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Virtual Campuses Workshop Helsinki, 3rd July

Modelling Advice and Support Services to

Integrate the Virtual component in Higher

Education


The Lisbon Strategy and eLearning in Higher

Education

The Bologna process and the promotion of

quality

Integration of ICT in European Universities not

homogenous

Background


Vir

tual

Cam

pu

s

University Libraries

IPR Management

Training and teachers’ support

Students’ support

University strategies to integrate virtual components

Design of online courses

MASSIVE

MASSIVE approach: holistic & specific (6 areas)


MASSIVE

Need to integrate pedagogical and technological

strategies + support services that facilitate it.

Objetive: to design a model of mutual support

services for European traditional Universities to

successfully implement the virtual component of

teaching


Bridges state of the art review with developing the ‘virtual capacity’ of ‘traditional’ universities. Via a range of knowledge-sharing, mentoring and benchmarking exercises

Desk research reports in the 6 areas proposed / Criteria

and tools to identify good practices (WP1, WP2)

Case studies, 2 in each of the 6 areas (WP3)

Integrative Seminars to go deeply in the methodology (WP4)

Peer Review to assess the implementation of eLearning (WP5)

Methodology within MASSIVE context


A support service for European traditional

Universities to successfully implement the

virtual component of teaching.

Peer review model


Preparatory briefing and promotional papers positioning questionnaire data and logistics checklist on-line observation

Site visit briefing Meeting interviews focus Groups on-site Observation de-briefing meeting

Analysis and Reporting Peer Review Report

Peer Review Process Stages


How is ICT changing the way Higher Education

Institutions are delivering education and

training?

What does the integration of ICT mean for the

institutions from the organisational point of

view?

Is there any best practice emerging from your

project?

Questions


Lot of e-learning in use across each institution

Innovation local & plentiful – funded internal & external –

creativity

Most institutions aware of issue even if no clear strategic

plan

Major impact of legal and funding regimes

Commercialisation with open/on-campus e-learning

Centralised vs devolved “power & responsibility for e-

learning”

MASSIVE Findings


Innovation vs standardised systems

IPR unresolved issue for all

Staff development/awareness/training –

technology/pedagogy

Too little account of changing students’ – views,

skills, practice, exposure to eLearning

Best practices in specific areas

MASSIVE Findings

virtual campuses workshop helsinki, 3rd july modelling advice and support services to integrate the...

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