"The Driversfor Technology Enhanced Learning

in Higher Education"

Student expectations• Learning should be supported by reliable, consistent

use of technology (Sheffield Student Union report). • Popularity of social media:

digital media are at the core of many students’ lives. • Use of LMS’s and VLE’s in schools• Informal learning with YouTube, iTunes U, BBC,

Wikipedia, Coursera etc.• NUS Charter on Technology in HE

emphasises technology in learning and teaching

• Expectations likely to grow with £9k fees.

Employability• “Digital media literacy continues its rise in

importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession”.(Horizon HE report 2012)

• “Institutions should understand and highlight the link between technology-enhanced learning and employability”. (NUS)

• “The Sheffield Graduate is information literate” (UoS Learning and Teaching Strategy)

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Digital Literacies/Digital Citizens

• Increasing multi-modality of digitally-mediated interactions, both online and f2f.

• Ubiquity of knowledge: “information obesity”• Speed of change in the economy, workplace• Risks and opportunities

to students vis-à-vis digital footprint,digital expression, digital security, digital identity

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Accessibility

• The need for flexible delivery: Demographic shift may mean more p-t, employed students or with care responsibilities

• Extending online delivery for international students especially with ‘professional’ masters.

• Greater potential for flexibility in curricula and delivery.

• TEL advantages for students with disabilities

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Reusability• Digital artifacts can be reused ad infinitum. • Reuse promotes investment in quality resources

e.g. scenario based learning in medicine• Scalability• Many excellent resources

are freely available• Transparency means

potential to identify/model/copy good practice

Internationalisation

• Increasing number of students studying outside the UK for visa and economic reasons.

• Aspiration for the Sheffield Graduate to have “cultural agility” and international experience.

• Opportunities for learning, teaching and research collaboration through international partnershipswill be critical to UK HE. (British Council report 2012).

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