CAMEL at GreenwichDr Jill Jameson, Simon Walker, Malcolm Ryan

University of Greenwich

Welcome and IntroductionsThe Greenwich CAMEL Team:Jill Jameson, Simon Walker, Malcolm Ryan

The wider Greenwich University Team:Clifton Kandler - Director Luminis Portal Project, Maggie Leharne,

Yemi Bello, Emma Crowley, Dave Cane, Library & Information Services

Ryan Flynn, e-Project Leader, Maureen Castens, Director of ILS

CAMEL speakers:Seb Schmoller, ALT, Inspire – Evaluation

All institutions CAMEL teams, followed by eLIDA CAMEL

Navigating the shallows & avoiding the shipwrecks

What are the ‘shallows’?

The risks and challenges we all face in managing e-learning initiatives effectively

What are the ‘shipwrecks’?

the histories of failed HE/FE e-learning and change mgt initiatives, e.g. e-University UK

What is the ‘navigation’?

Effective steerage through the journeys of e-learning institution and project management

What are the ‘destinations’ of this voyage?

The many outcomes possible in successful learning with students and teachers

How do we know if and when we ‘arrive’?

e.g. measuring learning outcomes using performance indicators and participant feedback

  

Welcome to the

University of Greenwich

SWOT analysis:

CAMEL partners in the

management of e-learning

  

Two half-days, barbecue

tonight 7.30 pm

Health and Safety and

Fire evacuation

Accommodation

Greenwich

• Modern University, post-92 South East London, Kent

• 8 Partner FE Colleges, 22 Network FE Colleges

• World Heritage site, good at lifelong learning, WP

• Budget c.£100m+, 10 main Schools, 3 campuses

• ‘Managed diversity’ of decentralised structure

Greenwich

Motto "To learn, to do, to achieve."

Established 1992

Chancellor Lord Holme of Cheltenham

Vice-Chancellor Baroness Tessa Blackstone

Students 20,000 (14.5 UG, 5.5 PG)

LocationMain site

Greenwich and MedwayOld Royal Naval College: ‘99

The University of Greenwich• Meridian line, Observatory

• Old Royal Naval College, designed by Christopher Wren built 1696 - 1712.

• Baroque masterpiece

• World Heritage site

• Maritime Museum

Potted history

• Woolwich Polytechnic 1891 with 625 students, Thames Polytechnic 1970

• Mergers with 7 colleges 70’s-90’s, including Dartford, Avery Hill, Garnett

• Huge expansion 1973-93: Dr Norbert Singer• University of Greenwich 1992• Mergers ++ restructure 2001 to a more

School-based system - decentralised ethos

Structure

• Nine main Schools, 3 research institutes, 1 division of learning enhancement.

• The Office of Information and Library Services (ILS) delivers Learning Resources, ICT infrastucture and Corporate Information Systems. ILS has staff and facilities at all campuses inc. libraries, student PC labs, ICT service teams.

• The off-campus user's support team OSCARS (Off Campus Services, Contact and Remote Support) was created within ILS in 2004 in recognition of the distinctive support needs of this important and growing category of user.

e-Learning Strategy

• Developed in 2005-6, defines e-Learning as, “the use of ICT to provide a range of approaches to enhance and extend learning for a wide range of individuals and groups”.

• Recognises that ‘one size does not fit all’: technologies need to be matched to pedagogical intentions and learners’ diverse needs.

• Adopts Scribbens and Powell’s 2003 model of e-learning, the ‘e-learning fan’ – flexible model with an emphasis on blended learning, linked with L&T Strategy.

e-learning: managing diversity

• Guided by recognition of e-L support for enhancement of learning, cost-effectiveness, competitive advantage;

• Celebration of diversity: School specialist solutions;

• Endorse and support one main platform (WebCT) but enable a range of other e-learning platforms to be used by Schools;

• 3 platforms in use – (1) individual products such as WebCT; (2) Open source and freeware, e.g. Moodle, LAMS and Bodington; (3) bespoke platforms including engweb and teachmat (CMS) & Lotus notes (E&T)

Summary

• Managing diversity in e-learning - flexible

responses for a complex, large HEI with history of

mergers and different cultures.

• Time to turn to the SWOT exercise!

Further info and thanks

• Further info on Greenwich:

http://www.gre.ac.uk

• Thanks to the e-L strategy group and

Greenwich Foundation.