Near Future Teaching and Shaping Education Futures: Social media as communication and data collection Dr. Michael Gallagher Centre for Research in Digital Education University of Edinburgh michael.s.gallagher@ed.ac.uk; @mseangallagher http://www.nearfutureteaching.ed.ac.uk/

Near Future Teaching “...futures research can best be understood as an attempt to explore the relationships between ‘possible, probable, and preferable’ futures: ‘what can or could be (the possible), what is likely to be (the probable), and what ought to be (the preferable)’. In order to begin to explore these questions, however, the first task of futures research must necessarily be to critique the assumption that there is an inevitable future to which we must simply adapt or resist.” Facer, K., & Sandford, R. (2010). The next 25 years?: future scenarios and future directions for education and technology. Journal of computer assisted learning, 26(1), 74-93.

Near Future Teaching The Near Future Teaching project is about working together to co-design the future of digital education at Edinburgh. We ran a series of workshops, talks, think-tanks, interviews and other activities both online and off: our aim was to draw together the views of students and staff to help design a future for our teaching based on the big ideas, values and visions of those who have a stake in it.

What values should shape how we change? What will the University of Edinburgh be in the coming decades? How does technology impact your study, teaching, or research?

Near Future Teaching #1: Research http://www.nearfutureteaching.xyz/near-future-teaching-reviews-of-the-key-trends/

Near Future Teaching #2: Events

Near Future Teaching #3: Interviews and Focus Groups

Near Future Teaching School of Economics Digital Skills and Training College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Learning, Teaching and Web Social Work School of Literatures, Languages and Culture School of History, Classics and Archaeology College of Science and Engineering Psychology Library Learning Services Institute of Cell Biology Institute for Academic Development Biomedical Sciences Educational Design and Engagement School of Divinity Centre for Open Learning Centre for Medical Education Information Security Division Business School Moray House School of Education Edinburgh College of Art College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine School of Geosciences School of Engineering School of Informatics School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences School of Health in Social Science Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures Science, Technology and Innovation Studies School of Mathematics School of Law School of Biological Sciences Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies School of Social and Political Science ACE Residence Life Staff 100+ Students 100+ Alumni 9

Near Future Teaching #4: Thematic Videos

Near Future Teaching #5a: Design Workshops “critique the assumption that there is an inevitable future to which we must simply adapt or resist”

Near Future Teaching #5b: Design Workshops

Near Future Teaching #5c: Design Workshops “critique the assumption that there is an inevitable future to which we must simply adapt or resist”

Near Future Teaching #6: Communication

Near Future Teaching #7: Contribution

Near Future Teaching #8: Strategy

Lessons Learned #1: Course Correct and Cultural History “Storify is closing as a free service. It has implications for how individuals and organisations tell stories, and strikes at the cultural history of the internet.”

Lessons Learned #2: Medium Shapes the Message

Near Future Teaching and Shaping Education Futures: Social media as communication and data collection Dr. Michael Gallagher Centre for Research in Digital Education University of Edinburgh michael.s.gallagher@ed.ac.uk; @mseangallagher http://www.nearfutureteaching.ed.ac.uk/