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Linda Martindale, Karen Lee, Caroline Roberts

Health Sciences and Practice & Medicine Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine Higher Education Academy Subject Centres. eLearning in Health 2011 conference collaboration, sharing and sustainability in the current environment.

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Linda Martindale, Karen Lee, Caroline Roberts

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  1. Health Sciences and Practice &Medicine Dentistry and Veterinary MedicineHigher Education Academy Subject Centres eLearning in Health 2011 conference collaboration, sharing and sustainability in the current environment Supporting online teaching and smarter working through a targeted professional development programme Linda Martindale, Karen Lee, Caroline Roberts School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee

  2. The context: School of nursing and midwiferyCollege of Medicine, dentistry and Nursing • Pre-registration nursing 400 p.a. • Post-qualifying division • BSc (nursing, midwifery, health studies) 200-300 p.a. • Masters (MSc, MN, MPC, MRes 100-150 p.a.) • All online delivery • Local & international delivery • All academic staff teach online • E-Learning academic leads • Learning technology support

  3. Stein et al.’s conceptions of professional development for e-learning • Training • Opening up possibilities • Collaboration • Relevant and purposeful What’s the evidence?

  4. Developing online teaching capability • Understand academic staff needs • Upskillacademic staff in online teaching • Contribute to “smarter” working • Evaluate the programme using the “conceptions” model Support team: Academic e-learning leads; learning technologist

  5. Understanding academic staff needs • “Practice-based evidence” • Survey of My Dundee modules • Online needs assessment (n=32; 32/70) Scope of survey • Your own e-learning skills • Staff development and support for e-learning • Virtual learning environment: usefulness and development requirements • Other e-learning tools • Generic resources

  6. Understanding academic staff needs Blog: never used, would like to 53% Bb assessment: support / some support needed 92% QMP: use frequently 6% Strong demand for all forms of support / development

  7. Upskilling Academic staff in online teaching

  8. Upskilling Academic staff in online teaching

  9. Upskilling Academic staff in online teaching Conceptions of professional development for e-learning • Training • Online resources / print guides • Face to face workshops • Small group / one-to-one support • Opening up possibilities • Beyond PowerPoint • Good practice exemplars • Collaboration • Dissemination within / between module teams • E-Learning forum / cross College activity • Relevant and purposeful • Staff development reviews • Good practice exemplars

  10. Contribute to smarter Working • Why? • Growing student numbers • Decreasing academic staff • Resource constraints • Address growing range of student needs • How? • Generic resources & online sites • Supporting academic staff • Content-light / resources rich • Emphasis on collaboration • e-Assessment

  11. Evaluate the programme: conceptions • Training • Follow up evaluation of Wordpress • Google analytics • Monitoring of online modules • Opening up possibilities • Attendance at events • Good practice exemplars – numbers / usage • Collaboration • Sharing within School, College, University • Relevant and purposeful • Development review outcomes • Sharing of resources

  12. Challenges Conceptions of professional development for e-learning (Stein et al.) • Training • Opening up possibilities • Collaboration • Relevant and purposeful Communication Meeting varied needs E-learning = “good” learning Inclusivity and support

  13. Thank you SAMARAWICKREMA G & STACEY E (2007) Adopting Web-Based Learning and Teaching: a case study in higher education. Distance Education, 28, 313-333. STEIN SJ, SHEPHERD K & HARRIS I (2011) Conceptions of e-learning and professional development for e-learning held by tertiary educators in New Zealand. British Journal of Educational Technology, 42, 145-165. WILSON G & STACEY E (2003) Online interaction impacts on learning: teaching the teachers to teach online. IN CRISP G, THIELE D, SCHOLTEN I, BAKER S & BARON J (Eds.) Interact, Integrate, Impact: Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Learning in tertiary Education (ASCILITE). Adelaide, ePublications@SCU. l.martindale@dundee.ac.uk

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