JISC

Our literature review of JISC projects will focus on the use of mobile solutions to improve the learner experience. We will match project outputs against objectives from the University of Bradford Corporate Strategy and select the most relevant ones for a feasibility study. Feasible products and processes will be adopted.

The University of Bradford Corporate Strategy outlines the goal of greater flexibility in our teaching & learning, and administration systems. The starting point of this project is a literature review of previous JISC projects which can offer relevant mobile solutions to help achieve these strategic aims.

Relevant JISC projects will be scored for their potential to impact on these strategic goals. Those projects promising sufficient impact will then undergo a feasibility study for implementation at Bradford.

Finally, this project will implement the selected JISC products and processes and then evaluate their level of success .

Aims and objectives

The project will: 

•  Improve University processes for engagement with JISC. 
•  Identify and implement feasible, existing JISC projects to achieve the following corporate objectives: 
  •  "Provide all our students with a first-class learning experience" 
  • "…invest in the welfare and support of our students" 
  • " … providing robust, innovative, and supportive IT and administrative services and systems... which support and enable flexible modes of learning and working" 
  • "Providing "high-quality and responsive student services... [which reflect]... their study and work patterns" 
  •  "Web enabled campus supported by wireless and mobile computing" 
  •  "Smart administration for flexible learners" 

  Project methodology 

  1. Project team agrees strategic objectives to be used as project outcomes. 
  2. Search terms and assessment criteria agreed for literature review. 
  3. Projects scored by literature review team. 
  4. Projects for feasibility study selected by project board. 
  5. Feasibility study performed by IT Services. 
  6. Project board agrees projects for implementation. 
  7. Pre-implementation baseline taken by project manager and critical success factors (CSFs) and performance indicators (KPIs) identified. 
  8. Projects implemented by IT Services using Agile methodology. 
  9. New baseline taken and projects evaluated against CSFs & KPIs. 
  10. Any mitigation or roll back by IT services.

Anticipated outputs and outcomes 

• Report on institutional needs addressed by the project 
• Literature review reports. 
• JISC Watch implemented in institution. 
• Improved model for institutional engagement with JISC. 
• Feasibility study for project implementation. 
• Report on agreed changes and critical success factors. 
• Change Plans.
• Changes implemented.
• Pre-change and post change metrics.
• Case studies.
• Resources and guides for other institutions.
  
•  Evaluate all projects implemented.