P o I n t e r

P o I n t e r: "

Welcome to the home page for the PoInter project. The project is concerned with investigating the appropriateness of patterns as a means of communicating information about how people interact with each other through and around technology. Ultimately, this is with a view to informing the design process for computer systems to support the work and activities that the people are engaged in, which is an on-going theme for our research here at Lancaster.

In these pages, you will find background to the project, links to work on patterns elsewhere, publications and reports available on-line, and candidate patterns arising out of our work."

The Pedagogical Patterns Project

The Pedagogical Patterns Project

Patterns are designed to capture best practice in a specific domain. Pedagogical patterns try to capture expert knowledge of the practice of teaching and learning. The intent is to capture the essence of the practice in a compact form that can be easily communicated to those who need the knowledge. Presenting this information in a coherent and accessible form can mean the difference between every new instructor needing to relearn what is known by senior faculty and easy transference of knowledge of teaching within the community.

In essence a pattern solves a problem. This problem should be one that recurs in different contexts. In teaching we have many problems such as motivating students, choosing and sequencing materials, evaluating students, and the like.

These problems do recur and in slightly different form each time. Each time a problem pops up there are considerations that must be taken into account that influence our choice of solution. These forces push us toward or away from any given solution to a problem. A pattern is supposed to present a problem and a solution. The problem together with the forces must apply to make that solution beneficial to the problem.

Project - The E-LEN project

The E-LEN project:

"The outcomes should interest those who are seeking guidance and feasible solutions to advance the effectiveness of e-learning. In the E-LEN project e-learning is the systematic use of networked multimedia computer technologies to empower learners, improve learning, connect learners to people and resources supportive of their needs, and to integrate learning with performance and individual with organisational goal. "

Publications - The Higher Education Academy in Business, Management and Accountancy

Publications | The Higher Education Academy in Business, Management and Accountancy:

"These collections of BEST papers, guides, newsletters and our journal share experiences, reflections and good practice in teaching."

Academia- Punya Mishra

Punya Mishra:

"Design as pedagogy:
Developing teacher knowledge for technology integration"

Project - UCL Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching

UCL Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching: "The development of an accreditation framework for learning technologists

Overview
Steering group
Phases of work
Project reports
Overview

This project involved the development and piloting of an accreditation framework aimed at learning technologists. The work was undertaken for the Association for Learning Technology, through funding from JISC. (For further information, see the invitation to tender, available from the list of ALT documents.) The project is now complete.

The project involved a consortium of researchers, consisting of:

* Julia Duggleby, The Sheffield College
* Aileen Earle, Collaboranda
* Richard Francis, Oxford Brookes University
* Gwyneth Hughes, UEL
* David Jennings, DJ Alchemi Ltd
* David Kay, FDLearning
* Martin Oliver, UCL
* Rhona Sharpe, Oxford Brookes University"

Online Magazine - Exchange - Issue 6

Exchange - Issue 6: "Issue 6

Published in May 2004, the sixth issue of Exchange focuses on
'e-Learning'. Kathy Wiles, Director of the Centre for Academic Development at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne is the guest editor for this edition. image - front cover issue 6

'Wherever you are with e-learning, we hope you will find something here to inspire you, answer your questions, or even to disagree with, says Kathy. Most of all, the message that comes across from this issue of Exchange is that
e-learning is learning - and that means something to all of us.'
"

Book - Faculty development by design

Faculty development by design: "Faculty development by design:
Integrating technology in higher education
Page Updated: August 16, 2004

Editors:
Punya Mishra
Matthew Koehler
Yong Zhao "

Online Article - Blending E-learning with Traditional Teaching

Blending E-learning with Traditional Teaching: "One Lecturer's Experience of Blending E-learning with Traditional Teaching or How to Improve Retention and Progression by Engaging Students
Paul Catley
Abstract

The paper examines the author's experience of developing e-learning materials to support a traditionally delivered first-year undergraduate module, setting this in the context of institutional and national moves towards the greater utilisation of e-learning in enhancing student learning. The paper focuses on the impact of the e-learning materials on student performance over a three-year period and assesses the possible reasons behind the dramatic improvement in marks achieved by those students who engaged with the e-learning materials."

Project - Reveel - Review of the evidence of the effectiveness of e-learning

Reveel - Review of the evidence of the effectiveness of e-learning:

"There is no single definition of e-Learning and certainly the agenda of a particular sector is reflected in the type of definition that is used. For our review we will use a broad definition. 'If someone is learning in a way that uses information and communications technologies (ICTs), they are using e-learning' (DfES, 2003) "

Organization - Higher Education Academy Supporting Learning

Higher Education Academy Supporting Learning page: "E-LEARNING

* Projects
* Strategy implementation
* e-Learning Research Centre
* e-Tutor competition
* e-Learning resources
* e-Learning links"