How do I introduce myself to a Glow CPD community?
July 15th, 2010Coming soon!
Coming soon!
More details on how to do this will follow…
The Glow network, now available in most Scottish schools and beyond, is largely made up of a series of web-parts. Think of them as lego pieces and you won’t go far wrong. There are Glow web-parts to deliver news, web meetings, chat sessions etc.
CPDGizmos are a collection of web-parts with a CPD purpose, that you can add to your own school or CPD area in Glow.
They include:
See for yourself the library of CPDGizmos on Glow
CPDMeet uses Glowmeet technology; webconferencing with computers and webcams. It allows people to interact using video, audio and a shared whiteboard space.
You will need:
Here is a guide for CPDMeet newbies!
The best thing to do is to have a wee play a couple of days before the real CPDMeet starts. You can also get support from your local Glow mentor or contact Susan Lafferty (s.lafferty@ltscotland.org.uk). Susan runs practice sessions on Glowmeet.
So, don’t be feart! Jump in, and if you’re not convinced here’s a wee recording of a bit of a recent informal Glowmeet we call a CPDBlether!
Thank you! Contributions to the CPDMeet programme are always welcome. Your first step is to contact Susan Lafferty (s.lafferty@ltscotland.org.uk) who is the online administrator for the CPD communities on Glow. She will keep you right. You may also want to have a look at these related CPDAnswers blog posts
If this is your first time using Glowmeet, the National CPD Team can arrange a support session. This will take place a week before your CPDMeet and last approximately 45 minutes. This is likely to be a telephone/
online session.
Before the support session please have a look at the following links to give you an idea of what Glowmeet looks like and what it can do.
Please contact Susan Lafferty at S.Lafferty@LTScotland.org.uk or 0141 282 5207. Susan will also prompt you for some or all of the following information for the CPDMeet page:
This will be used to build the CPDMeet page on Glow
On the day of the CPDMeet
Whether live or recorded the essentials of effective online CPD sessions are the same as face to face session:
Some general points about leading CPDMeets
Participants are more likely to register for a CPDMeet when they know the answer to “what’s in it for me?”
Finally, don’t be too disappointed if only a handful of colleagues join in the CPDMeet. This is a relatively new type of CPD and it may take a wee while before it really takes off!
CPDMeet is the name the CPD Team uses for live CPD sessions on Glow. Generally they use Glow’s web conferencing technology, Glowmeet.
Each CPDMeet has its own CPDMeet page on Glow where would-be participants can see details, sign-up and interact before, during and after the CPDMeet.
Typically, each CPDMeet will be promoted in a variety of ways including CPDFind. CPDFind is the national database of CPD run by LTScotland and the National CPD Team.
Subject to permissions from the CPDMeet participants, the events are recorded and made available as an archive for follow-up work.
You can see forthcoming CPDMeets in the CPDMeet library on Glow![]()
Most of the CPDShorts come from publicly available sources such LTScotland, TED TV, Journey to Excellence. So why put them in a place on Glow where I have to apply to join a ‘group’? There are a couple of reasons but it’s mainly about encouraging professional learning beyond stage 1 – raising awareness . See CPDScotland’s section on the 4 stages of CPD. To move to stages 2 and 3, I really need the support of colleagues.
To see those colleagues on Glow (using Who’s enrolled on this CPDShort?) you need to have an enrolment system. To that extent, it’s more like a small-scale, face-to-face CPD event. There aren’t many of these you get to visit anonymously!
In addition, Glow allows us to share thoughts and examples of practice as well as prompts to take your professional learning further in the cpdshort+ section. See the New to CPDShorts section on Glow for more details of this.
Suggestions are always welcome on how to improve collegiate CPD online!