implementing a vle threshold standard

Implementing a VLE Threshold

Standard – Why?, What?, How?, Next

Steps?Ashley Wright, Newcastle University

Wednesday 9th January 2013

What I’ll cover today

Why?

What?

How?

Monitoring & Consequences?

Next steps?

Questions/Ideas from you

Ashley Wright, Newcastle University

Why did we do this?

Enhance and improve student experience

Greater consistency across modules/courses

A top down expectation from the Newcastle student

offer”

Harmony across delivery systems (Bb, LSE, a.n.other(s))

Utilise a range of opportunities for elearning, including:

a designated set of materials, including clear information about

learning, assessment and skills, for each module within a Virtual

Learning Environment


What?

No more £ or resource to implement this

Technological and scalable solution

VLE Steering Group discussed and came up with a few

ideas which ISS technical staff later developed

VLE Steering Group fleshed out the VLE Threshold

Standard - http://goo.gl/wwSNZ

1. VLE presence

2. Key module info

3. Recommended readings

4. Key teaching materials

5. Module orientation


http://goo.gl/wwSNZ

How?

Created a page called Overview (show in Bb)

Monitoring & Consequences

Students to police it – contact directly, poll, form sent to

ISS forward to relevant academics

Only one form completed to date !!!

Some Schools been proactive and asked for this across all

modules (UG & PgT)

Some Schools amended/devised a consistent template

across all modules


Next steps

Feedback internally to Faculties for comment

Amend the Overview page

Continue to work with Schools and subjects to enhance

their Bb provision


Questions and thoughts?

Thanks for listening

ashleyhwright

writeshare.org


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