Elearning at the University of Pretoria and international collaboration

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E-learning at the University of Pretoria and
international collaboration
Dolf Jordaan
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Overview

• Strategic issues
• Department of Telematic Learning and Education
  Innovation (TLEI)
• Education Innovation Consultation
• Educational technology
• E-Education and strategies
• WebCT integration
• E-Learning projects
• E-campus
• Training and support
• Plans for the future
• Collaboration

Pretoria
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The University of Pretoria

• About UP
• Largest residential university in Southern
  Africa
• More than 38000 full time on-campus students
• More than 24000 off-campus part time and
  distance learning students
• 9 faculties comprising 140 academic departments
  and 2191 academic staff members
• 65 research centres and institutes
• Total staff complement is 5340
• More than 550 academic programmes

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The University of Pretoria
Strategic issues 1998 - 2004

• New educational approach technology enhanced
  flexible learning telematic education
• Council decided that this approach should become
  part of mainstream activities
• Dynamic education innovation plans
• Innovation diffusion process must be managed
• One integrated academic support department for
  all faculty members The Department of Telematic
  Learning and Education Innovation (TLEI)

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Department of Telematic Learning and Education
Innovation
Vision
To establish education excellence at UP
Mission
TLEI leads, facilitates and participates actively
in actions aimed at education innovation, focused
on the establishment of flexible learning
environments, to address the education needs of
our clients.
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Department of Telematic Learning and Education
Innovation
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Education Innovation Consultation

• Education consultancy for faculty members
• Stimulation of education innovation in faculties
• Staff training
• Education excellence (flexible learning, learning
  facilitation, assessment practices, curriculum
  development, etc.)
• Education innovation awards
• Research and development

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Educational Technology

• Interactive television education
• Video conferencing
• Learning centres (infrastructure)
• Audiovisual equipment (provision, loans, repairs)
• Audiovisual support (university wide)
• Educational Technology RD

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E-Education

• Instructional design
• (learning environment / opportunities design)
• Development of course material (paper /
  electronic)
• Interactive multimedia
• Video and sound productions
• E-assessment (Computer based testing)
• Graphics design
• Photography

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E-education strategies
Change management

• Development of E-campus
• Encourage champions within some faculties
• Provide extensive Instructional Design (ID)
  support
• Lecturers can choose to
• take responsibility for own development
• make use of TLEIs ID support
• Project management approach
• Training options

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E-campus _at_ UP
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WebCT integration

• Student Online Services Lecturers Online
• Real time integration with student and personnel
  systems
• Virtual Campus Administration
• Workflow automatically creates WebCT modules
• Student support
• IT
• CD-Rom
• Computer labs

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WebCT growth
1900
260
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E-learning projects
E-learning projects since 1998 260
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E-learning projects
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Project approval process - funded
Stimulation of Project proposals Exploratory
discussions / Scoping
Show
Apply for telematic seed funds for unsubsided
services
Project Leader prepares project proposal
(template)
Approval route in Dept / Faculty

• Approval of proposal
• Admin by Project Office
• Project team put together

Submit to TLEI for consideration
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E-Education
E-education current projects

• Synchronous software
• M-learning
• Electronic assessment software
• E-portfolio
• Upgrading e-campus
• Delivery of audio and data via satellite
• Student feedback
• Quality management system
• International collaboration

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Training Support
E-education
Education Consultation

• Computer Information Literacy Course for
  personnel
• WebCT High Impact
• WebCT Intermediate
• WebCT Designer
• Customised departmental training
• Facilitation of e-learning
• Administrative personnel

• Education Induction Programmes
• Tutor training
• Assessment training
• Academic programme development
• Staff training based on needs (just-in-time)

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Plans for the future

• Research to support sound educational approach to
  e-learning
• Implement WebCT Vista
• Integrate campus systems even further, e.g.
  provide only one calendar tool
• Implement e-portfolio system
• Empower lecturers even more to do own WebCT
  development to sustain growth

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Challenges

• Decreased budgets due to subsidy cuts from
  government
• Infrastructure limitation in South Africa, eg.
  bandwidth and access to ICT
• Changing perceptions of lecturers to implement
  sound pedagogy principles in their use of ICT /
  WebCT
• Support growing e-learning needs
• Quality assurance of large number of modules
• Implement WebCT Vista

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Suggestions Collaboration

• Commitment more than just signing of a
  document.
• Identify target group /outcomes?
• Lessons learned?
• Model for collaboration?
• Management of the process and funds - strategy?
• Role of ICT to support collaboration?
• Infrastructure limitation in Southern Africa
  (bandwidth and access to ICT)
• Support to participating academic staff and
  students? (Training and tutoring)
• Project plan schedule?

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Questions Collaboration

• Use of LMS and other ICTs? (License
  implications)
• Instructional design model?
• International standards / Sharable content?
• QMS?
• Administration of students access to LMS?
• Management of the ID process?
• Role of ICT to support collaboration?
• Role in support to local participating academic
  staff?
• Collaboration documentation? (Project proposals?

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Thank you
Dolf Jordaan dolf_at_up.ac.za