Evelyn McElhinney, Sheila MacNeill

Beach Breakers or blow outs? Mapping digital residency and understandings of effective online spaces

“Beach break: a wave that breaks

over a sandy beach, best suited for

learning to surf.”

“Blown out: unridable, due to the

wind's blowing so hard that the

surf is chopped up.”

http://www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-culture/surf-speak.php

“Effective online engagement is particularly relevant to

health care professionals, who are bound by professional

codes of ethics. The increasing use of social media for

professional and public engagement requires them to

develop understanding of the interactions between

professional and personal spaces.”

https://howsheilaseesit.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/challenges-of-web-

residency-case-study-our-vistor-and-residents-journey-and-case-study-

heavandr/

Findings and Future Work

• Demarcation and balance between

personal/professional/institutional spaces.

• Prevalence of entertainment/utility “apps” in personal

visitor spaces (particularly in 1st year students) –

things that make life easier – why are these missing in

our institutional spaces?

• Further exploration of the boundary spaces e.g.

Youtube, Facebook.

• Activity design – where, when and should we bring

boundary spaces into learning designs?

• Staff engagement and work with other schools.

Evelyn.McElhinney@gcu.ac.uk @Kalipizzaro

Sheila.MacNeill@gcu.ac.uk @sheilmcn

Case study: http://bit.ly/TDPbV8