SFC e-Learning Transformation Programme: Support Resources
You should find a number of infoKits useful within your projects, a list of relevant Kits is shown in the left-hand navigation panel and specific areas raised in programme meetings have been highlighted below.
Change is endemic in the education sector. Change is also difficult. The Change Management infoKit aims to help institutions find an approach that suits their situation. Managing change is very much at the heart of the transformation projects and we particularly welcome views on this material and experiences from your projects to feed back into this new resource for the community.
You should find much of the infoKit material of use within your projects, a list of relevant Kits is shown in the left-hand navigation panel and specific areas raised in programme meetings have been highlighted below. Generic resources include:
The Implementing e-Learning applied infoKit was commissioned by the SFC to signpost resources that can provide assistance in assessing the costs, benefits and risks of implementing and developing e-learning provision.
Projects should follow the JISC/SFC project management guidelines and templates.
JISC infoNet's generic Project Management infoKit includes tools, techniques and tips which can be used to underpin these, including material on Roles and Responsibilities and Stakeholders.
Assessing and managing risk is covered in the comprehensive Risk Management infoKit.
The set of three briefing papers under the banner 'Supporting a Lifetime of Learning', part of the output from the JISC MLEs for Lifelong Learning Programme, includes a paper on 'Cross-Institutional Provision: What institutions really need to know'.
A number of resources including FAQs, relating to legal and records management issues relating to the concept of lifelong learner records can be found at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/project_learner_records_legal_study.html.
The Process Review infoKit contains a set of models which can be used to transform processes in a more learner-centric way.
Glenaffric have developed a resource to assist the Scottish higher education sector in accessing relevant sources of information, tools and materials from JISC development programmes and the Higher Education Academy that support flexible delivery. The resource for managers and practitioners has been structured to map onto the flexible delivery typology agreed in consultation with the sector in 2004-05 and is available at http://www.glenaffric.co.uk/gcms/.
Additional resources
A number of other subject-specific materials which may appeal to individual projects (or may even already include you!) are: e-Portfolios; Open Source Software and a range of material covering areas such as pedagogy and assessment are included in the Effective Use of VLEs applied infoKit.
Last but by no means least, JISC infoNet will be taking the Designing Spaces for Effective Learning work forward in conjunction with the JISC Development Team, Regional Support Centres and other JISC Services to provide a suite of resources to assist Senior Managers and Practitioners tackling this transformational activity. A number of related and underpinning resources are already listed on our anchor page, these will continue to be built up into a comprehensive resource for this area.
External links are given in the top left-hand box to other services such as CETIS, the Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards, and the JISC Legal Information Service. Also included is the home page for the Transformation Programme on the JISC website, and the e-Learning Focus site which provides ongoing support to the JISC e-Learning Programme with a range of news, articles, features and other materials.
If you have any questions about resources listed here, or are looking for support resources but cannot find them, please email us.
