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This session will then run as two breakout sessions offering Experts the opportunity of discussing the emerging findings from two clusters in these programmes

Session B – Transforming Curriculum Delivery through Technology (PowerPoint) Andrew Comrie

This session provides an opportunity to learn more about the Curriculum Delivery Cluster projects. (College of West Anglia: KLTV - An internet TV Station to Enrich Teaching and Learning (Media); Kingston College: Kingston Uplift for Business Education (KUBE) (Business); Kingston University/De Montfort University: Mobilising Remote Student Engagement (MoRSE) (Geography/Life Sciences); and Lewisham College: Making the New Diploma a Success). The common themes and issues that are emerging from the work of the cluster include:

• Engaging staff and other stakeholders in technology- enhanced curriculum change initiatives
• Inducting students and preparing them for new ways of learning using technology
• Models for evaluating change and determining the impact changes are having on learning and the quality of the learner experience
• Change management strategies that address the established cultures and beliefs of institutions that need to change for curriculum innovation to succeed

This session will be led by Andrew Comrie, Critical Friend and will involve the following project representatives:

• Springboard TV (College of West Anglia) – Ben Jackson
• Making the new Diploma a success (Lewisham College) - Jo Burbidge
• KUBE (Kingston College) – David Hillier, Susan Driver, Andrew Williams and Phil George
• MoRSE (Kingston University/De Montfort University) - Tim Linsey and Richard Hall

Members showcase

Members from the Experts Group are invited to showcase their work or invite feedback on specific areas they are working within. The session will run as two 20 minute roundtable discussions offering members the opportunity of attending two of the three sessions.

Session 1 – Learning from InQbate: The CETL in Creativity Diane Brewster, University of Sussex. Further information

Session 2 – Learning from the ESCAPE project (PowerPoint), Dominic Bygate, University of Hertfordshire. Further information

This session will discuss the changes made by two module teams (out of nine the project is working with) to their assessment practices in light of the ESCAPE project and the effect that they have had on the students engagement and attainment.

Session 3 - The Trialling of Collaborative Online Tools for Business and Community Engagement, Jacquie Kelly, JISC InfoNet

‘The Trialling of Collaborative Online Tools for BCE’ JISC-funded project is investigating the use of collaborative online tools to support Business and Community Engagement (BCE) in a variety of contexts via a number of trials situated in colleges and universities within the UK. BCE is the strategic management of interactions, partnerships and transactions with partners and clients external to the institution. This includes the commercial and public sectors (including charities and trusts), the cultural landscape and the social and civic arena.

Three of the eight trial projects are working with partners in the design and/or delivery of curricula. Two have an international dimension and one is a large regional partnership with The Regional Health Authority. These three are trialling very different approaches and tools to support their BCE activities and through their activities and experiences, future BCE collaborative ventures will benefit.

Learning and Teaching Innovation Projects – What we have learnt

An opportunity for Experts to hear of the key findings from three of the Learning and Teaching Innovation projects. The following projects will be represented at the meeting:

Blind Cricket

The BISCT project is about developing virtual practice environments for players of blind sports. The project brings together a highly experienced team of technical developers, blind cricketers, sports coaches and university teachers to develop these virtual practice environments. BISCT has integrated Wii technology, a 3d digital audio space and physics engine into an interactive, working whole. Further information.

Language learning in virtual worlds (PowerPoint)
Designing and Building Immersive Education Spaces Using Project Wonderland: From Pedagogy through to Practice (PDF)

This session will present work done on the JISC funded SIMiLLE project to build a culturally sensitive virtual world to support language learning. Delegates will be able to see how a virtual world can be used to support online learning, and discuss how institutions, practitioners and learners can engage with this technology. Further information.

Remote Access to Academic Trials and Testing

The JISC Ratatat project at Swansea Metropolitan University is exploring the feasibility of providing online distance learners with the ability to complete their practical work online. This demonstration will show how MSc students can take remote control of their laboratory experiments, view live webcams of the laboratory and have real-time videoconference technical support during the process. Students will carry out sophisticated data capture procedures and use analytical software to complete their assignments. Further information.

What should the e-Learning Programme fund next under Learning and Teaching Practice? (PowerPoint)

In times of limited funding, a consultation session with our experts to hear what priorities the e-Learning Programme should consider funding in order to further our understanding of technology enhanced learning and teaching practice.

Update from the e-Learning Programme (PowerPoint), Sarah Knight, e-Learning Programme

• developments in the e-Learning Programme, together with an overview of upcoming funding opportunities.