JISC

Evaluation of the Distributed e-Learning regional pilots and Higher Education Academy subject centre projects

JISC wishes to commission an individual or team to review the work of the distributed e-learning regional pilots and Higher Education Academy Subject Centre projects and synthesise the lessons learned. The purpose of the study is to aid JISC in planning future funding calls and dissemination of programme outcomes.

The proposed study will be focussed on the work of the regional distributed e-learning pilot projects, funded under JISC Circular 7/04, and the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre projects. These 44 projects started between November 2004 and April 2005, and will all finish in March 2006. However, in order to evaluate that work in appropriate context, the study will also need to look at the work of other JISC programmes, such as Exchange for Learning phases one and two, and Managed Learning Environments for Lifelong Learning phases one and two. It will also be necessary to consider work funded from other sources, such as the Scottish Funding Councils’ Transformation projects, and the HEFCE-funded Lifelong Learning Networks.

The study has two main deliverables: an interim review of the work of the regional pilots and subject centre projects, due on 2 December 2005, and a final evaluation and synthesis of the lessons learned by the projects, due in late June 2006.

It is estimated that this study will require 80-100 days’ work, irregularly distributed over the period October 2005 to June 2006. Funding will be commensurate with the effort proposed in the tenders.  The total cost should include all expenses associated with the work, ie VAT, travel and subsistence etc.