfolio4.4 Engaging with reflective writing
5 Promoting Group Work
5.1 Agreeing a team learning contract5.2 Creating a design proposal for assessment5.3 Assessing individual and collective contributions to a group project5.4 Working together in online sketchbooks5.4 additional resourcesJISC 2010 Effective Assessment in a Digital Age: A guide to technology-enhanced assessment and feedback
6 Experiential Learning
6.1 Constructing a skills diary6.2 Practising reflection for a professional portfolio6.3 Using simulated scenarios to create an evidence-based plan
7 Collaborative Learning
7.1 An eJournal Club for professional development7.2 Creating digitally enhanced patchwork text7.3 Helping students to continue learning beyond the classroom
8 Self and Peer Review
8.1 Self and peer critique of treatment plans8.2 Anonymous peer review of research plans8.3 Developing professional discourse through blogging
9 Preparing for Accreditation
9.1 Preparing a portfolio for professional development9.2 Supporting feedback and dialogue for portfolio-building9.3 Creating accessible and usable web pages9.4 A ‘capstone task’ bringing together theory and practice9.4 additional resourcesScreenshots of LMS, a rubric and instructive text for reflection:
Link – From good to outstanding
Image 04 – Unit of Work in webfoliosLink – Primary School Unit Construction
The final task is to create a webfolio for registration as teachers drawing on the work they have done during the year, including many assets in PP. Some of the resources we give students to support this final task.
Link – Creating your final webfolio
Also to come in October - the finished product from students.
10 Preparing for Employment
10.1 Recording and reflecting on a work placement10.1 additional resourcesLecture capture in choice of formats:
Echo Presentation
Enhanced Podcast
Audio
Vodcast
PowerPoint
Instructions10.2 Supporting unemployed people returning to work10.3 An award scheme demonstrating employability skills10.3 additional resources
11 Learning for the Workplace
11.1 Enabling the transition to advanced practice11.2 Enabling work-based learners to study for a formal qualification11.3 Creating an audit report of a service/organisation
12 Action Planning and Project Managing
12.1 Planning for a field trip: Pebbles on the path to the Long Walk12.1 additional resources12.2 Planning and negotiating a community project
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Presentations to the Pebblegogy conferences
Pebblegogy conference UK
As well as keynotes from the authors, the UK Pebblegogy conference featured presentations and workshops led by the practitioners who designed some of the activities contained in the book.
Key Note Speakers
Jane Brotchie and Sarah Chesney:
‘People, processes and products: a learning journey.’
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Emma Purnell:
‘Enabling work-based learners to study for a formal qualification’Download presentationDennie Wilson and Ben Andrews:
‘Pebble: an alternative rehearsal pad’Download presentation [via YouTube]
Student Presentations
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Pebblegogy conference Australia
Key Note Speakers
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The case studies are available for download under the Creative Commons license
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