WebCT - eLearning Strategy

The e-Learning Imperative: Does Strategy Matter
S. Quinsee & B. Casey from City University (England)

Scenario Planning – what does the future look like?
Benchmarking audits – how is this changing?
What will teaching look like in 2010?

Strategies for learning and research – all other things are sub-strategies. Strategies have action plans. First they speculated on 2012, then they broke that down to three year plans knowing the technology we have now will change and probably not be applicable in six years.

Does it make a difference?
1. How many strategies does your institution have and what do they cover?
2. Does your instititution have an e-learning strategy? IF not, should they have one?
3. If so, do you know what is in it? Should you?

Blackboard has a strategic planning consultant group (originally w/ WebCT) working in Europe that will be coming over to the US.

Strategy works with policy. Academic vs. infrastructure – which is sometimes too tactical, vs. support. If funding is tied to strategies, the strategies sometimes get out of proportion and unrealistic.

Traditional eLearning Approach to Strategic Planning: Aspirations; Pedagogic improvement; Technical targets (what are definitions); communication plan.

Alternative Embedded Approach:
Embedded learning; put the user in the center; cut across all strategies – vision embedded into other strategies. Short, concise idea of where to go – supported by action plan. Flexible and responsive to change.

Embedded Approach - this was a Venn diagram:
Learning and Information Strategy meet at eLearning vision.

What would you like eLeraning development to be?
How can it be achieved?
What is your vision?
Do you need a strategy?