The Role of LTSN in FDTL 5

1. The Role of LTSN in FDTL 5 Jill Armstrong Senior Adviser LTSN Generic Centre

2. Structure of the LTSN Programme Executive + Generic Centre 24 Subject Centres Managed programme: strategies, objectives & performance measures

3. Subject Centres

4. Aims LTSN’s core activities are • promoting and sharing good practices in learning, teaching and assessment • brokering the transfer and take-up of knowledge and practice between users, experts, developers and innovators • setting up, supporting and developing L&T networks

5. Information & resources on-line databases and resources publications,briefings and guides case studies question banks news feeds & enquiry service journals and book newsletters and e-bulletins Brokerage role link with professional bodies provide consultancy fund projects support PedR harvest good practices create partnerships and collaborations Run network groups and departmental workshops Subject Centre Approaches

6. Generic Centre’s Mission In partnership with others, the LTSN Generic Centre will broker information and knowledge to facilitate a more coordinated approach to enhancing learning and teaching

7. LTSN Generic Centre Partnerships- working with others... Subject Centres HEI Senior Managers & Key Change Agents Other Partners Educational Development Groups, QAA, Employers, Union of Students, UK Funding Bodies, Centre for recording Achievement, NCT etc

8. Generic Centre - a key source of information... • The HEI Newsletter • Senior Manager Circulars • Exchange Magazine (joint with NCT & ILT) • The website hosts a large number of resources with over 45,000 hits per month • We offer a general enquiry service on learning & teaching issues

9. Types of Dissemination • Awareness: • publicity, publications, conferences, web-sites + demonstration workshops • Understanding: • consultancy, workshops with active engagement of end-users • Implementation: • working alongside end-users, helping them to use ideas and embed in courses/departments • Continuation of activity beyond funding

10. Contact with LTSN • It is a formal requirement to provide evidence that an arrangement has been made with either of LTSN subject centre(s) or LTSN Generic Centre (or both) to ensure products are disseminated • You will be expected to use a proportion of the budget to support dissemination & other services provided by Subject Centres • May wish to develop a collective dissemination strategy with other FDTL 5 projects in your subject area after stage one

11. What the Generic Centre can do • For specific projects: • advertise your events/resources on our GC website • provide a home for your resources beyond the end of your project providing they are meta-tagged on a data base • Where your project relates to a current GC theme: • when possible we can reciprocate on dissemination events/resources • we can advise on current work from GC themes

12. Generic Centre themes • Curriculum design • E - learning • Employability • Teaching & Learning • Assessment • Student progression & achievement • Student support & guidance • Learning resources • Quality Assurance • Professional development

13. Project Finder This database lists funded projects from LTSN , FDTL, TLTP, disability, widening participation and innovations www.ltsn.ac.uk/genericcentre/projectfinder

14. How we can help in the bidding process • General letter of support From Subject Centre and/or Generic Centre (NB draft bid to be sent to Generic Centre by Nov 25th) • Generic Centre does not advise on initial bids • Stage Two, we can look at bid and suggest what might need to be thought about