The Use Of Pedagogical Profiles To Establish An Educationally Centric Approach To The Management And

Discovery Of Teaching And Learning Support Resources

Alan Masson, Philip Turbitt, Karen Evans and James Gheel

Aim: “promote, facilitate and reward the adoption of a “learner centred” reflective practice approach to the development of teaching and learning, in particular wrt the use of e-learning technologies”

Cultural challenge: effecting changes in “teaching” practices - key to learning experience

* CETL(NI): Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (Northern Ireland)

Conceptual model of CIES tools and services

Silos of information sourcesAggregated information provided to silos of activity (modules) or practice (pedagogy)

Connectable Services?1. Student cohort data2. Teaching and learning case studies3. Educational support resources and services4. Models of Practice5. Available e-learning tools (directory)6. Content digital repositories

Traditionally hosted in silo-ised systems

Achieving Connected-nessUse of lightweight educational data profiling across systems and

services: Schemas

EduPerson, IMS Glossaries and ontologies

JISC / HE Academy educational terminologies Closed Lists

E-learning toolsClosed lists of educational interactions and verbs (HLM)

Benefits of this approach1. Focus on educational value of these institutional assets2. Can offer connections to associated resources RELEVANT

to the user context • cf amazon recommends

3. Reuse and repurposing of services by support departments and services• RSS, cross / deep linking

4. Raises awareness of and simplifies access to these assets

Example practitioner use cases1. Case study e-tool directory staff development course practice

exchange implementation

2. E-tool directory case study practice exchange staff development change in curriculum

3. Change in cohort case study e-tool directory staff development practice exchange implementation

4. Inclusivity: Staff development implementation case study push RSS feed effective awareness raising and dissemination

Implementation progress to date Institutional adoption of core applications

Hybrid Learning ModelPractice Exchange Repository*Educational Resource Database*E-tools Database*

Demonstrable integration between*

In summary

The use of lightweight pedagogical profiles to educational assets can:

• Support the establishment of an educationally centric approach to the management of teaching and learning support resources

• Transform the opportunities to raise awareness of, access to and usage of these key educational assets

More info @:http://cetl.ulster.ac.uk/elearning/

e-mail: aj.masson@ulster.ac.uk