Gwella

One Year On

to heal

To enhance

to get better

What is Gwella?

to improve

Enhancing Learning & Teaching Through Technology A Strategy for Higher Education in Wales.

The use of technology in higher education in Wales is intended to lead to -

“the enhancement of learning, teaching, assessment, the curriculum and core processes and the optimum

learning experience, with an established threshold, based on robust technology, including encouraging

developments at the forefront of this provision”

Who is Gwella ?

Aberystwyth Bangor Cardiff Glamorgan Glyndwr Newport Swansea Metropolitan Swansea Lampeter/Trinity St Davids UWIC

How was it formed ?

In December 2007, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) allocated funding to support and encourage Welsh institutions in taking up the opportunities provided by technology and to meet the objectives of the HEFCW ‘Enhancing Learning and Teaching through Technology: a Strategy for Higher Education in Wales’. In March 2008, HEFCW invited the Higher Education Academy to support institutions in the development and implementation of their technology enhancement activities.

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What Does It Do ?

The strategy has five broad Enhancement Themes, each with specific indicators of success:

Enhancement of learning, teaching, assessment, the curriculum and core processes

The optimum learning experience Enhanced flexibility and accessibility of provision Effective dissemination and sharing of current and good

practice Ownership As well as:

E for enhancement conference CAMELs Blackboard Wales

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