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1. CICP Seminar, London 28 February 2013 ‘Reflecting on ‘The Reflection Toolkit’: its development, deployment and remixing’Lindsay HewittThe Open University in Scotland RT1: http://LabSpace.open.ac.uk/Reflection_1_1.0 RT2http://LabSpace.open.ac.uk/Reflection_2_1.0

2. Why reflection? Reflection is a way of working on what we know already and it generates new knowledge and understanding

3. The Reflection Toolkit: what is it and who’s it for? an Open Educational Resource to help the process of reflection for learners from diverse backgrounds and in a range of contexts for personal development and career planning for individuals and groups of learners, employees, carers … available in a range of formats for use on and offline.

4. A Case Study Approach A single unit, five sessions (lasting about one hour each) A mixture of personal reflection, ideas about how we learn from reflection, and activities to support that learning My Reflection Log

5. Contents Session 1: Defining myself and how I feel about my present situation Session 2: Learning by looking at my life over time Session 3: Identifying my skills, abilities and qualities Session 4: Clarifying my goals and planning for the future Session 5: Identifying my next steps and where I can find information and support

6. Learning tools and resources to save, share, discuss

7. Opportunity to develop IT skills through activities and on-line research

8. Learning outcomes • An understanding of your strength, qualities andskills • Aclearerunderstandingoftheexperiencesthat youhavereflectedon,includingyourrole, actionsanddecisions • Anideaofwhatdirectionyouwouldliketogoin now • Anideaofhowtofindoutwhatispossiblefor youtoachieveintheimmediatefuture • TheabilitytouseITandcarryoutsimple activitiesinwritingandcommunicating • Theabilitytousetheinternettofindinformation usefultoyou • Theabilitytousenewwaysofexpressingideas

9. Who with? The OU in Scotland Glasgow Caledonian University’s ‘Caledonian Club’ (GCU’s WP and community engagement initiative) raise educational aspirations in young people and their families build key life skills and confidence in club members and GCU student mentors Cloan Nursery, Drumchapel St Bartholomew’s Primary School, Castlemilk

10. About… Access and audience Group starting point Purpose Time, space and place Resources Joining up the OER and Openings? Working across multiple partnerships? What have we learned so far? Cloan Nursery in partnership with The Open University in Scotland and Glasgow Caledonian University’s ‘Caledonian Club’…. inspiring learning

11. Multiple partnership Multiple learning products Multi-mode Collaborative work and ‘joined up’ delivery ‘Openings in partnership’ framework: ‘taster’ session; ‘study-buddy’ group; ‘what next?’ progression session Caledonian Club use of GCU ‘student mentors’ OU in Scotland and GCU’s ‘Caledonian Club’ + Cloan Nursery Reflection Toolkit + Openings From a 5 hour unit to 5 week course ‘Training the trainers’ (OU) Cascading knowledge to GCU ‘student mentors’ (‘Caley’ club) The pilot Phase 1: ‘On reflection’ – course delivered by ‘Caley’ Club and supported by GCU ‘student mentors’ What next? – a multi-exit approach Phase 2: Openings module What next? – a multi-exit approach Evaluation and cascading the model So how did it work in practice?

12. Reflecting on Transitions

13. Discussion • How might this OER be used with other partnerships that you are involved with? – on its own, with other OERs, other information and learning resources? • What opportunities do you see to develop bespoke versions of the OER on LabSpace?

14. Please have a closer look! • For a walk through the toolkit go online at http://LabSpace.open.ac.uk/Reflection_1_1.0 http://LabSpace.open.ac.uk/Reflection_2_1.0 Contact Lindsay.Hewitt@open.ac.uk Learning Development Team The Open University in Scotland www.open.ac.uk/Scotland