1. Developing a culture of blended learning innovation
Graham Galbraith & Jon Alltree, facilitated by Mark Russell
Joint Information Systems Committee
Supporting education and research

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3. Professor Graham Galbraith Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Presenters
Professor Graham Galbraith
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
University of Hertfordshire
Dr Jon Alltree
Director of Learning and Teaching
Dr Mark Russell
Deputy Director, Blended Learning Unit
Facilitator
Joint Information Systems Committee

4. Developing a Culture of Blended Learning Innovation 5th International JISC Online conference Innovating e-learning Professor Graham Galbraith, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Dr Jon Alltree, Director of Learning and Teaching University of Hertfordshire

5. Response to the pre-conference discussion
Innovation and embedding at UH
Looking forwards and thinking the unthinkable

6. Leadership, management and balance...
From the discussion forum
Leadership, management and balance...
Who should lead developments in students’ technology supported learning experience?
Can we equate the student ‘output’ standards of the same programme where different modes of education are experienced (e-learning, blended, traditional)?
What is the right balance between blended or e- learning delivery? In what ways is it subject and level dependent? Should base-line expectations be set across an institution?

7. A brief history of (our) time...

8. In what, if any, ways does this experience have parallels with your own institution?
For example:
A long term strategic vision?
Scaling up local innovations?
An institution-wide VLE?
Please post your responses in the chat box

9. StudyNet The University of Hertfordshire Manage Learning Environment
The backbone of our engagement with Blended Learning
In-house development, based on Lotus Notes
Drew on the VALE experience and expertise
It had to be scaleable, therefore built on these principles:
Efficient:
Automated population of databases with students and staff
MLE had to talk to MIS
Easy to use:
Technology brought to individuals not the other way round
Mainly Do-It-Yourself not Do-It-For-Me
Implemented strategically
Top level support
StudyNet Development group – ‘bottom-up’ input into functionality
StudyNet pedagogic project group
Champions
Staff development
Targets

10. VALE Collaboration with Ford Needs of distance learners Resources and collaboration facilities One of team moved to central unit

11. StudyNet rolled out in 2000
Needed to link to other systems
Needed to be simple to use
MIS also bespoke

12. StudyNet interface
Simple
Personalised and configurable
New features added

15. Blended Learning Unit
Educational provision where high quality e-learning opportunities and excellent campus based learning are combined or blended in coherent, reflective and innovative ways so that learning is enhanced and choice is increased
UH CETL bid

16. Which is the optimum level at which to foster the development of Blended Learning for staff and student benefit?
Informal self-sustaining networks
School/Departmental approaches
Faculty approaches
Institutional approaches
If ‘other’, please enter your thoughts in the chat box

17. Blended Learning Unit Reducing barriers
Classroom spec review (supporting LIS)
Laptops for all academics
Wireless enabled classrooms
Staff development
Curriculum Design and Innovation
Individual and group projects
BLUSky funding
CABLE (HEA Pathfinder Project)
ESCAPE (JISC Curriculum Delivery Project)
Campaigns eg
Podcasts
Video

18. Blended Learning Innovation
Allowing people to experiment/innovate critical and a basis for the future

19. Success Factors for embedding Blended Learning at the University of Hertfordshire
Office of the Vice-Chancellor support
Targets driving StudyNet engagement
Staff development to support engagement with targets
Targeted funding for Blended Learning initiatives
Ease of use of StudyNet
Local champions promoting and supporting StudyNet and Blended Learning
Bottom-up ownership of StudyNet Development
Partnership initiatives (CABLE and ESCAPE)

20. Which of these would/do have the most impact in your institution?
Office of the Vice-Chancellor support
Targets driving MLE/VLE engagement
Staff development to support engagement with targets
Targeted funding for Blended Learning initiatives

21. Which of these would/do have the most impact in your institution?
Ease of use of your MLE/VLE
Local champions promoting and supporting VLE usage and Blended Learning
Bottom-up ownership of VLE Development
Partnership initiatives for change management

22. Next steps ...
Allowing people to experiment/innovate critical and a basis for the future

23. Distance and flexible Learning
Geographically remote learners
Campus based learners
Assessment and feedback
EVS and Objective testing
Reengineering of other assessment strategies

24. Distance and flexible learning
25% target by 2015
At least 10% remote learning (up from 3.8%)
PVC project
Business development
At least 15% of our campus based students’ modules online plus classroom (50+% of a module’s structured learning activities online)
Learning and Teaching Institute support
Student experience
Green agenda
Champions and local targets

25. Objective testing and large scale approach to EVS
EVS/Objective testing
Each student has own handset available for all sessions
Central support for Questionmark PerceptionTM mediated exams
Pedagogic benefits
Greater interactivity, engagement and inclusivity in class
Regular low stakes testing
Module feedback
Efficiency savings
Decreased marking time
Fewer referrals
Increased progression

26. Our future Challenges Technical Organisational Sectoral
The relationship between the VLE and external services (iTunesU, YouTube, googledocs etc)
Organisational
Data accuracy (staff rather than students)
Increased flexible learning
Sectoral
Published information and F2F contact

27. What are your future challenges?
Please post your responses in the chat box

28. Recent events and drivers for change....
From the discussion forum
Recent events and drivers for change....
Do the implementation of the Comprehensive Spending Review and the Government’s version of Browne create a new impetus for Technology Supported Learning?
Is e-learning primarily about reducing the long term costs of mass education or is it about improving student experience or both?
A key issue for the future will be transparency of student data. What is the best way of measuring student engagement with learning; and will publishing student ‘contact hours’ disincentivise e-learning developments?
Will the anticipated growth in private providers force the existing universities to re-consider the role of technology in supporting learning?

29. Web image acknowledgements
Apple.com
Cellnet.org
Facebook.com
Hubpages.com
Listserve.com
Martini.com
Oldcomputers.net
P Brennan
P Chatterton
PC museum.com
Turningtechnologies.co.uk
YouTube.com