1. 1 Academy JISC Collaboration Team: Jo Smedley: JISC Team Leader & Sharon Waller: Academy Team Leader The Academy / JISC Collaboration: A partnership to support Higher Education

2. 2 Business case for the collaboration ■ Support implementation of the HEFCE’s e-Learning strategy 2005 ■ Develop closer working relationships between the two organisations ■ Simplify access to the range of e-learning resources and services provided by JISC and the Academy ■ Provide coherent and co-ordinated support to the Higher Education sector in e-learning ■ Identify gaps in current provision

3. 3 Operationalising the Collaboration ■ 2005 ►Memorandum of Understanding: January ►HEFCE e-learning strategy: March ■ March 2006 - March 2009: Collaboration initiative ■ March 2007 – March 2009 ►Collaboration team (Jo Smedley (JISC Team Leader) & Sharon Waller (Academy Team Leader)) ►Established to work with Collaboration Network ■ Collaboration Network = Academy and JISC i.e. Academy Subject Centre Network and network of JISC Services and Regional Support Centres (RSCs)

4. 4 Mapping the territory: recognising respective strengths  JISC and the Academy bring a wealth of complementary expertise and resources:  JISC  development programmes, tools, resources, content, repositories, research etc  advisory services  Academy  pedagogy, overarching L&T context, resources, professional development, research, staff development focus etc  discipline focus through subject centre network

5. 5 Mapping the landscape: existing resources ■ Aims : ► to identify: ●good practice, ●the impact and usefulness of existing resources, ●possible duplication/overlap ►to provide strategic advice and guidance to JISC and the Academy on future development areas.

6. 6 Campaigns and their methodology ■ Use of technology to support: ►Assessment (Sept 07 – Jan 08) ►Academic staff (Feb – May 08) ►Work-related learning (Jun 08 – Jan 09) ►The student learning experience (Jun 08 – Jan 09) ■ Methodology ►Stage 1: gathering information – sector consultation ►Stage 2: synthesis and gap analysis ►Stage 3: developing appropriate information vehicles ►Stage 4: providing strategic advice

7. 7 Session aims and objectives ■Reflect on: ►Challenges in the use of technology to support learning, teaching and assessment for: ●HE community generally ●different staff groups and discipline communities ►Merits of existing Academy/JISC resources to support academic staff ►Additional development needs/support requirements

8. 8 Challenges: In your opinion … ■1a) What challenges do academic/teaching staff face in using technology effectively? ■ 1b) are there particular challenges for different groups of staff e.g. new staff, experienced staff, part-time staff, graduate teaching assistants, PRS communities and other discipline groups, any others?

9. 9 Resources : In your opinion … ■2) What types of resources enable academic staff to use technology effectively to enhance learning, teaching and assessment? (and why?) ■ 3) How useful are the resources developed by the Academy and/or JISC to academic staff and/or those with a learning and teaching support role? ■ 4)What additional resources do academic/learning and teaching support staff need that aren't currently available?

10. 10 Increasing awareness and uptake of Academy/JISC resources: In your opinion … ■5) What are the best ways of - a) raising staff awareness of available Academy/JISC resources and support? ■ b) increasing uptake of Academy/JISC resources and support?

11. 11 Further information ■ Academy ►Sharon Waller: sharon.waller@heacademy.ac.uk ►http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/learning/elearning/collaborationhttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/learning/elearning/collaboration ■ JISC ►Jo Smedley: j.smedley@jisc.ac.uk ►http://www.jisc.ac.uk/aboutus/partnerships/he_academy.aspxhttp://www.jisc.ac.uk/aboutus/partnerships/he_academy.aspx