The ninth UCISA Survey of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) for higher education offers a\u00a0longitudinal perspective of TEL developments over a 17-year period within UK institutions. The\u00a0Report focuses on the current provision within universities and other higher education providers,\u00a0and the emerging and planned patterns of learning technology usage across the UK HE sector.
\nDr Richard Walker, Head of the Programme Design and Learning Technology Team at the University\u00a0of York and one of the authors of the Report said that, \u201cThe agenda for this year\u2019s Survey addressed\u00a0developments in areas of learning technology service provision related to the student learning\u00a0experience. This included questions on the adoption of student-centred TEL services such as lecture\u00a0capture, as well on the support that institutions are putting in place to encourage the use of\u00a0students\u2019 devices on campus in teaching, learning and assessment activities. We also maintained a
\nfocus on the review of TEL systems, whilst also tracking developments in the delivery of flexible\u00a0learning and technology that underpins and supports the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).\u00a0Other areas of interest touched on emerging developments such as the establishment of learning\u00a0analytics services and the growth of fully online delivery across the sector\u201d.
\nThe Survey findings reveal that higher education providers possess a core set of TEL services to\u00a0support teaching, learning and assessment activities: these include the virtual learning\u00a0environment (VLE), text matching tools, provision for the electronic management of assignments,\u00a0reading list software and lecture capture provision.
\nThere has been increasing adoption of external hosting services for centrally supported software.\u00a0Over half of responding institutions have chosen an external hosting model for their VLE service,\u00a0and just under half have done so for their lecture capture provision. Cloud-based software as a\u00a0service (SaaS) provision is the most common way of supporting digital repositories and media\u00a0streaming services.
\nDespite the investment in TEL services, we are not seeing major changes in the way that\u00a0technology is being used to support learning, teaching and assessment activities. Blended learning\u00a0delivery focusing on the provision of lecture notes and supplementary resources to students still\u00a0represents the most commonly supported activity, with active learning, open learning and fully\u00a0online course delivery modes showing little change from 2016.
\nInstitutions are exploring ways of expanding their fully online provision through the creation of\u00a0dedicated distance learning units and collaboration arrangements with external\/commercial\u00a0partners. New modes of course delivery is identified as one of the top three challenges for the\u00a0future. The other priority areas are electronic management of assignments (EMA) and learning\u00a0analytics.
\nThere is very limited evidence of evaluation on the impact of TEL on the student learning\u00a0experience. Where it is taking place, it tends to focus on student satisfaction as part of a general\u00a0review of TEL services. The evaluation of staff pedagogic practices is at its lowest level since 2012\u00a0and has most commonly focused on a general review of TEL services, determining the take-up and\u00a0usage of TEL tools across an institution.
\nLack of academic staff knowledge re-emerges as one of the top three barriers to TEL development\u00a0in this year\u2019s Survey, in combination with lack of time and a supportive departmental\/school\u00a0culture. The availability of TEL support staff at an institutional and local level tops the list of\u00a0encouraging factors identified by respondents to help promote TEL development. Encouragingly,\u00a0the evidence in this year\u2019s Survey shows that there has been an increase in TEL support staff across\u00a0the sector to help support TEL activities within institutions.
\nRob Howe, Head of Learning Technology at the University of Northampton commented,\u00a0\u201cThe TEL survey provides a comprehensive sector view of the current state of play that impacts\u00a0staff and student experiences. It allows us to importantly benchmark our current activity against\u00a0our peers and also inform future planning decisions. It is an essential read for all those working and\u00a0supporting technologies at their institutions.\u201d
\nBrian Irwin, Chair of the UK Heads of eLearning Forum commented, “The UCISA survey has long\u00a0been a valuable source of information about trends in the use of technology enhanced learning\u00a0across the UK HE sector. Heads of eLearning consistently report its usefulness in benchmarking\u00a0their institutional provision, providing evidence to senior management and planning for the\u00a0future.”<\/p>\n
The 2018 Survey of Technology Enhanced Learning for higher education can be found on the UCISA\u00a0website: https:\/\/www.ucisa.ac.uk\/bestpractice\/surveys\/tel\/TEL_survey_report_2018\/<\/a><\/p>\n Notes for Editors The ninth UCISA Survey of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) for higher education offers a\u00a0longitudinal perspective of TEL developments over a 17-year period within UK institutions. The\u00a0Report focuses on the current provision within universities and other higher education providers,\u00a0and the emerging and planned patterns of learning technology usage across the UK HE sector. Dr Richard Walker,… Read more » about Press release \u2013 Technology enhanced learning trends emerge in UCISA report<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":806,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/806"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9421,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9420\/revisions\/9421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1. UCISA, the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association, is a membership\u00a0organisation representing those responsible for delivering information management\u00a0systems and technology services in universities, colleges and other institutions. UCISA\u00a0membership is institutional and has almost 100% coverage within the higher education\u00a0sector. www.ucisa.ac.uk<\/a>
\n2. For further information about UCISA, or to arrange an interview with Peter Tinson, please\u00a0contact admin@ucisa.ac.uk<\/a> or telephone the UCISA Office on 01865 283425.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"