Flexible Delivery Theme

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Flexible Delivery Theme
Chair of Steering Group Gill Tucker then Terry
Mayes QAA Support Thelma Barron
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Theme Outputs
Global Scan Sector-wide Consultation Workshops Pro
ject outputs
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Typology of Flexibility

• Strategic Factors
• Internal /External Drivers
• Constraints and Boundary Conditions

• Flexible Provision
• Flexible Entry/Exit
• Flexible Curriculum
• Flexible Learning

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Flexible Delivery Projects
A reference model for effective implementation
of flexible programme delivery Directors
Paddy Maher (UHI) and Alison Littlejohn (Dundee).
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Flexible Delivery Projects
Scottish HE Developers Learning Online and
Distributed Services (SHEDLOADS) Director Colin
Mason, and on behalf of all HEIs in Scotland
working through the Educational Development
Subcommittee of Universities Scotland.
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Flexible Delivery Projects
Supporting the development of the flexible
curriculum flexible entry and flexible
programmes Directors Ruth Whittaker, Hazel
Knox, Vince Mills, (working with SCQF).
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Flexible Delivery Projects
Investigation at the Strategic Level into the
Issues surrounding Flexible Delivery in the
Scottish HE Sector Director Nigel Kay.
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Flexible Delivery Projects
E-learning in the support of flexible delivery
Director Roy Leitch, working with JISC and
Glenafric.
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Flexible Delivery Projects
Flexible Delivery the student perspective Dir.
James Dunphy
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• Supporting the development of the flexible
  curriculum flexible entry and flexible
  programmes
• Project aim
• Support for practitioners in developing and
  operating
• Flexible Entry
• Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
• Credit transfer
• Flexible Programmes
• Within the context of the SCQF

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Project outcomes

• HE Coordination Groups
• Flexible Entry Staff Development Pack
• Flexible Entry Resource Pack
• Flexible Programmes Review of Staff Development
  Needs
• Final Report Agenda for Action

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A Model for Effective Implementation of Flexible
Programme Delivery
Model recognises 3 management levels and 3
perspectives at each level process context and
technology. Significance of each perspective is
likely to vary across different levels. Provides
a lens for stakeholders at each level to identify
key issues. Can be used to identify a best fit
in process, context and technology across each of
the levels

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A Model for Effective Implementation of Flexible
Programme Delivery (FPD)

• OUTPUTS
• A literature review and case studies of existing
  UHI and UoD programmes in a range of delivery
  modes
• And, derived from these
• The Model an auditing and implementation tool in
  developing Flexible Programme Delivery (FPD) and
  a framework for exploring explicit and implicit
  rationales for introducing FPD.
• A Practical Guide a solid foundation with a
  Quickstart section for those planning to
  introduce flexibility in their own working
  contexts.