The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has published 'Enhancing learning and teaching through the use of technology - a revised approach to HEFCE's strategy for e-learning'. This revised approach follows an independent review of the strategy and is designed to provide further support to higher education institutions as they develop their own e-learning strategies.
The new approach is intended to support institutions in considering where they may wish to prioritise their technology-related investment over the next few years, and to develop appropriate institutional learning and teaching strategies. Support and guidance is available from JISC and from the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Findings from the review, which was carried out with the support of the HEA and JISC, suggested the strategy has been useful in motivating institutional activity but that some of the information has become outdated, given the current level of maturity in e-learning in the sector.
In order to assist institutions in achieving their strategic aims for enhancing learning and teaching through technology, the document includes a suggested framework focusing on: pedagogy, curriculum design and development; learning resources and environments; quality; and research and evaluation.
