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You might find it interesting to look at my ECER 2003 Conference Paper
"Review of educational research on virtual learning environments [VLE] -
implications for the improvement of teaching and learning and access to
formal learning in Europe" which is available at
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/00003192.htm
I think that this issue is part of a larger question - apart from the labour
market functionality of ICT skills, what is the evidence that using ICT as a
major component of teaching and learning improves the quality and extent of
post-compulsory learning?
For the wider debate, see:
"dICTatEd is a research project, involving collaborators around the world,
that is investigating ways of enhancing the impact of investments in
educational information and communications technology (ICT). dICTatEd aims
to have a direct impact on policy and practice.
dICTatEd is predicated on substantial evidence that ICT is not having an
impact on education that is proportional to the high levels of investment in
'educational' ICT around the world. One of the underpinning reasons for this
seems to be a lack of shared understandings (visions) about why we are using
ICT in education.
The starting point for dICTatEd was to carry out a literature review in
order to identify rationales given for the use of ICT in education. A
synthesis of the data resulted in 19 rationales. In order to explore the
extent to which there was agreement about the relative importance of each of
these 19 rationales a web-based questionnaire was developed. The aim is to
generate over 20,000 responses to the questionnaire.
Interim results from the dICTatEd questionnaire are being reported during
the data collection phase in the form of interim reports and dynamically on
the web." At http://www.med8.info/dictated/
Professor John Konrad
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Ken
While I agree to some extent - however my experience is that it is difficult
to identify the need before using the product.
As to the proposed research - I am not really surprised at our lack of
understanding of Pedagogy and the use of VLEs - it is only relatively
recently (post Dearing?) that we have actually tried to disseminate an
understand of the pedagogical models that supports face to face learning and
teaching in HEIs.
Peter
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Just to add my two pennieth to this thread,
Is this not what the regional support centres were supposed to provide?
I must admit that I find it somewhat ironic that we are looking into how we
provide support after we have purchased the product. Surely all that should
have been thought through before the decision was made. Perhaps this says a
lot about the ability of sales people in the technology field. After all
probably the only gadget that people buy for their home without knowing what
they are going to do with it or how they are going to use it, is the
computer.
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Stan, Megan et al,
This is a very timely conversation.
The Learning and Teaching Sub-Committee (JCLT) of the JISC are about to
embark upon a study to examine exactly this question. A certain amount of
scoping has already taken place but a great deal of work will be undertaken
in the calendar year 2004.
Just to give a flavour, two key objectives (N.B. currently in draft) are:
1. to review and enhance current knowledge about effective pedagogies for
e-learning 2. to explore how this can be effectively applied .....
So, if this list generates an active dialogue on this subject, I'm sure it
will prove of immense value.
Tom
Dr Tom Browne, Academic IT Support Manager, ITS
University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QJ
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--On 13 November 2003 10:07 +0000 Megan Robertson
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> We are about to undertake a review of the pedagogic support for our
> VLE. Currently we have 5 seconded members of academic staff who act as
> first line of support to teaching staff and provide a link between
> teaching staff and our central learning & teaching and learning
> technology sections. As part of our review it would clearly be useful
> for us to see what other models are in use out there.
>
> So, if you can spare the time, could you reply and briefly describe
> the models used in your institutions? ===============
>
> Very informal here... It's mostly a case of my scampering around and
> seeing what sort of things teachers in various subjects do now, and
> think they might like to be able to do... and then see if there's a
> way of using ILT to support and enhance what it is they'd like to do.
>
> Sometimes I put it as 'encouraging them to dream dreams, then I'll
> help them turn the dreams into (virtual) reality' :-)
>
> As it gets rolling here, we will be using the Ferl Practitioner
> Programme to provide some pedagogical background.
>
> Seems to work, though...
>
> Megan.
> ILT Champion, City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College.
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