{"id":10856,"date":"2023-04-17T10:03:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T09:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=10856"},"modified":"2024-04-15T10:19:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T09:19:56","slug":"breaking-down-barriers-to-active-learning-part-3-roll-out-and-impact-of-an-institutional-apps-for-teaching-and-learning-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/breaking-down-barriers-to-active-learning-part-3-roll-out-and-impact-of-an-institutional-apps-for-teaching-and-learning-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking down barriers to active learning: Part 3 – Roll out and impact of an institutional Apps for Teaching and Learning toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Dr W. Rod Cullen<\/strong>, Senior Lecturer in Learning and Teaching Technologies, Principal Fellow AdvanceHE, TEL Team, Centre for Learning Enhancement and Educational Development (LEED), Man Met Uni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Steven Williams<\/strong>, Senior Technology Enhanced Learning Advisor, Fellow Advance HE, TEL Team, Centre for Learning Enhancement and Educational Development (LEED), Man Met Uni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dr Janet Lord<\/strong>, Director of Education, Faculty of Health and Education, Principal Fellow AdvanceHE, Man Met Uni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the final part of our three-part contribution in which we share our experiences of developing a centrally licensed institutional \u201ctoolkit\u201d of interactive Apps for Teaching and Learning. In Part 1<\/strong><\/a> we explained the background to the need for a toolkit and how we approached the tricky problem of selecting a relatively small set of tools from the many that are available. In Part 2<\/strong><\/a>, in an interactive webinar we shared our approach to rolling out the toolkit to teaching colleagues and our evaluation of the impact this is having in our institution on the delivery of active learning. Here in Part 3<\/strong>, a follow-up blog post, we summarise the main content of and follow-up on any issues raised during the webinar. Before reading this follow-up post we recommend that you read Part 1 of the post<\/strong><\/a> and\/or watch the recording of the webinar.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roll out of our Apps for Teaching and Learning Toolkit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the help of our institution’s vendor management team, we negotiated an initial 6-month trial period (Jan-June 2021) for the Apps for Teaching and Learning Toolkit presented in Part 1 of our post (Table 2)<\/strong><\/a> at a total cost of approx. 30k.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following evaluation of the trial period, we used our learning spaces framework to develop a fully costed business case to the university which was subsequently approved with a budget of circa 200k over a three-year period (starting Sept 2021). The role of our vendor management team cannot be understated here as they were able to arrange the most cost effective licensing arrangements based on \u201cestimated\u201d demand as well as ensuring GDPR issues were addressed. Furthermore, they opened up ongoing dialogue between the vendors and our institutional App experts relating to accessibility enhancements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We worked closely with our IT service and IT Helpline to set up the toolkit and create processes in line with the 4 mains aims of the trial:<\/p>\n\n\n\n