Transcript Heather Price Project update Jisc MOOCs presentation

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Scaling up online learning project update
Heather Price, Senior co-design manager. Student Experience
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Scaling up online learning: the project
» Working with the UK academic community to identify:
› the barriers stopping institutions from adopting more online learning
› solutions that can address those problems
» Building pilot versions of the most promising solutions during 2015
» Supported by a project Working Group with members from across the
academic community
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The identified solutions
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Scaling up online learning toolkit
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Directory of online courses
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Partnership building service for international
online learning
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Staff skills for online learning course
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Solution: Scaling up online learning toolkit
Practical interactive online resource to help support the development and
delivery of online/distance learning programmes. Providing:
» tools, techniques, strategies and activities
At a range of levels:
» institutional, strategic, administrative and delivery
» Suggested themes:
• understanding and penetrating the market
• institutional administrative & organisational issues
• pedagogic models and staff development
• technology and tools
» Delivery: End of September 2015
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Solution: Staff skills for online learning
Online course with a range of modules that support staff to develop the
skills they need to plan, design, create, deliver and support online learning
courses and programmes.
» Incorporates a diagnostic tool for staff to assess their current skills and
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requirements
Highly practical, easy to use – helping to condense the complexities around
pedagogy and technology
Help participants to understand the learner experience
Increases staff competence and confidence in delivering
and/or supporting online learning
Models good practice
Diagnostic Tool: Delivered End July 2015
Course commissioned: By Summer 2015
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Want to find out more…
http://scalinglearning.jiscinvolve.org
Heather Price
[email protected]
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