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The Alliance will provide:
- Recognition of efforts already underway and opportunities for innovators to feel recognised and find a ‘voice’ and identity
- Synergies between individuals and small groups for the purpose of sharing good practice, collaboration and support
- For the potential for research and associated publications through a research strategy in the field
- Opportunities for identification, experimentation and exploration of ideas leading to further innovation and longer-term projects
- Provide a suitable environment to attract research students interested in this domain.
Bidding for research funds will be enhanced because:
- Many funding bodies value interdisciplinary and collaborative projects
- There is a strong need at this point in time to go beyond 'what works' and into well researched conceptual models
- There is a lot of competition for e-learning and learning technologies funding
- The Alliance brings skills together and therefore increase success.
Broad areas to be addressed:
- Development and testing of concepts, models and theories
- Rigorous research methodologies, appropriate for exploiting e for research
- Identification, promotion and support of good practice in an accessible knowledge base for learning and teaching online
- Strategy and policy development
- The role, training, development and competencies of online teachers (e-moderators)
- Scenarios for the future of teaching and learning with new technologies
- Models of change associated with introduction of new pedagogies and technologies, especially low input, high value processes, designing for participation, intervening for learning
- Sustainability and multipliers beyond projects.
If you would like to receive further information please contact Gilly Salmon