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Presentation by

Russell
Brookes
Implementing
Learning
Technologist Pebblepad in the
Russell.brookes
@uwe.ac.uk Faculty of Health and
@EdInnovationHAS
Applied Science
Wednesday 14th
September
HAS
• 2014/15: 7359 Students
• Allied Health Professions, Health
and Social Science, Applied
Sciences, Nursing and Midwifery
• Largest Faculty use of Pebblepad
at UWE
• Largest users currently Midwifery
and Mental Health, Community
Nursing, Healthcare Science
Background
• Needed a electronic
portfolio
• Competency Sign off
priority
• No clear strategy
• Myknowledmap v
Pebblepad
Initial Reaction went
something like this…
Changes
• Learning Technologist: Portfolios
• New Director of Tel
• Pebblepad selected
• Staged implementation
• Not afraid to say no…
Theory: Crawl, Walk, Run,
Fly
In practice…
• What do we want at each stage of implementation?
• How do we get to next steps?
• Obstacles
• Buy in
Reality meets theory
Time
Knowledge
Turn over of staff
Staff level of involvement
Lack of central support
ITS restructure
Number one tip to succedd…
What we did
• NO PILOTS
• Looked at scalability
• Student and staff guidance
• Specialist support
• Patience
• Embraced failure
• Celebrated success
Moving with the Times:
• Meet with staff
• Training
• Online support:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=lbb58BcvnYI
• Upskilling team and staff
• Embracing student use
Where are we now:
• UWE Pebblepad
The Future:
• Students love version 5!
• Pebblepocket
• One drive
• Embed codes
Any questions?

Russell.brookes@uwe.a
c.uk
@russbrookes1981
@edinnovationhas

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