ACODE Benchmarking: Plotting a bright future

Associate Professor Michael SankeyDirector, Learning Environments and MediaMember ACODE Executive

The ACODE Benchmarks

http://acode.edu.au/mod/page/view.php?id=23

Original 8 ACODE Benchmarks

1. Institution policy and governance for technology supported learning and teaching

2. Planning for, and quality improvement of the integration of technologies for learning and teaching

3. Information technology infrastructure to support learning and teaching

4. Pedagogical application of information and communication technology

5. Professional/staff development for the effective use of technologies for learning and teaching

6. Staff support for the use of technologies for learning and teaching

7. Student training for the effective use of technologies for learning

8. Student support for the use of technologies for learning

Other tools to line up your ducks

E-Learning Maturity Model (eMM) Quality Matters Framework (QM) & Sloan 5 Pillars Standards for Online Education Quality Management of Online Learning

Environments (OLE) E-xcellence, EADTU – building of an eLearning

benchmarking community The Pick and Mix Model ICDE CADAD Benchmarks VET E-standards HEA eLearning Benchmarks URL Others?

New Benchmarks

Merging of a few of the Performance Indicators Addition of a couple of new ones. One around on how institutions are dealing with

new and emerging technologies. How they plan and fund them, an innovation pipeline.

One around how institutions are managing their relationships with external providers of core systems and services.

One around BYOD and service expectations. One around institutions adopting an e-learning

framework or standards, at a course level, so as to meet reporting obligations to national quality agencies.

The beauty of the beast

The new Benchmarks shift the emphasis to technology enhanced learning, rather than it being on e-learning.

The beautify of benchmarking is not in which tool or set of standards are used, it's about the dialogue that emerges and the sharing of practice that is the real winner for all concerned.

It opens the door for further collaboration. It serves as a mechanism to facilitate discussion

at senior leadership level. Yes you could use any tool, but we already have a

well-established community of practice in ACODE – so we go with our strengths

Those involved

ACODE Inter-Institutional Benchmarking Summit

Universities benchmarking their capacity in technology enhanced learning.

1-3 June 2014 Hosted by Macquarie University – Sydney –

Australia. Two day intensive where universities have self-

assessed their capacity in technology enhanced learning, using the New ACODE Benchmarks, and are then willing to share their practice and learn from others.