March/April 2004
Research and Training

University adviser in National E-Learning drive

The University's adviser on e-learning has written one of five guides on the subject which have been sent to every HE institution in the UK.

Teaching Quality Enhancement Group member Carol Higgison (pictured right) is the co-author of the 32-page guide - A Guide For Teachers - which is the third in the series.

The guides, produced by the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) are the first to comprehensively address the issues surrounding e-learning for people working in higher education.

Carol said: "These are short and practical guides to enable academics to engage productively in e-learning.

"Current policy is looking to push forward the advancements in e-learning, and these guides will help people to achieve that."

Carol advises the University on strategy in relation to e-learning, and has responsibility for the implementation and evaluation of the University's Virtual Learning Environment, and staff professional development in the area of e-learning and learning technologies.

The Guide for Teachers was co-written with Dr Allison Littlejohn, a senior lecturer in e-learning in the Centre for Academic Practice at the University of Strathclyde.

The five guides are written for Senior Managers, Heads of Departments, Teachers, Learning Technologists and Support Staff.

All the guides are written by experienced practitioners and pose questions for each academic audience as well as providing a rich resource base.

The guides can be downloaded for free from the LTSN website at www.ltsn.ac.uk (external link, will open in a new browser window)

16 April 2004

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