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Hello I'm Kathy Seddon. I would also like to add a post here as an 'at large' candidate in the forthcoming elections.
My candidate statement (below) outlines my background, passions and the contributions I would like to make to the RSA. This
post concentrates on just one of these - my passion for online learning. I have been reading the excellent
discussion Collaborating towards a more fully networked RSA and the current debate on Viv Long-Ferguson's group "Digital
Engagement"on the RSA Fellowship Social Network. I hope i might add something to these by outlining some of my
experiences in this field?
Starting with Ultralab (Stephen Heppell) the philosophy was that the engagement of adult learners, and their consequent
participation, is dependent on several factorsthe learners perception of purpose, their sense of identity and trust, framing of
learning activities, interventions from learning facilitators and tutors, and the information architecture of the learning space.
(Loads of excellent guidance on all of these factors)
Later, at the National College we used a number of models including Gilly Salmon's Five Stage Model of E-learning This sums up the
steps needed for engagement in online learning. Its a very useful guide to things that need to be in place for online activities to reach
their full potential. We modified this stepped model as our experience showed that it was a more fluid process.
At all times the College online communities of practice were part of a blended approach This included face-to-face learning events,
structured learning in the work place, web seminars and the use of other social media.This approach worked particularly well in 1. Post
Conference interaction 2.College Programmes and 3. Online consultations with educationalists and Policy Teams. Some parallels with
RSA here?
My own work was on motivation to engage participants online Without delving into motivation theory - but trying not to be simplistic - we
found clear evidence that participants needed:
A good Reason to engage (intrinsic such as belonging or curiosity; extrinsic such as rewards)
The Skills necessary to take part (including self belief as well as technical ability)
Action would then take place .. and if Reasons and Skills were enough it might lead to a flow of sustained action.
Without forcing the acronym it might offer a model for 'motivating online engagement' that could be adapted for the RSA?

Candidate statement: Dr Kathy Seddon FRSA
My career has been in education, in schools and colleges across the UK.
A Churchill Fellowship (1997) allowed me to set up an online schools network across Europe. For six years we monitored butterflies,
as indicators of climate change. Survey data was posted on our award winning, EU funded, website The Butterfly Sight. This
partnership led to my PhD research (Exeter) on Motivation and collaborative learning online. A series of peer-reviewed papers on
eLearning followed and I presented at a number of international conferences. I was elected to Fellowship of the Linnean Society.
I joined the eLearning team at the National College for School Leadership, (2003) using my expertise to create web-based mentor
and facilitator courses. I also facilitated online consultations between school leaders, departmental policy teams and education
ministers. My experience would be useful to the RSA Digital Engagement Group and to the councils work in enabling Fellows to
collaborate online.
Currently I am evaluating web seminar use in International Baccalaureate courses. Baccalaureate curricula resonate with those of
the RSA opening minds project - I hope to contribute to this.
As chair of the Welsh Association of Churchill Fellows I was asked by the RSA and the Churchill Trust to set up a joint advising
project. New Churchill Fellows are offered the chance to link with a FRSA who is willing to act as an advisor. Fellows who took part in
this years pilot will present their outcomes at the RSA autumn conference in Wales. I am delighted to be a member of the new RSA
Wales Cymru team organising this event.
Help from the RSA Skills Bank group has been essential for the success of this pilot. Together we are drawing together lessons
learned for an expansion of the advising project across the UK.
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Comment by David Wilcox on July 5, 2012 at 8:08
Thanks Kathy for providing a possible route forward from the discussions you mention. Also relevant is the Linkedin
discussion "Why did you join the RSA? What do you want to see?" http://linkd.in/NBuVJ1
I really like Reason, Skills, Action
The challenge for RSA Fellowship, as I explored here, is that there is no shared reason, and a lot of fudge around how
far people can pursue individual interests; probably limited online skills among many Fellows; and limited routes to
action.
These issues have come up repeatedly over the past four years: some backstory here. Discussion is split between this
site, regional sites, Linkedin, and occasionally Matthew Taylor's blog.
The three-year report of the Fellowship Council suggests progress may be slow through that route (important thought it
may be).
The Digital Engagement group has sparked some of the most useful discussion and innovation, but because of its
focus, tends to pull things back to a tech-focussed solution. We need to look - as I think you say - first at Reason, and
Skills, and routes to Action .... and then the tech to support this.
A group of us have floated the idea of an exploration leading to a workshop, or series of workshops, in the autumn.
What do you think? How can we move this forward?
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