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‘More with less’ Virtual workshop 26 May 2011. Alan Davidson Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen a.t.davidson@rgu.ac.uk. Overview. Content Introduction Our approach Current working and future plans Discussion Share references, ideas, questions. My philosophical view.
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‘More with less’Virtual workshop 26 May 2011 Alan Davidson Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen a.t.davidson@rgu.ac.uk
Overview • Content • Introduction • Our approach • Current working and future plans • Discussion • Share references, ideas, questions
My philosophical view • ‘Enhancement’ (informed by Ranald Macdonald) • Making it better • Making the best of ... opportunities and resources • Enhancing efficiency ... • best use of resources to promote effective student learning & experience • Enhancement is about change • Efficiency AND Effectiveness
Change ‘E-factors’ • Efficiency • Employability • Students’ Expectations • Student Engagement • Equity & Diversity • E-Learning • Evaluation points
What’s out there? • Lit. & web review (Summer 2010) • Lit. on costs of teaching delivery –limited • Changes associated with technology predominant • Primary references • BIGGS & TANG, GARRISON & VAUGHAN, GIBBS, HEFCE, HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY, JISC, LAURILLARD, OBSERVATORY ..., TWIGG
Key messages from the lit. • Effective teaching & learning –focus on what the student does ... • Re-design for Blended Learning can benefit both efficiency and effectiveness • Factors ... efficiency of on-line delivery • Management of content • Management of on-line / tutor time • Focus on large cohorts
Our approach thro’ 2010-11 • Developed thro’ dialogues • 3 strands of focus • Efficiency of WHAT we teach • Efficiency AND Effectiveness of HOW we teach and assess • Efficiency of OTHER STUFF
Ways of working 2010-11 • Embedded in normal working and budgeting • No special initiatives to buy-out time • Embedding in Annual Planning and review • Enhancement Academy project • Enhancing Blended Learning (ENABLE) • External workshops + critical friend • 7 course-team level projects over two years • Workload allocation model being developed
What’s going on • Portfolio reduction • Blended models • Changing / reduction / removal of lectures • Online delivery • Content outsourcing • Assessment • Reduction, in-class, group assessment • Voice techs. for feedback • Practicals / Labs / Studios • Placement supervision and support
Evaluation • Finding out and sharing • What’s going on, what’s working well • Evaluation • Students’ views, performance, achievement • Staff observations • External Examiners’ comments • Metrics • Limited baseline info
What next • Planning development projects for 2011-12 • Build on current approaches • Course teams • Include internalised ‘Enhancement Academy’ type working • More use of Learning Designs
REFERENCES • BIGGS, J. and TANG, C., 2007. Teaching for Quality Learning at University. Third ed. Maidenhead: SRHE and Open University Press. • GARRISON, D.R. and VAUGHAN, N.D., 2008. Blended Learning in Higher Education: Framework, Principles, and Guidelines. San Francisco: Josey-Bass. • GIBBS, G., 1981. Twenty terrible reasons for lecturing. [online] Available from: http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/2_learntch/20reasons.html [Accessed 08/28 2010] • HEFCE., 2003. The costs of alternative modes of delivery. A study for HEFCE by JM Consulting Ltd. Bristol: HEFCE. • HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY, 2008. Pathfinder report: Raising awareness of the costs of e-learning... [online] Higher Education Academy. Available from: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/ourwork/learningandtech/completed/pathfinder/Briefing_Papers/EHU_Reading_CostingBriefingPaper_V2_EdgeHill.pdf [Accessed 08/28 2010] • JISC. 2006 Tangible benefits of e-learning. [online] Available from: http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/case-studies/tangible • LAURILLARD, D., 2007. Modeling benefits-oriented costs for technology enhanced learning. Higher Education, 54, pp. 21-39 • OBSERVATORY ON BORDERLESS HIGHER EDUCATION, 2003. Redesigning Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Using ICT: Balancing Quality, Access and Cost. OBHE. • TWIGG, C.A., 2003. Improving learning and reducing costs: New models for online learning. Educause, (September/October), pp. 28-38