Better education is inextricably tied to better experience
Norman & Schmidt, “The psychological basis of problem-based learning: a review of the evidence”Rogoff, “Developing understanding of the idea of communities of learners”Barron et al, " Doing with understanding: Lessons from research on problem- and project-based learning”)
UK HE Survey of Digital Capabilities
Challenges:
• Definition
• Only 11 of 63 responding institutions have a senior member of staff with responsibility for defining digital strategies
Solutions:
• “Institutions should adopt a whole-institutional approach and embed digital capabilities into all strategies, including Estates, HR, Finance, as well as Library, IT, Academic Development etc.”
• “Institutions must obtain active senior management sponsorship to drive the successful embedding of digital capabilities throughout the organisation.”
http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/digcap
So What?
There are pockets of great practice everywhere – many challenges in how to reward great practice when it comes to teaching
October 2014 report to the European Commission on New Modes of teaching in higher education – 15 recommendations
http://ec.europa.eu/education/library/reports/modernisation-universities_en.pdf
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