Janette Hillicks's List: e-learning pervasiveness

• Swine flu has brought about the need to implement policy quickly, not only in  healthcare but also in healthcare education, which has considered greater use of  e-learning during potential disruption to classroom teaching.
• This article looks at measuring the success of these alternative teaching  methods by using the known tangible benefits of e-learning.
• Other issues such as student engagement are less well defined and therefore any  tangible benefit may not be fully measurable for some time (JISC, 2008).
  

• Joint Information Systems Committee (2008) Exploring tangible benefits of  e-learning: does investment yield interest? Joint Information Systems Committee.  JISC: Northumbria University.

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• Wouldn’t it be nice to have something like this in Canada?
• This site developed by JISC, UK, provides a large range of resources on the  design of e-portfolios
• JISC (2006) Effective practice with e-Assessment Bristol, UK:  JISC

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• This material is based on JISC's excellent Effective Practice with e-Learning  resource

• JISC in the U.K. provides a continuous stream of excellent, pragmatic  publications on e-learning.

• This is another excellent publication from a group of people who have their  finger on the pulse of e-learning. The publication plus associated online case  studies is the work of JISC infoNet, the Association for Learning Technology  (ALT) and the Higher Education Academy. The project was funded by JISC. Well  worth reading and absorbing the very useful information and insights into  e-learning in action.

• The resulting publication ‘Exploring the tangible  benefits of e-Learning’   makes interesting reading for both  academics and for those who are grappling with similar issues for e-learning  adoption in the workplace .

• I am a strong believer that there are lessons to be learned from the way that  different sectors approach common problems. This report from JISC and its  partners is a great example. Whilst written primarily by and for academic  audiences, it shares some great insights on how employers and businesses can  develop different approaches to blended learning and offers an approach to help  us review our successes demonstrate value. 

• The following list provides an overview of software options and links to more  information
• JISC InfoNet:  Compiles project planning and management resources

• A chance to review JISCs ‘Effective Practice with e-Learning‘ document ahead of a new  version, was interesting.  It was something I hadn’t looked at in about 3  years, and a re-examination showed just how far the implementation of e-learning  had progressed in that time, but also that the underlying approaches taken in  the document were still valid. 

• The aspect that was particularly relevant to this project was the exposure tp  a wider of draft report to which this project contributed.  I’d seen this  at a project meeting previous, but that was with people who were also  contributing to the report.  On this occasion, it was examined by people  not involved with JISC e-assessment projects, so it was interesting to hear  their views.  Broadly speaking, the response was positive, and seemed to  reflect the Practice Experts own views and experiences.  It certainly  reflected my experience on this project.

• JISC study "Tangible Benefits of e-Learning" - posted 23 April 2008
• Three related sets of materials are available from the JISC website, all of  which are well worth a look:

• e-Assessment: An overview of JISC activities

• Effective Practice with e-Assessment will be a valuable preparation for  e-assessment for departmental heads, learning technologists, e-learning  managers, staff development managers, examinations officers and administrators.  It will also be useful for classroom practitioners weighing up the pros and cons  of using technology in assessment.
  

• I don't have room to go through the document point by point - just as well - but  for people who want a document that shows how the e-portfolio supports  traditional learning activities (as defined by, say, Kolb 1984), this is your  document.
• This is a great quote: "Before we were concerned with controlling learners' use  of computers, but now the challenge is to know how they are accessing their own  technology to enhance their own learning." This is the tenor that infoms this  look at "pedagogies based partially or wholly on the use of mobile devices,  including those without built-in connectivity, and those that offer mobile  access to resources on the web." After surveying the technological environment,  the pedagogies are examined through the lens of four perspectives on learning:  associative, two types of constructivist, and situative or social learning.  Then, following a series of case studies, the authors offer their assessment,  that "the same key principles apply when designing learning activities... mobile  and wireless technologies can be viewed as extending the options available to  the practitioner, especially in specific contexts or niche activities." Finally,  after more case studies, a model (which looks like a big eye) for implementing  mobile and wireless computing is proposed, one which (unsurprisingly) recommends  that institutes develop resources and phase in wireless access in a controlled  and secure manner. Sarah Knight, et.al.?, Jisc,  September 28, 2005. [Comment] [Link]  [Tags: Wireless, Constructivism, Assessment,  Gaming]
• Useful resource, part of the project described by Gill Ferrell in a presentation  of the same name here at Alt-C today. Do give this site a visit if you're  interested in linkages between colleges and universities and in supporting  lifelong learning genrally. The site includes a set of detailed 'infokits' that  look at various aspects of the process, including using virtual learning  environments, project management, risk management, process review, and more.  There's a lot here; prepare to spend some time. Various authors, Jisc,  September 6, 2005. [Comment] [Link] [Tags: Project Based  Learning, Gaming]

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  ePortfolios  Resource

   

  <!-- Open class post -->JISC has just released an 'Effective  Practice with e-Portfolios' publication. A digital copy of this document can be  obtained from the following website:
  
  http://www.jisc.ac.uk/effectivepracticeeportfolios
  
  It  provides an overview of e-portfolios and their use along with a number of case  studies from learner, staff and institutional perspectives.
  
  Other guides  in this series include:
  
  eAssessment (http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/themes/elearning/assessment.as)
  eLearning  (http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning_pedagogy/)  

• Jisc info Nets is a advisory service for managers in the post-compulsory  education sector promoting the effective strategic planning, implementation and  management of information and learning technology. They have a collection of  info kits which can help to provide support for Project Management, Process  review, Contract Review, System Implementation. These kits are free and provide  a excellent source of advice and guidance. The latest edition to the set is the  E-portfolios info kits, which will help to identify what a e- portfolio is and  how it to embedded it into teaching and learning. Take a look at the website http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/tools.