Scaling up and scaling out: How the eLene partners are addressing sustainability in European eLearning projects EDEN conference, Naples, June 15 th 2007 Deborah Arnold, eLearning project manager eLene-TT / eLene-TLC coordinator, eLene-EE partner Vidéoscop – Université Nancy 2

2/16 Once upon a time…  2003: ‘Virtual models of European Universities’ European Commission DG Education and Culture (EN)  Study in 200 universities  8 case studies : –France : CANEGE –Italy : Politecnico di Milano –Germany : Bremen University –The Netherlands : Utrecht University –Finland : Finnish Virtual University –Spain : Open University of Catalonia –Sweden : Umeå University –United Kingdom : UKHEP –+ Poland : Polish Virtual University

3/16 The group takes form… November 2003, Milan “let’s work together” February 2004, Bremen Defining strategic axes May 2004, Nancy Developing first project …

4/16 Building eLene…  4 themes for future work: –Pedagogy – teacher training –Economics – of eLearning –Technology – mobile solutions –Strategy – Bologna process  6 months community building: –Sense of belonging –Mutual knowledge and respect –Friendship  Small is beautiful! –Start with concrete grassroots project rather than institutionalised network

5/ Teaching and Learning service Centre [coord: Vidéoscop-UN2, France]  Preparing HE for the net generation students  Teachers, teacher trainers, instructional designers, decision makers The three eLene projects… Teacher training and the innovative use of ICT in Higher Education [coord: Vidéoscop-UN2: France]  Virtual learning resource centre  Teacher training actions Economics of eLearning [coord: Univ. Umeå, Sweden]  Cost-benefit analysis  Student performance  Indicators  Digital divides

6/16 eLene-TT: the TT Centre Teacher Training Centre Evaluation Methodology Questionnaires Results Teacher Training actions Programmes/Curricula Associated resources Reports Tools For teaching and learning For teacher training Guidelines Institutional environment Interaction and collaboration Learning styles …

7/16 eLene-TT: lessons learnt  Spirit of true collaboration –Will to share –Constructive criticism –Common ownership –See our video interviews:  Challenges –Sharing meaning at the start of the project –High expectations  Sustainability –Exploitation agreement –New project –Mainstreaming by involving institutional decision makers

8/16 eLene-TLC: scaling up and scaling out  Involving target groups outside our own institutions –Drawing on our national and European networks.e.g. France: Digital Thematic Universities –Building a community of teacher trainers.to become relays for training teachers across Europe –Developing a community of users contributing to, using and reviewing the contents of the TL Centre Teaching and Learning service Centre Teachers Teacher trainers Students Instructional designers Decision makers

9/16 EU policy makers National policy makers eLene: concrete solutions for sustainability eLene board of directors eLene-TLC project team Monitoring policy cooperation agreement for the eLene group Meetings eLene-TLC policy statement

10/16 eLene-EE conference: “Economics of eLearning” Paris, France 12 th – 14 th December 2007 Upcoming events… eLene-TLC conference: “Preparing universities for the ne(x)t generation of students” Bremen, Germany 17 th – 18 th March 2008

11/16 Want to know more? soon…