Support for Course Development

Expected Outcomes
• Tools to enhance the Universities’ Virtual Learning Environments (i.e. Moodle and Blackboard)
to assist in the creation of interactive and innovative eLearning content
• An online networking environment to help students collaborate effectively
• Exemplars of interactive and innovative blended learning course content
• Guidance for staff developing interactive and innovative blended learning course content
• Training and support for the use of these tools

Benefits
• Enhanced learning experience, especially for students taking modules remotely: work-based students, distance learners and those on a different campus from the teaching staff
• Improved staff confidence in developing interactive and innovative blended learning course content
• Effective networking and collaboration among students from the different Universities of the Alliance

Current Activities
• Innovation Award Scheme for technology-related and content-related projects. Award winning projects include development of:

 

• A Virtual Clinic for the BSc in BioMedical Informatics and the Foundation Degree in Health Informatics

• A set of blended learning modules for the MSc in Leadership & Management in Health

• A social networking environment linked to eLearning for networking and collaboration among students and staff

• Support for eLearning by a tri-partite eLearning Project team.

Contact Details

For further information on these developments, please contact the Collaboration & Learning Environments (CLE) Project Head, Dr Dave Rayner (cle@swlacademicnetwork.ac.uk) who is working with colleagues within each of the Universities to ensure that the Alliance’s work brings maximum added value to all those engaged in learning, teaching and research.

Dr Dave Rayner
Email: cle@swlacademicnetwork.ac.uk
Phone (at SGUL): 020 8725 1642
Mobile: 0787 232 0716