Transforming curriculum delivery through technology
e-Learning online conference 09 programme
Presentation and associated materials
Abstract
An increasingly diverse student body, mixed with increasing access to a range of learning and social networking technologies are enticing professionals to explore new ways of delivering their courses. JISC’s ‘Transforming Curriculum Delivery through Technology’ programme focuses on curriculum delivery processes (for example teaching, learning support, advice and guidance, coaching, mentoring, peer learning and collaborative learning), that take place when learners engage with a designed curriculum. The Programme is funding 15 projects to re-think how technologies can innovate and ultimately transform curriculum delivery processes.
This session will focus on the work of two of these projects: Kingston University/De Montfort University’s MoRSE Project and Kingston College’s KUBE project.
Delegates joining this session will have the opportunity to learn about the project teams’ experiences to date and to discuss the challenges and share successes of motivating staff and involving students in changing the way courses are delivered.
The Kingston Uplift for Business Education (KUBE) Project aims to develop and evaluate models of good practice in using technology to transform the teaching, learning and assessment in higher-level business education delivered at Kingston College in partnership with Kingston University. It will involve supporting learners through the use of interactive online resources; extending the role of e-learning through blended curriculum delivery models; and supporting teaching staff through an e-supported peer observation scheme.
The Mobilising Remote Student Engagement (MORSE) Project aims to develop the idea of learning beyond the institution by developing discipline-based approaches to the enhancement and student-ownership of fieldwork and placements at Kingston University and De Montfort University. In particular, the project will integrate outcomes from previous projects on mobiles, web 2.0, and learner experience in order to focus on issues of isolation, interaction, reflection and feedback for students undertaking fieldwork and placements. This will be achieved through a partnership between students, employers and tutors.
Presenters
Phil George
Phil George is eLearning manager for Kingston College with responsibility for teacher’s professional development and training in eLearning and blended learning practice. Phil has over 12 years experience in teaching and learning online, including the implementation and role out of Kingston Colleges Blackboard installation back in 2001 plus the subsequent delivery of accredited training programmes in using a VLE.
He gained a MEd in e-Learning from Sheffield School of Education in 2006, is a Fellow of the Institute of Education and has played a significant part in several JISC funded programmes including KASTANET during 2008 and is currently project manager for the KUBE project (Kingston Uplift for Business Education).
Phil has taught across a number of professional and technological subject areas which include: Chartered Management Institute Diplomas, where he designed and co- delivered a highly successful blended learning model. Chartered Institute of Marketing Diploma programmes. Teacher Education courses and Access to Higher Education. He also introduced the now thriving ITQ provision at Kingston College.
Currently alongside KUBE, Phil is engaged in a variety of responsibilities including the Kingston College Moodle role out and developing teachers in using the Xerte web based toolkit and all its associated features effectively.
Richard Hall
Richard is the e-Learning Co-ordinator for De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. He is also a National Teaching Fellow(2009). He is responsible for the academic implementation of e-learning with the aim of enhancing the student learning experience.
He was the Project Manager for DMU’s e-Learning Pathfinder Project, which investigated mainstreaming Web 2.0 technologies across the institution in academic and academic-related departments (http://dmupathfinder.blogspot.comnow migrated to this site).
He was also project manager on the HEA-funded CoTIL[Connecting Transitions and Independent Learning] project, which was a partnership with NIACE. He is the project lead at DMU for the JISC-funded MoRSE[Mobilising Remote Student Engagement], curriculum delivery project
Richard’s research interestsinclude the impact of new media on pedagogic practice and institutional structures, and more importantly upon social justice agendas, learner-empowerment and participation.
Tim Linsey
Tim Linsey is the Head of e-Learning in the Department of Academic Development at Kingston University. Prior to this he taught for 12 years across 3 HE institutions and was course director for Geographical Information Systems at Kingston.
He has been involved in a number of projects including an HEA funded Pathfinder project (R3) to investigate the use of mobile classroom technologies in learning and teaching; the academic implementation of an multi-institution social networking environment (South West London Academic Network); and the Widening Access and Success (WAS) project investigating the role of educational technologies in helping and supporting students, particularly from schools and families not familiar with higher education, both prior to and while on-course. He is currently working on the JISC funded curriculum delivery Project ‘Mobilising Remote Student Engagement’ (MoRSE – http://morse.ac.uk).
Facilitator
Andrew Comrie
Andrew Comrie has worked in the Further and Higher Education sectors for over 20 years holding academic, management and senior management posts. Andrew was Vice-Principal at Lauder College (now Carnegie College) in Fife from 1999 until 2006. Between 2005 and 2007, Andrew was Project Director for the SFC funded e-learning transformation project TESEP project. In 2007, Andrew joined Kerson Associates Ltd as a Director and co-owner. Recent work has included Critical Friend to the HE Academy’s Pathfinder programme, Critical Friend to the JISC Transforming Curriculum Delivery programme and Programme Director for the Edinburgh, Lothians, Fife and Borders Regional Articulation Hub and Programme Leader for the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama’s PG CERT in learning and teaching in Higher Arts Education.