Start date: 1 March 2007
End date: 31 March 2009
JISC theme(s): e-Learning
Committees: JISC Learning and Teaching committee
Working Groups: e-Learning capital programme advisory board
JISC has funded a number of projects to implement, pilot and evaluate a range of technologies with learners in the HE in FE context. These projects will all be piloting existing technologies, with an emphasis on evaluating the learners experience of the implementation.
Funded projects
| Lead institution |
Project name |
Summary |
| Bradford College |
SPaCE-FD Supporting Personalised and Collaborative E-learning - in Foundation Degrees |
Exploring the use of ELGG and Moodle to support Foundation Degree students in the workplace. Looking to create a recording system for APEL and PDP. |
| Gateshead College |
ComPort A Comparative Study of e-Portfolio Implementation in WBL |
Exploring different approaches to e-portfolios / PDP to support learners in the workplace. Using four different e-portfolio systems across four colleges for different courses. |
| Sheffield College |
Widening participation through e-Learning |
Creating the infrastructure for the development and delivery of a new course in eCommunications. |
| Kingston College |
KASTANET Kingston Access to Science Teaching Across New and Emerging Technologies |
Exploring the use of mobile technologies and social software to support e-administration, content delivery, collaboration and assessment on a Science Degree Foundation programme. |
| Hull College |
HELPP Higher Education Learning Portfolio for Placements |
Exploring the use of ELGG and Moodle to embed reflection and support students on work placements on a Foundation Degree in Software Design and Development. |
| Derby College |
TEA Tri-party EAssessment and personalised learning |
Exploring personalised e-assessment and reporting to meet the needs of part-time work-based learners on an HND/C in Engineering, working with the employer (Rolls Royce). |
| Leicester College |
WoLF Pocket PCs to Support Portfolio Development of Work-Based Learning in Further Education |
Exploring the use of pocket PCs by teaching assistants to help them reflect and collect evidence for training, and the integration of the devices into two institutional VLE systems. |
| University of Glamorgan |
WALES Work-based Access to Learning through E-Services |
Exploring the use of social software and mobile technologies to support learners in the workplace on an online foundation degree. |
| University of Wales Institute Cardiff |
HE in FE eAssessment in Wales |
Exploring and developing the role of e-assessment in enhancing the student experience. |
Analysis of bids
An Analysis of HE in FE bids received in response to this call was commissioned, which provides an overview of where proposals were weak. The analysis also provides some guidance to institutions on how to improve bids for future calls.
contact
Lisa Gray,
Programme Manager, e-Learning
Telephone: +44 (0) 117 331 0774
Mobile: +44 (0) 7769 911264
Email:
l.gray@jisc.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (0) 117 33 10667
Tish Roberts,
Programme Director, e-Learning
Telephone: +44 (0) 117 331 0777
Mobile: +44 (0) 7970 845369
Email:
t.roberts@jisc.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (0) 117 33 10667