As part of a staff development course I’ve been doing we were encouraged to discuss a paper about computer assisted assessment and the barriers to adoption. The paper made reference to the 1997 Dearing Report into Higher Education (HE), which highlighted the need for institutions to develop information strategies, and that training and support were [...]
Posts Tagged ‘staff development’
Teaching and learning or just teaching … should staff development be compulsory?
Posted in Lifelong learning, tagged lecturers, Lifelong learning, staff development, teaching on December 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The VLE/PLE debate and medical education
Posted in Online learning, tagged PLE, staff development, VLE on August 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago there was another round in the VLE/PLE debate. Steve Wheeler kicked things of with his two fingered salute to the VLE, where he concludes that it’s inevitable that the personal web will win a straight fight with the VLE. On a comment Steve has posted in response to a piece [...]