Joint Information Systems CommitteeJoint Information Systems Committee Supporting education and research

JISC Conference 2006Keynote: Dr Liz Beaty, Director (Learning and Teaching), HEFCE

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Technology and the Future of Higher Education

Director (Learning and Teaching), HEFCE

Dr Liz Beaty

JISC Income = £61.27m

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Capital Programme Budget: 2006-09

• SuperJANET 5 £27.60m• Digitisation £ 6.00m• E-Learning £12.70m• E-Infrastructure/Research £11.30m• User Environments £ 7.40m• Digital Repositories £15.00m

TOTAL £80.00m

Technology and Learning a vision for the future

• The nature of Higher Education

• Opportunities and issues in use of technology

• Where are we now with learning technology?

Some policy issues

• Life long learning– APEL and accreditation of informal learning– Integration of life, work and learning

• Expertise and Authority– The role of accreditation and standards

• Systems – what to control– Plagiarism– Control of copyright– Ownership of e portfolios

more issues

• Open Content and investment– IPR; Shared content;– Ownership rights of authors, publishers, institutions,

students

• Access– Uneven distribution of ICT– ICT literacy

• Staff Development and Professional standards– Voluntary or mandatory use of technology– Role of new professionals e.g. learning technologists

Technology supported lifelong learning

• Life long learning networks• Personal learning environments• Technology enabled learning spaces• CETLs• International developments – eg. eChina-UK• Higher Education Academy / JISC

partnership with HEFCE

Lifelong Learning Networks

There is no single model to which all must conform but essential characteristics include:

– Progression agreements, and the organisational means to deliver them, that guarantee progression for the vocational learner

– Involvement further education and will include at least one research-intensive institution, colleges and higher education institutions.

LLNs and JISC

• JISC /LLN collaboration through:– development of IAG– tracking systems for supporting and re-engaging learners– personal development planning and e-portfolios– e-learning

• Examples (fully funded):– East of England– North East Higher Skills Network– Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance– Greater Merseyside and West Lancashire LLN– Higher York

• Examples (LLNs in development):– South West – Linking London– Kent and Medway.

Renewed Teaching Quality Enhancement Programme

• The Higher Education Academy– Professional standards for teaching– National Teaching Fellowship Scheme

• Institutional L&T strategies– Including research informed teaching

• CETLs

All HEFCE enhancement activities include a component of e-learning

Note: e-Learning strategy working in the context of existing investments

CETLs - eLearning

• 25 CETLs cite eLearning as a pedagogic interest

• These include:

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London MetropolitanLondon MetropolitanUniversityUniversityUniversity of NottinghamUniversity of NottinghamUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge

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London MetropolitanLondon MetropolitanUniversityUniversityUniversity of NottinghamUniversity of NottinghamUniversity of CambridgeUniversity of Cambridge

Inter-professional elearning in health and social care

Coventry UniversityCoventry UniversitySheffield Hallam UniversitySheffield Hallam University

Inter-professional elearning in health and social care

Coventry UniversityCoventry UniversitySheffield Hallam UniversitySheffield Hallam University

SOLSTICE

Edge Hill College of Edge Hill College of Higher EducationHigher Education

SOLSTICE

Edge Hill College of Edge Hill College of Higher EducationHigher Education

The HEFCE eLearning Strategy

• Published in partnership by HEFCE, JISC and the Higher Education Academy (March 2005/12)

• Informed by consultation process

• Works in the context of existing investments

• Multi-agency implementation plan

strand one pedagogy & curriculum

strand two resources

strand three student support

strand four management

strand five quality

strand six research

strand seven infrastructure

eLearning strategy implementation

Benchmarking& pathfinderprojects

eLearning capital eLearning Research Centre

a a sample of supported activitiessample of supported activities

CETLs

key strategic partnerskey strategic partners

implementation partnersimplementation partners

Success Criteria

• ICT common experience for students• Access to support and communication• Tutor support for course design• Subject communities share materials• Institutions have integrated networks and

community links• LLN – seamless access students and staff• Staff appropriately skilled

In conclusion

“We recognise that we cannot deliver and develop our strategy alone. We will work closely with our implementation partners, the Higher Education Academy and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). We will seek to learn from and get the best out of joined-up approaches to the exploration of e-learning, working with the DfES e-Strategy. Above all, we will put institutions, their teachers and learners, at the heart of our strategy, and ensure that we review and develop it over its 10-year horizons, taking account of the real impact we have made on teaching and learning”

Foreword to the HEFCE eLearning Strategy

Creating conversation between policy and practice

e-learning policy

e-learning practice

Learning through partnership