What can e-Learning do for us?

1. What can e-Learning do for us? A View from the Academic Director of e-Learning John Davis

2. culture informs processes defines tools The World of e-Learning

3. e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process Purpose • e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process

4. Teaching Scholarship Research Technology Transfer Purpose?

5. Doing it Better • Benefits of ESU > TSU + LTSS • Invest in e-L to enhance this • Either eliminate low added value work or let learners do it themselves with e-support • Cumbersome admin or over assessment • Developing Life Long Learners • Understand the Process • Concentrate on where we add value • Identify waste effort and deal with it e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process

6. Examples • Admin Process • Electronic Submission and Marking • Group organisation and communication • T & L Process • Walking through archaeological sites in 3D • Virtual Site visits using Access Grid Node • Self taught Mechanics modules for Engineers • Assessment Process • Formative – question types now very sophisticated • Summative – large scale on-line exams beginning to happen

7. culture processes tools What can e-Learning do for us? • Provide one means to improve our processes • We have the many tools to help • Can we get the culture right to make this happen? The culture? Looking for continuous improvement in what we do e-learning is a means to improve the experience of everyone involved in the learning process