Kelly-walk-notes

Summary of Session
'''We need to think beyond the institution, beyond the sector, beyond the UK, and beyond the short period in the institution - but we need to think deeply, carefully and wisely. '''

Your Interests

Group 1:

Personalisation issues are a new challenge Expectations of average user are diverse Disenfranchisement: Not everyone is a web 2.0er for a variety of reasons. Challenge is to cope with such variety Problems with optional engagement with technologies.

Group 2: Does the institution need to change What is the role of the institution? Is accreditation still important - what about work-based accreditation? Distance learning leads to collaboration *between* institutions - aren't we talking about a global educational environment5? In a distributed Web 2.0 environment there is no centre.

Group 3: Functionality of tools - not as rich in the institution. But the wide range of tools out there can be a distraction to the learner.

Group 4:

Personalisation and choice: there are constraints What about a soundly-articulated pedagogy; danger of focussing on the tools. Why not use whatever tool is available / appropriate? Incremental change - is it good enough? Can this lead to radical change? Young lecturers to the rescue (eventually??) These are key to institutional change, both in terms of physical learning spaces and agents of change. Move to problem -based learning can be stymeed by limitations of physical environment. New technologies allow you to reengage with pedagogies.

Group 5@

Quality assurance of the learning experience? JISC needs to change, due to external challenges e.g. recognising youngsters have skills in SNs - we should be more bottom-up. Threats of changes come from government agenda Role of private sector - sharks are circling.