creative hive intro and the ukpsf alignment

Creative HiveAlex Fenton - a.fenton@salford.ac.uk

What is Creative Hive?www.creativehive.org

• Gives you a web space to allows you to create a blog, show off your work at www.creativehive.org and in person at physical events

• Provides real world opportunities and connections between students, staff, the community and industry (over 900 members)

• Join free at www.creativehive.org – get in touch if you get stuck!

You get your own free websiteBlog your thoughts and show your work off

Customise it Change the look of your website

See other peoples work from the UniMake new connections and find collaborators

Creative Hive Live - Eventswww.creativehive.org/live/prog

• Cross Disciplinary Collaborations• Performance• Film• Creative Writing• Fine Art• Audio installations• Music• Creative Technology• Sculpture• Painting • Graphic design• Comedy• Drawing• Web design• Animation• Photography

Video from Creative Hive Livehttp://creativehive.org/live/prog/

Creative Hive UKPSF (Areas of Activity)http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf

The Higher Education Academy (2012). UK Professional Standards Framework. Retrieved 02/10/13 from 

• A1 – My colleagues and I have used Creative Hive for planned learning activities e.g. write a reflective post or multimedia that is visible to the rest of the class

• A2 – Used to support teaching and learning pedagogically

• A3 – We also use it to give asynchronous feedback against posts

• A4 – Used as an effective learning environment and offering support and guidance live and by email / twitter / comments

Creative Hive UKPSF (Core Knowledge)http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf

The Higher Education Academy (2012). UK Professional Standards Framework. Retrieved 02/10/13 from 

• K2 – Effective method for teaching, learning and assessing both formative and summative

• K3 – Useful for reflection and guaging how students learn and where they are at

• K4 – Pedagogically sound, appropriate TEL is embedded properly into modules

• K5 – Can be used to evaluate effectiveness of learning outcomes and see an ongoing growth of a student

Creative Hive UKPSF (Core Knowledge)http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf

The Higher Education Academy (2012). UK Professional Standards Framework. Retrieved 02/10/13 from 

• V2 – Promoting participation and equality of opportunity is a major part of this platform as open access and available to all for free and for anyone for any length of time

• V3 – By authoring papers and undertaking research, we can continue to evolve the platform and the way it is deployed via evidence

• V4 – The platform is very much geared towards professional practise and is open access, reaching out to the wider world of employment and beyond

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