JISC publishes results of Transforming Curriculum Delivery Through Technology programme
From 1 November 2008 to 31 October 2010 JISC invited tenders for projects related to its Transforming Curriuclum Delivery Through Technology programme. JISC summarized the objectives of this programme by saying:
… institutions are no longer expected to simply prepare graduates for a world of work, but to continuously support the learning and professional development of working people. It is therefore important for institutions to develop more flexible and creative models of delivery in order to support the development of autonomous, lifelong learners who are skilled in reflecting on their learning (both formal and informal) and planning for their personal, educational and professional development. This programme aims to stimulate change, working towards this vision.
As a mini-guide that summarizes the headline benefits of technology in curriculum delivery and reports on the 15 projects that made up the programme, JISC has published Transforming curriculum delivery through technology: Stories of challenge, benefit and change. This is available from www.jisc.ac.uk/curriculumdeliveryguide
To accompany this guide, a series of radio programmes called JISC on Air has also been produced. The most recent of these, “Efficiencies , enhancements and transformation: how technology can deliver”, contains interviews with members from two of the projects that were funded as a part of the programme. You can listen to this and other broadcasts in the series here.
Project bids are currently invited on a related area, Assessment and Feedback, which is a large funding stream composed of three strands. More details here. CES’s own Asset software fits firmly within both these initiatives and funding programmes.