Making A Step Change
The emphasis of this infoKit is on creating new types of learning space. Even where new build projects are prompted by the fact that existing buildings are simply not fit for purpose, colleges and universities are rising to the challenge and finding opportunities to do things differently and to improve learning and teaching. In many cases these improvements are closely linked to the use of new technologies.
Edinburgh's Telford CollegeMany organisations such as Edinburgh's Telford College, Glasgow Caledonian University and New College Durham have also made significant change to business processes on the back of a new build. Telford has introduced 'hot-desking' and not even the College Principal has an office! We look at the issue of business process improvement in the Imagination section under Imagining Future Processes.
Step changes in ways of learning and teaching and in ways of doing business need to be carefully managed if stakeholders are not to feel disempowered and resist the change. New College Durham noted that its move had many of the key aspects of a merger as it brought together two previously autonomous sites and Matthew Boulton College noted that the introduction of learning technologies meant many staff saw the change as a new job as well as a relocation.
JISC infoNet has an infoKit on Change Management highlighting a range of approaches that have been shown to work in the sector and particularly drawing on experiences of implementing e-learning in recent years.
- Change Strategies and Approaches
- Change Roles
- Transition Management
