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E 3 : Elevating the use of elearning , esubmission and emarking http :// tinyurl.com/o4d82sy Gillian Fielding BETT 2014. About me. Gillian Fielding, Digital Skills Manager U sed Blackboard for 15 years when it was free! University of Salford 20000 students 2000 staff
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E3: Elevating the use of elearning, esubmission and emarking http://tinyurl.com/o4d82sy Gillian Fielding BETT 2014
About me • Gillian Fielding, Digital Skills Manager • Used Blackboard for 15 years when it was free! • University of Salford • 20000 students • 2000 staff • 250 programmes
E3: Elevating esubmission, emarking and efeedback • . • . • Transformation Board • Project Board • Policy • Standards • Benchmarking • Online Declaration • Reporting • Student Audit Checks • Strategic Institutional Transformation • . • . • Blended • Elevate • Phase 1 • Phase 2 • Champions • Helpdesk • Surgeries • #elevatesalford • Support • Training • .
Training • Phase 1 (23/04/2012-13/07/2012) • Blended solution • Pre-workshop activity (400 video views, ? undertook the activity, 321 completed the benchmarking survey) • Workshop (751 attendees over 8 weeks, ran 61 x 3 hrs), Slow uptake • Online learning (3 modules, 9 hrs study time, ? completed) • Worst and best Blackboard modules • Activity to put staff in students shoes • Included rich media, OERs, QR code, #elevatesalford
Training continued • Phase 2 • Part 1 • Based on feedback from Phase 1 • Self-paced online learning in a facilitated classroom • Staff APLd initially • Staff worked through at their own pace • Test on completion • (555 attendees over 5 weeks, 62 workshops) • Part 2 Directorate workshops • Based on local issues/need eg anonymous marking • 17 x 2 hr,198 staff attended
Strategic • Student Experience • Transformation Board • Elevate Project Board • Assessment Policy changes • Esubmission with exemptions • Emarking • Efeedback within 3 weeks • Module standards Reproduced under Creative Commons Photo by tricky (rick harrison) http://www.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/2857814154/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Support • 22 TEL Champions • Min. 1 per School • Time off teaching • Helpdesk • Open 08:00-17:00 Monday – Friday • Enquiries by phone, email, tweet, referred from ITS • Highest no. of enquires – 117, average 45 pr week • Customers = staff (and students) • Drop-In Surgeries • 3 x 3hr Surgeries per week • Held on 2 campuses • #elevatesalford • Reproduced under Creative Commons License from Bertop • http://www.flickr.com/photos/bertop/2621801965/sizes/z/in/photostream/
Checks • Benchmarking survey • “State of nation”, included some UCISA TEL survey questions • 321 staff completed • 50% of staff accessed most days • Online Declaration • Completed after the online training (Phase 1 part 3) • 51 completed, 66 “in progress” • Reporting • Weekly Reports to the University Executive • Fortnightly Reports to HoS(attendance registers)
Checks continued • Student Audit (by Student Course Rep’s) • Completed by students (Course Rep’s) • Paid in Amazon vouchers • Semester 1 – 519 modules audited • Semester 2 – 1500 modules audited
Things to take away Get Executive support And a Project Board With key stakeholders on (students, academics, PVC, Deans, IT dept) Have a Project Plan Align to University goals (T&L, Student Experience) Set expectations (Standards and Policy changes) Have training AND support Report quickly and regularly Take remedial action quickly Be gentle and patient BUT firm!
Thank you! Contact details: • Gillian Fielding, Digital Skills Manager, University of Salford • Email: g.d.fielding@salford.ac.uk, • Twitter: g_fielding • Tel: 0161 295 2451 E3: Elevating the use of elearning, esubmission and emarking Slides available on SlideShare
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