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Ground swells and breaking waves: findings from the 2014 UCISA TEL survey on learning technology tre

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Tue, Sep 2 2014, 1:35pm – 2:35pm

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This short paper will report on the headline findings from the UCISA 2014 Survey of Technology Enhanced Learning, which tracks developments in the use of learning technologies across the UK higher education sector. This is the seventh survey of its kind, and offers a longitudinal perspective of TEL developments over a 13-year period within UK higher education, focusing on the provision already in place within institutions and the current, emerging and planned patterns of learning technology use across the HE community.

The 2014 Survey incorporated the core set of questions from the previous surveys, thereby enabling a sector-wide longitudinal analysis of e-learning developments, with special reference to institutional strategies and implementation plans encouraging the mainstreaming of learning technologies in support of learning and teaching activities. An expanded set of questions in this year’s Survey focused on mobile services, exploring the degree to which these technologies are supporting more flexible opportunities for learning, as well as new modes of institutional collaboration in the delivery of these services. New questions were also included to identify discontinued TEL services that have not stood the test of time, and those services reported to be attracting increasing investment – such as the delivery of open learning provision to external audiences, which have attracted so much attention by the government and the press over the past two years.

The presentation will summarise the key findings from the 2014 Survey and through reference to previous surveys will provide some insights into how the UK HE sector is adapting to the challenges of reduced government funding and greater student choice in the deregulated HE market through the development of new TEL services and reorganisation of existing support structures. The session would be relevant to anyone with an interest in researching technology enhanced learning trends across the HE sector and would be directly relevant to e-learning managers and learning technologists involved in the delivery of TEL services to staff and students, enabling them to benchmark their TEL services against sector trends.

The 2012 Survey Report pointed to the increasing use of student-owned tools in teaching and learning activities and Rachel Wenstone’s keynote address at ALT-C 2013 highlighted the emerging role of students as change agents and partners in the adoption and use of technologies in course delivery.

The 2014 Survey tracked these developments, and we will report on the service management issues associated with support for centrally-managed and student-owned tools and devices in this presentation, looking at the proportion of self-managed and outsourced provision and support activities, as well as the progress made with collaborative (inter-institutional) service models.

References

Wenstone, R. (2013) It’s all about the learner. Keynote speech by Rachel Wenstone, Vice President (Higher Education) of the National Union of Students at ALT-C 2013, Nottingham, UK. 10-12 September 2013. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjINstTYw9U