Brookes e-Learning Benchmarking

Eportfolio reference group meeting Birmingham

I attended the ePortfolio Experts Reference group meeting on 27 March 2008 (agenda). This is a group coordinated by Becta, on behalf of the Centre for Recording Achievement, JISC, HEFCE, LSC, and the DCSF (ex DfES) and DIUS.

For a documents and links please see the groups growing wiki.

Renaming the site

I have renamed the site and am checking the uri and all still work. And, have renamed it back. I am setting up a new site for Pathfinding.

Benchmarking dissemination documentation

I have today uploaded the following documents to our JISCmail filestore.

For a very concise summary of the project please read the 1-page A4 "poster".
For the consultants final inventory of good practice indicators see the 3-page "Institutional Self Assessment, Brookes Template"

Files:
BrookesBenchPoster01_A4.pdf 1-Page A4 pdf 1.1Mb poster for HEA, ALT-C, internal dissemination [1.2MB 25/08/2006 11:17]
OBHE_Despatch.zip Zip file of full report as sent to OBHE [2.6MB 25/08/2006 11:12]
BrookesIRDv1-7finalGR2006-04-25.doc Final Report as 1.5 Mb Word document [1.6MB 25/08/2006 11:14]
BrookesIRDappendix_intro_v1-3.doc Table of appendices to the report - available in zip file [60.4KB 25/08/2006 11:15]
benchmarkingsummaryLTC.doc Summary of Benchmarking for Learning and Teaching Committee [45.5KB 09/02/2006 09:51]
Institutional_Self_Assessment_Brookes_Template.doc OBHE final Institutional Self Assessment instrument [129KB 25/08/2006 11:22]

We will be organising dissemination events in the upcoming semester.

The poster will have 2 "outings":
- 30 August, HEA Benchmarking Briefing, London with representatives of ~50 HEIs
- 05 September, 1130, ALT-C Symposium 792, "The e-Learning Benchmarking Expeditionary Force"

Please send comments to:

George Roberts: groberts at brookes
John Lidgey: lidgey at brookes
Rhona Sharpe: rsharpe at brookes

Benchmarking aims

I met Geoffrey Mitchell from QUT yesterday, who is researching benchmarking. Our conversation got me thinking more about our aims around going into benchmarking. On reflection we really had as many as four.

Brookes Enhancing Student Learning Experience Strategy (BESLES)

BESLES is evolving and there is Teaching Enhancement funding available for bidding. We will be mapping BESLES to the e-Learning Strategy.

A BESLES wiki is here.

This will be opened for comment shortly.

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Institutional Presentation to e-Learning Benchmarking Meeting - 21 June 200

Our summary information sheet for the meeting of 21 June follows

Finding the Tao

What are we looking for as we try to find the path?  I have been reading Derek Morrison's post, Towards a generic framework for benchmarking e-learning and the interesting follow up commentaries by Terry Mayes and David Nicol. These posts deal with the interplay between abstractions and the concrete world. This is not just ineffectual theorising. Abstract institutions: e.g. education, religion, the family, or more finly grained ones: e.g. higher education are in constant dialogue with the concrete manifestations of those abstractions.

Brookes Benchmarking Meeting 04 April 2006

Agenda

• Review the returns so far
• preliminary coding discussion update blog
• Identify significant gaps
• Confirm attendance at events:
• 8-9 June 15 June
• Confirm next team meeting 24 May 1000
• Dissemination of results

Telephone Conference with Terry Mayes, Critical Friend to HEA/JISC Benchmarking Programme

Terry Mayes has been engaged to serve as a "critical friend" to the e-learning benchmarking programme. In this capacity, He is talking to all pilot sites. He aims to get an idea of institutional diversity, not only on the process of benchmarking and how it might be helpful to go through a benchmarking exercise but also on the situation at each institute regarding the impact of e-learning.

We spoke for about 40 minutes after agreeing ground rules.

Benchmarking e-Learning at Brookes, Progress Review

Dear all

Benchmarking e-Learning at Brookes, Progress Review, further to meetings and activity:

• Benchmarking meeting with John Fielden, 23 February, 2006
• Benchmarking Steering Group meeting, 1 March 2006
• Brookes e-Learning Forum, 9 March 2006
• Project Review, GR, FJL, 13 March 2006
• Project Review, GR, FJL, 17 March 2006
• Conference call with Terry Mayes, "Critical Friend" to HEA/JISC benchmarking project
• Project Review, GR, FJL, 20 March 2006

Notes continue ...