e-Learning Programme Meeting: March 09

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e-Learning Programme Meeting March 09

• Lisa Gray

Joint Information Systems Committee
Supporting education and research
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Aims of the day

• To celebrate the achievements of the programme as
  it draws to a close
• Share news from across the e-Learning programme
  and other related programmes of work
• Provide opportunities for projects to share their
  emerging lessons and findings to date as they
  come to the end of the programme, and to discuss
  the implications
• To provide networking opportunities

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Agenda

• 10.00 Welcome and news from the programme
• 10.15 11.00 Presentations from three JISC
  studies
• Study of the Effective Use of Social Software to
  Support Student Learning and Engagement (Shailey
  Minocha)
• Scoping a Vision for Formative e-Assessment
  (Norbert Pachler)
• Learning Literacies in a Digital Age (Helen
  Beetham)
• 11.00 11.20 Tea/coffee
• 11.20 12.30 Parallel sessions
• HE in FE Suite 4a
• X-Institutional Use of e-Learning to Support
  Lifelong Learners Suite 4b
• RePRODUCE Suite 6
• User Owned Technologies Suite 5c
• e-Assessment Suite 5d and e
• e-Admissions small boardroom

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Agenda

• 12.30 13.30 Lunch
• 13.30 15.00 Parallel sessions
• e-Portfolios and e-Assessment Suite 4
• Technology Enhanced Learning Environments Suite
  5
• Learning Activities and Resources Suite 6
• 15.00 15.15 Tea/coffee
• 15.15 16.15 Plenary (Suite 1)
• Feedback from parallel sessions Key
  achievements, lessons learnt and suggested next
  steps
• Open discussion
• Dinner 6.30 at Chez Jules

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e-Packs and publications

• Agenda some printed copies available
• Delegate list
• Room allocations
• Evaluation forms
• Publications available

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e-Learning Programme

• Update

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New e-Learning Programmes

• Institutional approaches to curriculum design
• Transforming curriculum delivery through
  technology
• Institutional innovation in lifelong learning and
  workforce development
• Open educational resources

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Curriculum Design and Curriculum Delivery

• Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design
• Projects are reviewing course design and
  validation processes, in particular looking at
  the ways these are supported and informed by
  technology in order to transform learning
  opportunities.
• 12 projects, running for 4 years
• For further information visit www.jisc.ac.uk/curri
  culumdesign

• Transforming Curriculum Delivery
• Projects focusing on processes which take place
  when real learners engage with a designed
  curriculum.
• 15 projects, running for 2 years
• For further information visit www.jisc.ac.uk/curri
  culumdelivery

Both programmes are supported by a central
Support and Synthesis project, led by JISC
InfoNet in partnership with the JISC Advisory
Services, JISC-CETIS, the Regional Support
Centres and the Higher Education Academy. This
project is also working in partnership with Becta
so as to ensure synergy and join up with other
relevant sector initiatives.
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Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design

• Twelve projects funded from 55 proposals running
  from October 2008 July 2012
• Birmingham City University - T-SPARC
• University of Bolton - CO EDUCATE
• University of Cambridge - JACDAW
• Cardiff University - PALET
• City University EDICT
• University of Greenwich - UG-FLEX

• Leeds Metropolitan University - PC3
• Manchester Metropolitan University - SRC
• The Open University - Supporting new models for
  Curriculum Design and pedagogic understanding by
  implementing social networking and
  technology-supported design innovation
• Staffordshire University ENABLE
• University of Strathclyde - PiP (Principles in
  Patterns)
• University of Ulster Viewpoints

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Transforming Curriculum Delivery

• 15 projects from 65 starting in November and
  running for 2 years
• Newcastle University - Dynamic Learning Maps
• University of Bristol - eBioLabs.
• Kingston College KUBE
• Westminster University - Making Assessment Count
• University of Leicester- DUCKLING
• Open University - ATELIER-D
• University of Exeter- Integrative Technologies
  Project
• Middlesex University -Information Spaces for
  Collaborative Activity

• St. Georges University of London - G4
• University of Oxford Cascade
• Coventry University - COWL
• University of Hertfordshire - ESCAPE
• Kingston University and Leicester University -
  MoRSE
• The 2 institutions selected to take forward
  their proposals with Becta funding are
• The College of West Anglia - KLTV
• Lewisham College Making the new Diploma a
  success

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Lifelong learning and workforce development

• Projects developing and implementing the use of
  appropriate technologies and processes to enable
  HE-level learning services that meet the needs of
  learners in the workplace, and of their
  employers.
• Thirteen 2 year projects, funded between 100
  300k each
• Starting in April this year

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Lifelong learning and workforce development

• Bradford University
• Buckinghamshire New University
• Central Lancashire University
• Gloucestershire University
• Hull University
• Leicester College
• Liverpool University

• Middlesex University
• Nottingham University
• Plymouth University
• University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC)
• Westminster University
• Wolverhampton University

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Open Educational Resources

• Projects to release existing learning resources
  under a suitable license for open use and
  repurposing
• Institutional resources released across an
  entire institution
• (1.50 million available, with up to 250,000
  per project)
• Individual resources released by individual
  academic staff (200,000 available, with up to
  20,000 per project)
• Subject resources released by departments,
  faculties and schools within a variety of
  institutions, supported by Academy Subject
  Centres (3 million is available, with up to
  250,000 per project)
• Project selection this month

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Future activities

• Learning and Teaching innovations grants
• 4 to 5, year long projects _at_ 75k each
• next round May 09
• Continue to fund small domain focus studies and
  technical development activities

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Forthcoming Dissemination Activities -
Publications

• Tech Watch Enterprise Architecture Early Adopter
  publication (March 09)
• Effective Practice with e-Assessment Update
  (September 09)
• Briefing papers highlighting key findings from
• Timetabling Study (March 09)
• UCISA Technology Enhance Learning Environments
  survey (April 09)
• A study of effective evaluation models and
  practices for technology supported physical
  learning spaces (July 09)
• Open Education Resources (March 09)

Effective Practice in a Digital Age (June 09) -
This publication is an updated version of the
2004 JISC guide Effective Practice with
e-Learning and will supported by more detailed
case studies, video case studies and podcasts
made available as downloads from the JISC
website.