{"id":462,"date":"2018-02-01T13:43:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T13:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/oesig\/?p=462"},"modified":"2023-01-05T14:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T14:27:17","slug":"meet-the-committee-viv-rolfe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/meet-the-committee-viv-rolfe\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the committee: Viv Rolfe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/oesig\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1119\/2018\/02\/viv.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Viv playing sax\" \/>Institution<\/h2>\n<p>in betweeny<\/p>\n<h2>Role<\/h2>\n<p>committee member &#8211; temporarily taking a break from Co-Chair role<\/p>\n<h2>Passionate about<\/h2>\n<p>being open, medical science, jazz<\/p>\n<h2>Connect<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivienRolfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@VivienRolfe\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vivrolfe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vivrolfe.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F282165088&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=ff5500\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a gut physiologist who has wandered through my working life looking for new gigs. I\u2019ve worked in hospitals, universities and industry. This blog post finds me at a transition having just left higher education and thinking about how I can continue contributing to the open education community that I know and love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been involved in open education for around fifteen years, producing reusable learning objects as part of the University of Nottingham School of Nursing Educational Technology group (SONET, now HELM) led by Professor Heather Wharrad. At De Montfort University I gathered all the knowledge gained at Nottingham to start sharing laboratory skills and science open educational resources, all still available today via WordPress blogs hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReclaimHosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ReclaimHosting<\/a>. I\u2019ve been recently involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UKOpenTextbooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@UKOpenTextbooks<\/a> project with the aim of raising awareness of open textbooks available in a wide range of subject areas suitable for undergraduate teaching. On the way I\u2019ve taught myself website design, Flash animation, the basics of search engine optimisation and animated GIFs. You can\u2019t beat a good dabble.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My proudest open education moment is yet to come though \u2013 that is co-chairing with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dkernohan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Kernohan<\/a> the next <a href=\"https:\/\/oer18.oerconf.org\/#gref\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#OER18 conference<\/a> in Bristol April 18-19. I particularly wanted the conference to focus on the impact on learners and how open serves inclusion and equality \u2013 we hear surprisingly little about these areas. As a community we need to leave our footprint in the academic literature perhaps more so than we are doing, so future folk can learn from our work successes and non-successes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Working with the OpenEd Sig is a joy \u2013 particularly Teresa\u2019s leadership and direction which I find very inspirational. The Sig plays an important role in providing a sense of focus and keeps the conversations going in between our celebratory annual conference #OER, now in its ninth year. I\u2019ve been so lucky to work alongside, co-present and co-author with some amazing people. I particularly loved the <a href=\"http:\/\/wikieducator.org\/GoOPEN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoOpen wiki project with Catherine Cronin<\/a> aimed at getting folk started with open practice. Open education reminds me of jazz a little \u2013 you can learn all the theoretical and technical aspects first, or alternatively you can just get stuck in.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>As Charlie Parker said \u201cdon\u2019t play the saxophone, let it play you\u201d. I suspect this is also true, \u201cdon\u2019t do open education, let it do you\u201d.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Institution in betweeny Role committee member &#8211; temporarily taking a break from Co-Chair role Passionate about being open, medical science, jazz Connect @VivienRolfe\u00a0 \u00a0vivrolfe.com &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I\u2019m a gut physiologist who has wandered through my working life looking for new gigs. I\u2019ve worked in hospitals, universities and industry. 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