What can e-Learning do for us?A View from the Academic Director of e-Learning

John Davis

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The World of e-Learning

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Purpose

• e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process

e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process

Purpose?

Teaching

Scholarship

Research

Technology Transfer

Doing it Better• Understand the Process

• Concentrate on where we add value

• Identify waste effort and deal with it

e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process

• Benefits of ESU > TSU + LTSS

• Invest in e-L to enhance this• Either eliminate low added value work or let

learners do it themselves with e-support

• Cumbersome admin or over assessment

• Developing Life Long Learners

Examples• Admin Process

• Electronic Submission and Marking• Group organisation and communication

• T & L Process• Walking through archaeological sites in 3D• Virtual Site visits using Access Grid Node• Self taught Mechanics modules for Engineers

• Assessment Process• Formative – question types now very sophisticated• Summative – large scale on-line exams beginning to happen

What can e-Learning do for us?• Provide one means to improve

our processes• We have the many tools to help• Can we get the culture right to

make this happen?

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e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process

The culture? Looking for continuous improvement in what we do