A Platform for Partnership: A Technology Review of the Padlet sharing platform.

Authors

  • Tom Lowe The University of Winchester
  • Owen Humphrey The University of Winchester

Keywords:

Student Engagement, Students as Partners, SOTL, Educational Development, Technology Enhanced Learning

Abstract

Since technology permeates every aspect of contemporary life, just navigating Higher Education (HE) in the 21st century makes you, to an extent, ‘tech savvy’. However, when looking to technology to assist student/staff partnerships, colleagues need to take their practice beyond Microsoft Office, social media and Photoshop.

During a student/staff partnership research project, a student and a higher education professional used the online platform Padlet as their selected medium for collaboration, in order to replicate such of Healy’s principles of partnership as inclusivity, reciprocity, trust and community (Healy et al., 2014).

 

Author Biographies

Tom Lowe, The University of Winchester

Tom Lowe is the Centre for Student Engagement at the University of Winchester. Previously Tom was the REACT Project Manager of the HEFCE funded REACT project, where he facilitates collaboration between UK HE institutions in relation to Student Engagement. Also, Tom sits on the QAA Advisory Committee for Degree Awarding Powers and is Secretary for RAISE. 

Owen Humphrey, The University of Winchester

Owen Humphrey is currently studying his Masters in the Philosophy of Education at the University of Winchester after completing a BA (Hons) in Education Studies. His studies of interest include: Pedagogical ethics, critical and progressive pedagogies from around the world. Owen is also a REACT Research Assistant and Student Fellow.

 

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04/04/2018

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Lowe, T., & Humphrey, O. (2018). A Platform for Partnership: A Technology Review of the Padlet sharing platform. The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change, 4(1). Retrieved from https://journals.studentengagement.org.uk/index.php/studentchangeagents/article/view/706

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018)

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Technology Review

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