1. Supporting the Net Generation Learner Professor Eeva Leinonen – Deputy Vice Chancellor

2. “Supporting the Net Generation Learner” MySpace Youtube MSN Gadgets Our Learners

3. University of Hertfordshire 24000 students 2000+ staff Global network £180mil turnover Diverse population Leading business- facing university in the UK

4. Academic Studies Health and Human Sciences Pharmacy/PG Medicine Business School Humanities, Law Education Engineering Information Sciences Art, Design, Film, Music

5. Blended Learning University StudyNet – Managed Learning Environment (approx 10 years) Strong strategic approach and staff development Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CETL) - £4mil + Blended Learning Unit (BLU) Learning and Teaching Institute Learning and Teaching

6. Phase 1: StudyNet – the MLE an institutional portal and student intranet, improving access anytime / anywhere to university information a virtual space where learning, assessment and interaction can take place Fully integrated into and linking all university processes and systems

7. STUDYNET PORTAL VOYAGERGENESIS STUDENT OTHERSYLLABUS PLUS FACULTY SCHOOL PROGRAMME PATHWAY MODULE LEARNING RESOURCES CAREER S STUDENT SUPPOR T STUDENT CENTRE STUDENTS UNION EXAMS TIMETABLES

8. StudyNet – the Managed Learning Environment 4000 course modules 25,000 personal portals 7 million logins a year Learning & teaching Information sources Communication Graduate skills Disability support Stimulus for innovation

10. StudyNet use 2003/4 - 3.62 million logins – 1600 logins on 25/12/03 2004/5 - 4.85 million logins – 51% logins from outside UH systems 2005/6 - 6.30 million logins – 63000 accesses between 2 and 3am 2006/7 - 7.7 million logins – 151 million successful page requests http://www.studynet.herts.ac.uk/snwebstat.nsf/Logins?Openview

11. Phase 2 – Blended Learning UH awarded a Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council England) funding of £4.5M The Blended Learning Unit (BLU) established on 1 st April 2005

12. Blended Learning: “Harnessing technology to enhance Learning, Teaching and Assessment”. Better use of F2F Greater flexibility New ways to communicate New ways to collaborate Improved feedback

13. Minimising barriers - eg Enhancing classroom equipment Mobile computing initiative Wireless campuses

14. Laptops and tablet PCs for staff

15. Technology in the classroom

16. Increasing student engagement with EVS

17. ORB is the UK’s first student virtual literary magazine.

18. Virtual Classroom Technology

24. Using SMIRK for Virtual Lectures (David Kraithman) Microeconomics module – Compulsory – 870 students Lecture + seminar Changed to: Virtual lecture + Participatory workshop + Seminar

25. Collecting Virtual Lecture to prepare for class

27. Outcome in Microeconomics Referral rate decreased by 40% Students with dyslexia scored an average of 2 grade points higher than their other studies The international students found the combination of text and narration very helpful for developing their language skills

29. Harnessing the net generation’s expertise to change our practice.

30. Listening to the student view and understanding the needs of the net generation learner

31. Student feedback on online tutorials "WOW, I am a 2nd year student and I failed this module. Why couldn’t we have this help last year?? Basically I love it.“ “I definitely agree that online tutorials are a good idea because without them I would probably not understand half this subject."

32. Conclusions Technology can enhance the student learning experience – Enhancing the classroom experience – eg using face- to-face time more effectively – Enhancing the out of class experience – eg better guided study, better communication – Making the teachers’ experience better – eg automation, working more flexibly

33. 3 rd International Blended Learning Conference on 17 th and 18 th June 2008

34. For further details about the University of Hertfordshire Blended Learning activities see: www.herts.ac.uk/blu THANK YOU