CITERS 2010 Forum Leading e-Learning integration

in Higher Education:Challenges & Strategies

4 March 2010

Professor Alex Fung Dr. Elson Szeto

Centre for Learning, Teaching and TechnologyThe Hong Kong Institute of Education

e-Learning in teacher education: challenges and strategies at the Hong Kong Institute of Education

Developmental Phases of LMS

Diverse endeavours (1998 – 2002): Pioneering Phaseo Scattered individual and departmental effortso Various e-learning projects initiated during the period

Transitional pilot (2000 – 2002): Converging Phaseo “Next-Edu” as a ‘localised shell’ of Blackboard version 4o The first ‘chosen’ platform derived from a project and housed in an

academic department

Standardised platform (from 2003 onwards): Centralised Phaseo First installation of Blackboard LMS version 5 as an institute-wide platformo Major upgrade to Blackboard Learn Plus recently in late 2009

Organisational Issues in LMS Development

1. Issues on Decision-makingo A top-down approach via an institute-wide committeeo An associate vice president chaired the committee until 2007o An IT service unit is responsible for the decision-making

2. Issues on Policy and practiceo No explicit e-learning policyo Voluntary use of LMSo Individual academicso Departmental coordination

Organisational Issues cont’d.

3. Issues on Resources & Supporto University senior management levelo Triennial budgeting o Seed money for teaching development (2004/05 and 2006/07)

o ICT infrastructure levelo Information technology services

o Teaching and learning support levelo Blackboard training workshops/self-learning materials/consultationo On-demand Blackboard course creation and student enrollment (from

2003 to 2009)

Blackboard LMS at the HKIEdEvolving LMS Development

Content Collection

Course

Content

Activities

Assessment

New Assessment

Types: Self/peer

evaluation, e-portfolio, Turnitin etc.

CommunitiesCreatingSharingEvaluatingUpdatingReusing

Bb 5 & 7 Bb 9

Structure & StrategyA Partnership Strategy

Students’ Learning

HKI

Ed c

omm

unity H

KIEd comm

unity

HKIEd community

Blackboard Inc.

ITS & ISO (infrastructure support)

LTTC (Blackboard training, user support)

Academic & Teaching Staff

(e-learning in practice)

After all … so what?

Can we foster quality teaching and learning with e-learning in practice?

Teacher-controlled Learner-controlled environmento Re-engaging students in learning

o Facilitating students to take charge of their learning

o The trend of Personal Learning Environments (PLEs)?

Lessons to share

Partnership

Understanding of faculty’s pedagogical preferences

Understanding of students’ learning needs

Ongoing staff development to keep up with fast-changing technologies

Being entrepreneurial in fostering e-learning

Thank you!