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Promoting e-Learning across a small specialist HE institution –
a Journey of e-Ndurance
Promoting e-Learning across a small specialist HE institution –
a Journey of e-Ndurance
Henry KeilHarper Adams University College, Newport
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The
institution
Course portfolio ‘land-based’ courses• Agriculture• Agricultural Engineering• Rural Environment, Leisure and Tourism• Business and Management, incl. Agri-food
Harper Adams UC – the main pillars
• a HE institution• a ‘working farm’• short course provision• work-based learning
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• 1843 students on FT UG and PGT / PGR courses• 83% of students from rural background• 12% of students from overseas• 2282 students on accredited employer engagement programmes (367 FTEs) • 46% of students are on fully accredited courses • 1393 learners (professionals) on CPD modules• Mostly ‘traditionalist’ (academic) staff
Student Population 2009/10
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The presenter
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The Present role
• Promoting the use of Learning Technology across an entire institution• VLE ‘owner’• Identifying e-pedagogy for online DL
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Expectations
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Reality
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Net result:
Some degree of inertia, negativity and
cynicism
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What triggers Cynicism?
- IT infrastructure-related?
- Staff IT skills-related?
- Lack of Communication
- Lack of management support – strategic vision
- Under-resourced?
What triggers Cynicism?
- IT infrastructure-related?
- Staff IT skills-related?
- Lack of Communication
- Lack of management support – strategic vision
- Under-resourced?
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How do you monitor progress?How do you monitor progress?
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Conclusion:
Majority of staff are still stuck in an instructivist
mindset
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Predominantly a ‘Command and Control’ approach
Predominantly a ‘Command and Control’ approach
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Core of early adopters
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• Building trust in academic professionalism
• ‘Selling’ e-Learning as opportunities for research
• Avoidance of extrinsic reward systems for e-Learning
• Providing targeted ‘just in time’ training
• Make staff key stakeholders in e-learning projects
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• More use of media (video) as online resource
• Moodle as a starting point (‘Portal’) to access alternative learning platforms (Mahara/WordPress)
• Refining effectiveness of pure online pedagogy
• Evaluation of m-learning
• Open repository for land-based resources
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• Motivating academic staff ain’t any easier than motivating students
• Don’t assume that academics are necessarily committed life-long learners (outside their own subject speciality perhaps)
• Being patient!!