1. The Benefits, Challenges and Lessons Learnt from the Development of Masters Programmes for Face to Face and Online Delivery: A Case Study of the University of Law Business School and Interactive Pro
Dr Elaine Garcia
Senior Programme Leader
Interactive Pro / University of Law Business School Online Programmes
@ela1negarc1a

2. Founded in 2008
Global University Systems Group
15000 students
Over 150 countries
Programme Design and Digitisation
Marketing and Recruitment
Online Programme Delivery

3. 1876 History dates back to Gibson and Weldon
2006 Granted Degree Awarding Powers
2012 Granted full University title
2015 acquired by Global University Systems Group
2016 Business School Launched
2017 first online business students start their programmes

4. Partnership – Business Programmes
MSc
Corporate
Finance
MSc
Leadership
&
Human Resources
MSc
Strategic
Business
Management
MSc
Strategic
Business
Management
BA Business Management
(specialisms)
MBA
(specialisms)

5. Who does what? University of Law Programme Specification
Module Descriptors
Validation
Overall Quality Control
Admissions
Overarching processes
Face to face delivery
External moderation / Management of Externals
Graduation
Interactive Pro
Online module development (teaching schemes)
Content creation
Assessment Creation
Recruitment
Online Delivery
Marking & Assessment including 1st moderation
Online library resources
Online Student Support
Online Careers Centre

6. Considerations Methods of Assessment – Group work, etc.
Teaching materials
Library Services
Teaching Methods
Student Support
Industry Visits
Visiting Lectures
Comparable experience

7. Challenges
No face to face interaction vs a global community of learners
Flexible nature of study for online students
Access to visiting lecturers face to face vs access to synchronous global speakers online
Industry Visits
Library Services
Social Space
Participation
Engagement

8. Lessons Learnt
The need to deconstruct face to face and online learning and teaching
Preconceptions of face to face vs online teaching
Differences and similarities between face to face and online studies
The different nature of online and face to face students

9. Conclusion / Future Developments
Delivering the same programme face to face and online has challenges, opportunities and considerations
Creating a comparable experience is important
Online study is becoming increasingly popular
Working collaboratively provides great opportunities
Further new programme developed in the same manner
Looking at metrics such as participation / achievement, etc.

10. Questions?