E-Learning as Open Learning Flexible Delivery Workshops Series No. 2 March 2005 Nicki Hedge Flexible provision through e-learning: myths, miracles & map-making

Flexible provision through e-learning: myths, miracles & map-making 1Flexible provision through e-learning: role & location of e-learning 2E-Learning: myths and miracles 4 Map-making & leaps of imagination? 3 Supporting e-learning: models, methods and challenges

flexible provision 1Flexible provision through e-learning: role & location of e-learning as tool for flexible provision e-learning distance education open? flexible?

2E-Learning: myths and miracles panacea quick fix cheap fix second best new hobby fringe activity new/innovative technophile utopic technophobe dystopic inaccessible too time-consuming

e- m- networked distributed distance open flexible LEARNING supportenhancement

support for staff? technologypedagogy contentinfrastructure competing pressures declining resources policy tensions confidence & competence

Supporting e-learning: models, methods & challenges I know it’s the way of the future I’m not a technologist I don’t have time Will GUIDE put it online for me? This is a steep learning curve It’ll never be as good as f2f This sounds exciting I’m beginning to see the possibilities

Supporting e-learning: models, methods, challenges

collaboration hub modelownership pedagogy & technology

driven by social constructivism platform? harnessed to meet educational challenges collaboration pedagogy & technology moodle

driven by social constructivism moodle open source‘free’ and not free community owned, developed, responsive

open source‘free’ and not free community owned, developed, responsive approach philosophy community of practice

‘It’s not a technology issue: it’s a business issue to do with externalization’ Andy Mulholland, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young approach philosophy community of practice for companies with external focus, used to working collaboratively they stand to gain much more from open source than companies with an internal focus, which see the technology in terms of cost savings

collaboration hub model Supporting e-learning: models, methods and challenges

hubs & one-stop-shops

GUIDE as HUB Registry matriculation WebSURF Student Updateable Records Facility Planning Office RAM Research & Enterprise funding bids costings SRAS publicity, marketing, fee setting Computer Service Moodle (VLE) infrastructure, Help Desk Library P-T & DE Support Moodle TSC/LSC Faculties Departments Course Teams IT support

GUIDE as HUB Faculties Departments Course Teams IT support responsibility ‘levels’ of e-learning ownership supporting transformational change

map-making & leaps of imagination? e-learning = learning learning for learners transformational sustainable change learning for organizations

map-making & leaps of imagination? better together? thinking the unthinkable?

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map-making & leaps of imagination?

collaboration hub modelownership pedagogy & technology