MMU's Learning Technologies Review, Nottingham, 20100624

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MMU’s learning technologies reviewProfessor Mark StubbsHead of Learning & Research Technologies

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context & background | drivers & approach | scenarios & vision | aspirations | review criteria & outcomes | next steps

MMU’s Learning Technologies Review2010-05-20

MMU background• 33,000+ students | 1500+ courses | 8 faculties• WebCT since 1998• WebCT Vista since 2006, integrated with student records

Thursday, April 13, 2023 MMU’s Learning Technologies Review2010-05-20

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Staff Students Sections Clicks

2006-07 367 8320 436 6M

2007-08 1050 21949 1711 19M

2008-09 1352 31904 4206 26M

2009-10 mid yr 1210 29997 5105 13M

http://lrt.mmu.ac.uk/ltreview/files/2010/01/RPT_WEBCT_USAGE_BY_SECTION.pdf

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Drivers for our learning tech review• WebCT hardware end-of-life Q3 2011• BB9 more than just an upgrade• New Learning Teaching and Assessment Strategy• Threshold Standards for the Student Learning Experience• Policy docs

– HEFCE 2009– CLEX 2009– ...


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Review approach• Steering Group

– DVC Student Experience (Chair)– Director of Learning & Research Information Systems– Head of the Centre for Learning & Teaching

• Project Leads– Head of Learning & Research Technologies– Principal Lecturer in Learning Technologies

• Scope– VLE + podcasting; classroom tech; e-assessment; e-pdp; support; analytics

• Inputs...– System evaluation: usage & student achievement– User requirements: focus groups, road-shows & scenarios– User evaluation: BB9 versus Moodle


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Scenarios• Scenario#1

– integration between classroom and online learning environments; varied devices; varied preferences for paper; active interest in student engagement

• Scenario#2– students’ consuming information in ways & on devices of their choosing; use

of Live@Edu, podcasting and IM; note-taking; appointment synching; ubiquitous campus wifi

• Scenario#3– student collaboration; students booking meeting rooms; social learning

zones; augmented classes + voting with twitter; laptop loan


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Scenarios Vision


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Learning technologies not isolated :interaction with personal and administrative systems and underlying infrastructure are major determinants of the quality of the overall experience

Approved: we set up & train staff to use

Recommended: staff set up & we train to integrate

Recognised: watch how staff use them


Aspirational ‘thresholds’• All teaching staff will be provided with laptops (and a monitor, keyboard and mouse) • All teaching rooms will have a means of plugging a laptop into a large screen or projector • All staff and students will be able to access WiFi from anywhere within MMU • All students will receive a personalised timetable and assignment submission deadlines

and be notified rapidly of any changes to either • All students will be able to book small teaching rooms when rooms are not timetabled • All students can expect their engagement to be monitored for active progress review • All staff and students can expect institutional calendar appointments and news items to be

made available for use on personal devices where legally and technically possible • Every Unit will have a presence in the VLE


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Aspirational integration


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Review criteria• Fitness to vision • Fitness to transformation timeline (EQAL now on scene!) • Robustness and scalability • Value-for-money • Avoiding lock-in


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Review outcomes• VLE

– Hosted Moodle + Equella repository• Enhanced Learning Resources

– Talis Aspire reading lists– Apple Podcast producer + Blueberry Flashback PC client

• Classroom tech– Wifi + large-screen

• E-PDP / E-Portfolio– Continue trials + decide Q1 2011

• Digital Literacy– Define thresholds for staff + develop training


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Next steps #1• VLE

– Moodle deployment linked to major curriculum review (EQAL)• Moodle available October 2010 for staff teaching Jan 2011 starters• Moodle populated with 2011/12 Units in March 2011 ...

– EQAL proposing threshold Unit presence in VLE• timetable, reading list, hand-ins, marks ... agree in June• exploring migration options in context of EQAL

– Looking initially at Equella to complement not replace Moodle file store• Past papers, CLA scanned book chapters, campus-restricted video ...

• Learning Resources– Talis Aspire – tighter control on book fund + smarter recommendation– Podcast – Flashback on all staff PCs


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Next steps #2Learning Technologies Review part 2 – Jan 2011• collaborative conferencing technology• mobile learning• electronic library• creation and commissioning of media-rich content; and • development of an integrated staff portal


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MMU's Learning Technologies Review, Nottingham, 20100624