I’m not really sure that I got anything from this session. Essentially Manuka Institute of Technology (16,000 students, 4,000 full-time equivalent; 800 teaching staff, 80% using Blackboard) have a top-down mandate that there must be 20% of blended delivery in every programme across the institute.
They use a ‘blended learning plan for a programme template’ and e-learning support staff work with academic teams asking where they are going to put the 20%, and specify the hours to be spent on task. The template is a bit like the typology, but nowhere near as good. Much content is developed using Wimba Create, and they said it’s quite popular with staff – I make no wonder all development is done centrally and not by individual academic staff. It may explain its popularity. They also use Wimba Classroom and voicetools, and a variety of other tools including Toolbox, Hot Potatoes, Quandary, and Who Wants To Be A Top Chef (apparently it’s available online but I couldn’t find it).
Staff professional development for e-learning at MIT include: Bb beginners, Bb advanced, Basic Wimba toolsets (sessions 1-3pm daily, and Tuesday nights), advanced Wimba toolsets, and 600 hours Graduate Certificate in Applied eLearning (Level 7) which anyone can undertake.
"The template is a bit like the typology, but nowhere near as good"
ReplyDeletewhy, thank you, kind sir :-)