From Pedagogic Research to Effective e-Learning

(PREEL)

Launch meeting - Agenda

1. Welcome & introduction - Harvey Mellar

2. Research review - Magdalena Jara

3. Staff development plan - Caroline Daly

4. Evaluation plan - Caroline Pelletier

5. Next steps - Magdalena Jara

6. Admin issues - Harvey Mellar

Introduction

Harvey Mellar

History

DfES e-Strategy (2005)HEFCE e-Learning Strategy

HEA/JISC e-Learning Programme

Benchmarking Exercise: • January 2006 - July 2006 (Benchmarking Pilot Exercise). • October 2006 - April 2007 (Benchmarking Phase 1) • May 2007 - November 2007 (Benchmarking Phase 2)

Pathfinder Programme: • September 2006 - August 2007 (Pathfinder Pilot) • May 2007 - April 2008 (Pathfinder Phase 1)

Aims

To embed the research expertise of IoE staff in the field of e-learning into institutional practice

Specifically– To embed e-learning approaches based on our

research experience in course design, delivery and assessment

– To do this at both institutional and School levels– To produce staff development models based on these

approaches – To further develop the e-learning elements of the

Learning and Teaching Strategy– To further develop e-learning quality assurance

processes.

People• Management Team:

– Ashley Kent (for Assistant Director for Learning and Teaching)

– Dylan Wiliam– Bryn Morris– Stan Smith

• Harvey Mellar - Coordinator• Magdalena Jara – Project

Officer• Caroline Pelletier – Project

Evaluation • Caroline Daly – Staff

Development

• Gwyneth Price – Digital Resources/Information Literacy

• Gill Hinson – QA/QE• Advisory Group (IoE):

– Norbert Pachler– Hugh Starkey– Martin Oliver– Diana Laurillard

• Advisory Group (External):– David Morris (Coventry)– George Roberts (Oxford

Brookes)– Jay Dempster (Warwick)

• Programme Evaluator:– Terry Mayes (Glasgow

Caledonian)

Courses• Karen Bird               Research Synthesis for policy and practice

• Chris Saleh              Professional Practice  (Primary PGCE)

• Olga Miller                Early Intervention: Working with Young Children with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities

• Eva Gamarnikow       Understanding educational research + Theory and policy in education: an introduction

• Clare Bentall             Global Trainer Graduate Certificate in Training for Development Education

• Alun Morgan             Introduction to Development education

• Martin Oliver             Research methods

• Ralph Levinson          Foundations for Science Education

• John Potter              Multimedia Design

• Adrian Mee & Adam Unwin    Teaching and learning with ICT in the subject classroom +  ICT secondary + Educational Visits  (Secondary PGCE)

• Colin Durrant            Choral conducting, leadership and communication

http://www.lkl.ac.uk/research/benchmarking/

Admin Issues• Contracts

– To be signed by School Managers– Days of cover + support from PREEL + support from LTU + small amount of

money for materials/software etc

• Timetable– Review of ongoing research – completed February 2007– Identification of courses – February 2007– Staff development activities – March – June 2007– Course designs – April – July 2007– Development of new QA procedures – June 2007– Course validation – June or November 2007– Course delivery – 2007-2008

• Dissemination– Your blogs, feeding into the IoE Pathfinder blog– Special issue of Reflecting Education