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VLE Minimum Standards – Lessons from the Sector [1201]

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Tue, Dec 12 2017, 11:00am – 12:00pm

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Type: Tweetchat

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Session proposed by: Sarah Sherman

Tweetchat hashtag: #UCISAVLE (facilitated by @UCISA_DEG)

The development and use of VLE minimum standards polarises opinion across the UK education sector. Practice varies considerably with some standards highly prescriptive regarding the structure of sites and expected use by staff. Other approaches are more devolved, allowing adaptation to suit disciplinary needs and practices. Irrespective of this position, minimum standards continues to be a hot topic of debate within and across universities and colleges.

This tweetchat will be facilitated by members of the UCISA Digital Education Group. It seeks to draw upon experiences of VLE minimum standards implementations from across the education sector and to tease out any major lessons learned. Starting from the very basic questions ‘Should we have minimum requirements?’ and ‘What value do they add to the staff/student experience?’, we will consider whether standards have been mandated and, if so, what methods institutions have put in place to mandate them. We will also explore the language used – e.g. ‘standards’, ‘requirements’, ‘baseline’, presence’, in an effort to understand ‘what’s in a name’ and whether this has an influence (real or perceived) on the success of efforts. We will also explore how institutions link minimum standards to wider learning and teaching strategies and, crucially, seek to identify what steps Institutions have taken to measure the success – or otherwise – of VLE minimum standards.

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