{"id":7988,"date":"2019-06-27T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T08:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=7988"},"modified":"2019-06-27T15:38:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T14:38:11","slug":"maren-deepwell-marendeepwell-in-conversation-with-david-hopkins-hopkinsdavid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2019\/06\/maren-deepwell-marendeepwell-in-conversation-with-david-hopkins-hopkinsdavid\/","title":{"rendered":"Maren Deepwell (@marendeepwell) in conversation with\u2026 David Hopkins (@hopkinsdavid)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to this regular interview series on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/\">#altc blog<\/a>. For this interview, I am delighted to welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.linkedin.com\/in\/davidmhopkins\">David Hopkins<\/a>, CMALT, FHEA, who many of our readers will know as an influential voice on Twitter as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hopkinsdavid\">@hopkinsdavid<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maren: Tell us about what you are currently working on?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David<\/strong>: I have two main area of focus at the moment; the line management of learning designers at Coventry University Online (CUOL), and development of processes and working practices that define the work produced by the CUOL Studio (made up of learning design, digital media and project management). Since CUOL opened its doors, so to speak, in September 2017 the operation has grown to a team of over 70 and are developing and delivering materials for a growing number of fully-online postgraduate degrees. In the first 18 months, give or take, we\u2019ve been busy producing high quality materials to fit the requirements of the business and degrees currently under development. Focus is now shifting to new areas for CUOL and new challenges, such as understanding if the production model being used for postgraduate study is suitable or fits the perceived production cycle of short courses, undergraduate degrees and even specialist qualifications. The hard part is working out the strategy and process for this kind of activity when we may not yet have enough information on the specifics (eg accreditation, qualification, length of study, etc). The ability to work collaboratively across the different CUOL functional teams is key to our success, as well as working closely with academic teams from the whole spectrum of the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maren: What influences your work?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David<\/strong>: I find a great deal of influence for my work comes from those I work with, and this has always been the case. I have been lucky to work with some great people throughout my career, and I hope this continues for many more years to come. I have also been lucky to connect to some other great \u2018influencers\u2019 through attendance at various events and through daily interactions on both LinkedIn and Twitter. You don\u2019t necessarily have to be active in all the different realms where connections can take place, but being receptive to the environment and the openness and willingness others have to share can be a good thing. It has been for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maren: Current recommended reading? &nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David<\/strong>: I\u2019ve just finished re-reading the Ernest Cline \u2018Ready Player One\u2019 book again (paperback), which I\u2019d thoroughly recommend for anyone who has a remote interest in either the 80s or games\/gaming and virtual reality. No, I haven\u2019t seen the film and I am in no hurry to either. The trailers for it looked spectacular, but clearly some things were changed to get this epic story into a 2 hour film, and I don\u2019t want my vision of the story spoiled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maren: How do you make your to-do lists.. analogue or digital or both?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David<\/strong>: I have never found a to-do list system that works. I have tried keeping logs and lists in a Moleskin notebook, I\u2019ve tried OneNote and Trello, but none have worked or lasted more than a day or so. I\u2019m just not a list-making sort of person, despite knowing I should make and keep them. The most effective or efficient type of list is an email I keep in my draft folder (ie never sent) that I add important info or work related deadlines to. But that often goes un-updated or I forget. I just don\u2019t like lists!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maren: On work travel,&nbsp;you are never without..?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David<\/strong>:  When I\u2019m travelling I become very paranoid about making sure I\u2019ve got everything I need and it\u2019s all fully charged. Sometimes for work travel I\u2019ll need to take my MacBook, so I\u2019ll have that and the mains charger. As it\u2019s a new(ish) MacBook I need to be sure I\u2019ve got the appropriate adaptors so I can plug things like USBs or projectors in (you can\u2019t always rely on the ability to present or show your screen remotely or wirelessly). I will have my phone (iPhone) on me all the time so I\u2019ll have an Apple Lightning USB cable for charging, although I would rather use my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B07588FNQC\/\">portable charger<\/a>, which is good for a couple of full charges for my phone (and someone else\u2019s if they need a little juice to get them through the day). Alongside this I\u2019ll have my set of Bluetooth headphones \u2026 none of the in- or over-the-ear ones for me (in-ear are too uncomfortable and the over-ear make my ears too hot), I have a good set of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B01583HEO8\/\">AKG Y50BT<\/a>. I was after a set of noise cancelling \u2018phones originally but couldn\u2019t stretch that far financially, but these do a reasonable job of blocking some surrounding noise out too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, I\u2019ve got at least two spare USB cables (USBc and Apple Lightning), you never know how they can be useful to others. Alongside all these gadgets I\u2019ll have a notebook of some sort, depends on what I\u2019ve got at the time (at the moment it\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B01K03DD8C\">Minions Moleskine<\/a> notebook!) and a bag to carry it all in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After speaking to friends and colleagues at or around events I know we\u2019re all very different, which is where the inspiration for my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1540600637\/\">#EdTechRations<\/a> book came from. The idea of sharing our very different needs and paranoia around cables and power packs and extraneous cables for a day or more away. If I\u2019m away for more than one day I\u2019ll often take my tablet (previously an iPad, nowadays a Kindle Fire) to watch something from Amazon Video, Netflix or other streaming apps in the evening. I\u2019ve just finished watching the Amazon Prime Good Omens, so am on the lookout for a new series to get into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maren: Which learning technology makes the biggest difference to your work (and why)?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David<\/strong>: The single item of technology that has made the biggest difference to my learning (my interpretation of the question) was my first iPhone (3GS, about 2010?). I went from a \u2018dumb\u2019 phone to this thing in my pocket that was more than just a phone and internet access, it was linked to everything and everyone, all the time, and wonderfully structured into little pockets of pre-determined content in the shape of apps and things. It has consumed many evenings and weekends, many trips to the coffee shop and the occasional meeting too. My smartphone has helped me find my way through an unknown campus and reminded me where I should be and when. I\u2019ve shot planes down and jumped over exploding flowers, I\u2019ve solved puzzles and shared photos of my dinner. My phone has reminded me of my children\u2019s assembly times as well as important meetings I don\u2019t want to be late for, as well as enabling me to connect to people who share my enthusiasm for learning and learning technology. And Lego. Don\u2019t forget the Lego!! We all need more Lego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two quotes stand out for me in the importance of understanding what the massive impact smartphones have had on me (and everyone else). These are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 The tweet from Bill Thompson (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billt\/status\/775249915115102209\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/billt\/status\/775249915115102209<\/a>) inspired my last book, #EdTechRations, and is just so true for so many of us today;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHave realised that I very rarely check my phone. I am however umbilically attached to my networked pocket computer, used for many tasks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 Anthony Chivetta said in 2008 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk\/elearning\/thinking-creatively\/\">https:\/\/www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk\/elearning\/thinking-creatively\/<\/a>) that \u201cthe need to know the capital of Florida died when my phone learned the answer.\u201d As a student representative he went on to explain the use and impact smartphones and technology has had, and is still having, on learning and students by saying <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRather, the students of tomorrow need to be able to think creatively: they will need to learn on their own, adapt to new challenges and innovate on-the-fly \u2026 students of tomorrow will need to be their own guides as they explore the body of information that is at their fingertips. My generation will be required to learn information quickly, use that information to solve new and novel problems, and then present those solutions in creative and effective ways. The effective students of tomorrow\u2019s world will be independent learners, strong problem solvers and effective designers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maren: Who are your learning technology heroes?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David<\/strong>: The list is long and extremely distinguished, and grows almost daily. There isn\u2019t a good way to list them all and I don\u2019t want to single any one person out as so many people have influenced me on my journey. Perhaps just look at my Twitter profile and the people I follow, those are the ones who matter the most. Today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maren: If you had learning technology superpowers for a day, what would you change?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David<\/strong>: The superpower to prevent confusing and often conflicting uses of different terms to mean the same thing, or people using terminology incorrectly. When you say course do you mean the degree course, or are you referring to the module\/unit level, or something different? Perhaps that\u2019s too specific, perhaps I\u2019d rather have the power to help all stakeholders in the design, development and deployment of distance, online learning to understand what we\u2019re doing, and why, in order to help the process and writing of materials? Yeah, that\u2019d be good if we could get over that hurdle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maren: What are your favourite hashtags? [or equivalent if you don&#8217;t use hashtags]&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David<\/strong>: Ahh, which hashtag to use, and when? That\u2019s the perfect storm isn\u2019t it? I\u2019m sure I read some research a few years back that found that the optimum number of hashtags, for marketing or brand awareness, was no fewer than two and no more than three? It seems fairly sensible, but my favourites are #altc, #learning, #EdTech #OnlineLearning .. and two of my favourites are #EdTechRations and #EdTechBook (obvs.). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re going to use a hashtag made up of different words, please consider the accessibility to the tag by capitalising the different words, it makes it easier for screen readers to read, more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk\/social-network\/easiertoread\/\">https:\/\/www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk\/social-network\/easiertoread\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maren: What&#8217;s the best way for someone to learn more about what you do?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>David<\/strong>: For a long time it\u2019s always been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk\/\">my blog<\/a> as \u2018the\u2019 place to go to follow my ramblings and thoughts, but I\u2019ve neglected it for the last year or so. I keep meaning to get back to the blogging but I find a lot of what I would say is already being said by more prominent and more eloquent people. Ho hum! Where comments and conversations would happen on blog posts quite a lot in the past, that trend seems to have stopped. Wouldn\u2019t it be great to resurrect that practice again, get the connections and collaborative juices flowing, just like it was when I started doing all this stuff 10-12 years ago?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am, however, still active on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hopkinsdavid\">Twitter <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/davidmhopkins\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>, so any connections or conversations anyone wants to have, find me on either of those networks and let\u2019s get working! It is only through the back and forth of these connections that we can learn from each other and help others. These are exciting times for learning and learning technologies, but we need to keep working at it and challenging ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maren: Thank you, David, for a great chat #altc!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"info\">If you enjoyed reading this article we invite you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/membership\">join the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) as an individual member<\/a>, and to encourage your own organisation to join ALT as an organisational or sponsoring member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to this regular interview series on the&nbsp;#altc blog. For this interview, I am delighted to welcome David Hopkins, CMALT, FHEA, who many of our readers will know as an influential voice on Twitter as @hopkinsdavid. Maren: Tell us about what you are currently working on? 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