Chris Jones said.
> The JISC/CALT funded Networked Learning in HE project has produced a set of
> notes and guidelines for effective networked learning in HE. The document can
> be found on the project web site and is available to download.
>
> http://csalt.lancs.ac.uk/jisc/
> It would be great if some discussion of the guidelines took place on the list
> so that we could all benefit from the discussion. Happy reading,
I am just completing one lifecycle model of networked learning.
This was a model of networked learning for primary health care
professionals.
You can see something of the environement we created on
www.wisdom.org.uk
I am at the start of a new design and development lifecycle.
This is to bring the benefits and overcome the obstacles of
creating a Virtual learning Environement for Sheffield Medical
School undergradaute medical degree.
We are a small team headed up by Prof David Newble, myself and
a soon to be appointed project officer.
We are in a consortium of universities that includes Newcastle and
Nottinham. So there is a lot of potential collaborative help.
Referring to the guidelines above, I think the most fundamental
aspect to get right is the pedagogical framework.In theory at least,
the other design elements should flow from the approach. The
choice of which virtual learning environemnt and which assessment
package should flow from the underpinning philosophy.
In Sheffield we have a fairly traditional curriculum with plans to
evolve a more guided discovery approach to problem based learning.
One handy hint form page 25 of the guidelines is the writing of a
formal Specification Document, which can be validated with all of
the stakeholders in the project (another job to do).
A big task is in persuading the 1000 teachers and 1000 students to
make the Sheffield VLE a rich, dynamic and essential medium for
lifelong medical education.
Chris
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Dr Chris Roberts
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Medical Education
Department of Medical Education
University of Sheffield
Coleridge House
Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Sheffield S5 7AU
Tel: 0114 266 6784
Fax: 0114 242 4896
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