Learning activities and resources

This area concerns the delivery of educational activities and materials using digital media. For example, the area takes forward work on repositories for e-learning and sharing of e-learning content, as well as on ‘design for learning’ and issues previously explored under the pedagogy theme.

JISC’s aims in this area are to:

  • support the development and delivery of effective learning activities
  • support the design, sharing and effective use of learning resources
  • build on previous work around e-content and ‘design for learning’
  • encourage a holistic approach to designing effective learning experiences

Some key issues and challenges we have identified in this area are:

  • Continuing shortage of skills, tools and institutional support for innovative curriculum design
  • Continuing shortage of skills in creation and use of content in different media
  • Digital literacies more generally
  • Lack of coherent access (still) to relevant resources and materials; barriers to sharing and re-use
  • Gap between demands of curriculum and capabilities of web-literate learners
  • Need for better understanding and support for learner-created content, and for relevant skills

Some priorities for project funding that we have provisionally identified are:

  • Projects that pilot and/or demonstrate use of e-learning tools to support effective curriculum design
  • Projects that pilot and/or demonstrate pedagogic opportunities around user-created content
  • Pilot projects integrating course design processes with content re-use
  • Projects that explore barriers to content sharing and re-use (including legal issues)
  • Projects that explore future requirements of web-literate learners
  • Projects that describe different patterns of resource/technology use and their impact on learning
  • institution-level projects that embed digital literacies within the curriculum (or integrate staff/learner literacies)
  • Evidence for tangible benefits of e-learning resources and approaches

Please add your own comments on this activity area, including key issues and challenges we may have missed, and your own ideas for priority development projects.

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