The second podcast episode in the SDC takeover series focuses on how actively developing and improving digital skills can help students gain valuable career and employability skills for future job prospects. The episode centres on a discussion with our special guest, Roise Pelan, who is currently a Legal Professional at Baker McKenzie after graduating from Queen’s with a Law degree in July. Roise talks about her digital skills journey from school to university and eventually the workplace.

Presented by Laura Farling

The Student Digital Champions take over this podcast series to introduce themselves and the work they are doing in providing 'digital learning support for students, by students.'

Featuring: Cate Bateson, Mane Grigoryan, Michael Connolly and Holly Nesbitt

Please explore our LinkTree to find out more and see resources from the AHSS Student Digital Champions (Queens' University Belfast): https://linktr.ee/ahssdigitalchampions

Presented by Laura Farling

On the theme of Student Digital Literacies, some of our AHSS Student Digital Champions, Noel Campbell, Jamie-Lukas Campbell and Eleanor Gilmore, provide some interesting insight into their own journey with digital learning, discussing a few of the challenges they have encountered, as students living and learning in the digital age. They also highlight some top tips for students in exploiting digital tools for greater success at university.

Presented by Laura Farling

With the AHSS Student Digital Champions

For more information about the AHSS Student Digital Champions and to view their resources please visit https://linktr.ee/ahssdigitalchampions

Presented by Laura Farling

Alan talks about how he was first introduced to mindfulness and how this inspired him to set up a 6 week mindfulness course during the pandemic. Alan talks about the positive and challenges of hosting it online and discusses the key learnings he got from the experience.

More about:

Alan Maddock - https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/alan-maddock

30 minutes with Dr Alan Maddock (video) - https://mediasite.qub.ac.uk/Mediasite/Play/7dfe8e3aec1b486fa8018ab91e82c7431d

Presented by Kirsty Gillen,Laura Farling

Alan talks about how he was first introduced to mindfulness and how this inspired him to set up a 6 week mindfulness course during the pandemic. Alan talks about the positive and challenges of hosting it online and discusses the key learnings he got from the experience.

More about:

Alan Maddock - https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/alan-maddock

30 minutes with Dr Alan Maddock (video) - https://mediasite.qub.ac.uk/Mediasite/Play/7dfe8e3aec1b486fa8018ab91e82c7431d

In this episode we are joined with Tracy Galvin & Jen McParland from Centre of Educational Development (CED) and Jennifer Roberts, a lecturer from the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work. We get their understanding of what Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is and how educators should now be thinking about incorporating it into the Curriculum.

More about:

Tracy Galvin - https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/AcademicStudentAffairs/CentreforEducationalDevelopment/AboutUs/MeetTracy/

Jen McParland - https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/AcademicStudentAffairs/CentreforEducationalDevelopment/AboutUs/MeetJen/

Jennifer Roberts -https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/jennifer-roberts

Presented by Kirsty Gillen,Laura Farling

Amanda Taylor-Beswick shares insights from her research and expertise in Digital Pedagogies and reflects on ways the changing digital world will affect teaching and learning in her own discipline of Social Work and beyond.

We invite you to further explore some of the resources that are mentioned, during this conversation with Amanda, using the links below:

HE Institutions and Looking Through the Digital Lens by James Clay (Jisc): https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-views/looking-through-digital-lens

Screen Relations: The Limits of Computer-Mediated Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy by Gillian Russel: https://www.drisaacsrussell.com/screen-relations.html

More about Amanda Taylor-Beswick and her research into Digital Pedagogies: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/amanda-taylor-beswick

More about Social Work Virtual Pal: https://swvirtualpal.org/ (#SWVirtualPal)

Reach out to Amanda on Twitter: @AMLTaylor66

Matthew Smith (leader in Virtual Technology research in the field of Social Work): https://ssw.umich.edu/faculty/profiles/tenure-track/mattjsmi

Join us in hearing from Amanda and how she has been using Audio feedback: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a2939a4109b204377a3459591c41094c1%40thread.tacv2/1626882475057?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22eaab77ea-b4a5-49e3-a1e8-d6dd23a1f286%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2203683539-c15e-4588-bcc5-784053843713%22%7d

Presented by Laura Farling

Emma McAllister and Clare Thomson, two very well-respected colleagues who have a great depth and breadth of experience in the field of Digital Learning, talk about significant changes they have witnessed as a result of the global Pandemic, and how they envisage the future of teaching and learning in Higher Education.

More about Emma McAllister (AHSS Digital Learning Developer [Career Break] and PhD Student) https://uk.linkedin.com/in/emma-mcallister-8a442b97

More about Clare Thomson (Digital Education Consultant at University of Ulster) https://twitter.com/clarethomsonqub?lang=en

AHSS Connected Learning Events (Canvas Module) - https://canvas.qub.ac.uk/courses/9362

Presented by Laura Farling