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| Thursday, 21 July 2005: 3:45 PM-5:00 PM | |||
| Yerba Buena Salon 11 (San Francisco Marriott) | |||
| J-5: Facing the Realities of Creating Institutional Sustainability of e-Learning | |||
| Detailed Description: | Institutional sustainability of e-learning becomes an issue of increasing importance. For institutions that are still developing an overall e-learning competency and face scarce resources, it is the question of how they can speed up the institutionalization of e-learning using single-project experience as catalyst. This roundtable discussion explores the possibilities of how single e-learning projects effectively and efficiently contribute to embedding e-learning at the institutional level. | ||
| Presentation Format: | Roundtable | ||
| Topic: | Planning e-learning: Strategies for Institutional Change | ||
| Target Audience: | Course Designers, E-learning Managers, Faculty and Other Instructors, Senior Administrators | ||
| Appropriate Audience Level: | Experienced WebCT users | ||
| Abstract Text: | Ensuring the sustainability of e-learning is increasingly an issue in the educational sector. As some of the institutions have a year long e-learning tradition, for some of the Universities of Applied Sciences, e-learning capabilities are just being built up. In this context, it is often the case that single projects inform the overall strategy process for institutionalizing e-learning bottom-up rather than that there is a complete and top-down applied concept of e-learning. The single institutions are challenged to consolidate the experience from single projects, to institutionalize e-learning meaningfully and rapidly, yet, they face resource constraints to do so. Therefore, this roundtable should explore the possibilities of how single e-learning projects can effectively and efficiently contribute to embedding e-learning at the institutional level. The two levels are intertwined and imply different stakeholders that need to be considered if sustainability on the two levels is to be reinforced. What are the obstacles to reaping collective benefits and what are adequate strategies to do so? The methodology for conducting the roundtable will be as follows: A theoretical concept for sustainability dimensions and a concrete practical case study will be presented as a basis for discussion The case includes a short description of the e-learning entity, its context and the strategies for embedding it institutionally. A thorough analysis of the involved stakeholders and their interests will follow. It helps to understand possible frictions but also potential to create win-win solutions. This should provide the audience with enough data to develop various scenarios of how project developers may help to contribute to an institutionalization of e-learning in a context where an overall e-learning strategy, structure and culture are still in an infant stage, resources are scarce and time frames are short. | ||
| Session Leader: | Karin A. Boegli University of Applied Sciences Aargau, Northwestern Switzerland | ||
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