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Presentation given by RSC Wales at an Escalate E-learning day at Swansea Metropolitan University 2/6/08TRANSCRIPT
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E-learning – Why bother?
A view from RSC Wales
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“Donkeys with computers in Greece” by davesag available on Flickr under Creative Commons
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• e-Learning is ‘learning facilitated and supported through the use of information and communications technology’
• e-Learning is fundamentally about learning and not about technology
• “A powerful addition to a person’s stock of mental tools. Nothing is given up in return”. (Seymour Papert, Mindstorms, 2nd ed. 1993)
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RSC Wales HE activities• Work with key staff on e-learning development
– FE, smaller HE, HE-in-FE, ACL, WBL– Advice on e-learning, e-resources, technical issues– Advise on, and broker, staff development
• Events open to all• Online forums open to all
– http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ITT-WALES-POST16.html– http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/elearning-wales
• Website www.rsc-wales.ac.uk (blogs are coming…)• Signpost resources: eg. memory stick• Work in partnership with JISC, the Academy and other
organisations to share good practice
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LLUK minimum core requirements for ICT (June 2007)
Minimum core document
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“…. Learners and teachers make very good and
innovative use of virtual learning environment
materials…”
A recent (2006) Inspection Report for a Welsh FE College commented…
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• HEFCW Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Technology (2008)
– “Our vision is that enhancing learning and teaching through the use of technology should be considered a normal part of mainstream provision, processes and practices.”
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Increasing numbers
Flexibility of time and place
Recruitment and retention of Generation Y
Recording achievement and reflection
Skills and employability
Institutional strategy
Quality
Continuity if staff change
Common drivers
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In their own words: learner voices
Findings:• students use
technologies to personalise and manage their learning
• Often do not register the “e” – in “e-learning”
• Still need their tutors
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• Exploring tangible benefits of E-learning
• 37 case studies• Explores diversity of e-
learning in HE• Identifies where benefits
are being found
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/publications/info/tangible-benefits-publication
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Cost savingsFlexibility of time and place
Recruitment and retention of Generation Y
Achievement
Skills and employability
Staff development
Quality
Inclusion
Making Higher Education visible
Research communities
Improved pedagogy
Tangible benefits
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• VLEs – Virtual Learning Environments
• Online ‘store’ and much more
• Increasing emphasis on communication tools and integration with other systems
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Students can take more control of their own learning…
…with good quality learning resourcesFirst World War Poetry Archive
http://www.nln.ac.uk/
Mind maps
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Interactivity…
…engagement
Above image: Copyright HEFCE 2005
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Web 2.0• youTube
(www.youtube.com )• Flickr• Del.icio.us• Instant messaging• MySpace• Blogs
(www.blogger.com)• Facebook• Wikis
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http://edu.blogs.com
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mobile technology helps learning in many scenarios
Above image Copyright HEFCE 2005
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e-PortfoliosA way of gathering a range of different types learning evidence including text, spreadsheet, video, audio, blog• http://www.pebblelearning.co.uk/• www.elgg.net
http://www.careerswales.com/progressfile/tour/pfotour.asp
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http://www.jisc.ac.uk/aboutus/partnerships/he_academy/assessment.aspx
Assessment and managing plagiarism
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“Samba in style” by Carf, available on Flickr under Creative
Commons
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• Building a Community of Practice – example: Swansea University’s Learning Lab
• http://learninglab.swan.ac.uk/
Wiki-based web space
Personal support
Bite-sized staff development tailored to needs
Social dimension
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• Some more JISC-funded advisory services and resources:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/services/• Techdis (Accessibility)• TASI : Images (& Moving Images and Sound)• JISC Legal• JISC IPAS - Internet Plagiarism Advisory Service• JISC Collections – subscription and free resources• Intute and Virtual Training Suite
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• Effective Practice with e-Learning– Emphasis on “Design for
Learning”– “Designing in” the technology
where appropriate
JISC projects produce useful publications (including video case studies) atwww.jisc.ac.uk/publications
” True computer literacy is not just knowing how to make use of computers… it is knowing when it is appropriate to do so.” Seymour Papert
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Active, enjoyable learning that raises motivation
Voting Systems (aka personal response system or ‘clickers’)
Video clip:http://www.elearning.ac.uk/
innoprac/practitioner/strathclyde.html
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What technology can I use to…articulate and communicate knowledge / understanding?
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Download full Phoebe report athttp://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/phoebefinalreport.aspx
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• No need to go it alone…• Keep talking to your
Subject Centre• Contact your local RSC• http://www.jisc.ac.uk/rsc• Talk to the e-learning
person in your institution• Enlist help from your staff
development unit• Make friends with your
librarians• Look out for project
opportunities• Collaborate
Next steps?
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• Some forthcoming events
• Workshops 10-11 June– Change management– Managing Multiple Projects
• Promoting Innovation through Virtual Learning - Merthyr Tydfil College conference 1 July
• Wales Moodle Moot 2 July
• Swansea University and other Swansea staff - E-Learning and Beer social - 12 June – The Wig
• More details available from RSC Wales
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Lis Parcell [email protected]
01792 513261
Christine [email protected]
01792 602511
www.rsc-wales.ac.uk
(videos, and pictures of people and places, in this presentation were obtained from JISC Case Studies, © 2004/5 HEFCE)