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Introducing e-developers to support a university's blended learning developments

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dc.creator ann Ooms
dc.creator Linda Burke
dc.creator Tim Linsey
dc.creator Celayne Heaton-Shrestha
dc.date 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:07:00Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:07:00Z
dc.identifier 10.3402/rlt.v16i2.10890
dc.identifier 2156-7069
dc.identifier 2156-7077
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/f6b256dec738457d8b2ec9218eebf531
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/10887
dc.description Introducing technology in higher education raises questions about staff roles and the organisation of development practices. This article presents the findings from a case study that was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of introducing three centrally supported e-developers to work with academic teams to provide specialist support. The e-developer role is explained, and related to existing literature about learning technologists. The case illustrates how the e-developers worked collaboratively with academic staff and the perceptions of the academic staff, e-developers and educational technology leaders of the e-developer model used in a university in southwest London. The findings offer an opportunity to understand this kind of role, and the value of a model of staff development that does not involve taking academic staff out of the teaching area to become e-developers. The model supports ‘situative' professional development, which helps promote technology integration into teaching and suggests that e-developers provided cost-effective mentorship which participants believed would have a positive impact on student learning.
dc.language English
dc.relation http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/10890
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7069
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7077
dc.rights CC BY
dc.source Research in Learning Technology, Vol 16, Iss 2 (2008)
dc.subject blended learning
dc.subject curriculum development
dc.subject e-learning
dc.subject learning resources
dc.subject professional development
dc.subject strategy
dc.subject technology
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Introducing e-developers to support a university's blended learning developments
dc.type article


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