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Enhancing eLearning: Elevating eSubmission, eMarking, and eFeedback at University of Salford

This presentation discusses innovative strategies for elevating the use of eLearning technologies, focusing on eSubmission, eMarking, and eFeedback at the University of Salford. With 20,000 students and 2,000 staff across 250 programs, the Digital Skills Manager, Gillian Fielding, outlines the transformation process, training phases, and the importance of support structures. Emphasizing collaboration, benchmarking, and student experience enhancements, this initiative aims to align with university goals for teaching and learning. Discover key takeaways and strategies for effective implementation.

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Enhancing eLearning: Elevating eSubmission, eMarking, and eFeedback at University of Salford

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  1. E3: Elevating the use of elearning, esubmission and emarking http://tinyurl.com/o4d82sy Gillian Fielding BETT 2014

  2. About me • Gillian Fielding, Digital Skills Manager • Used Blackboard for 15 years when it was free! • University of Salford • 20000 students • 2000 staff • 250 programmes

  3. E3: Elevating esubmission, emarking and efeedback • . • . • Transformation Board • Project Board • Policy • Standards • Benchmarking • Online Declaration • Reporting • Student Audit Checks • Strategic Institutional Transformation • . • . • Blended • Elevate • Phase 1 • Phase 2 • Champions • Helpdesk • Surgeries • #elevatesalford • Support • Training • .

  4. Training • Phase 1 (23/04/2012-13/07/2012) • Blended solution • Pre-workshop activity (400 video views, ? undertook the activity, 321 completed the benchmarking survey) • Workshop (751 attendees over 8 weeks, ran 61 x 3 hrs), Slow uptake • Online learning (3 modules, 9 hrs study time, ? completed) • Worst and best Blackboard modules • Activity to put staff in students shoes • Included rich media, OERs, QR code, #elevatesalford

  5. Training continued • Phase 2 • Part 1 • Based on feedback from Phase 1 • Self-paced online learning in a facilitated classroom • Staff APLd initially • Staff worked through at their own pace • Test on completion • (555 attendees over 5 weeks, 62 workshops) • Part 2 Directorate workshops • Based on local issues/need eg anonymous marking • 17 x 2 hr,198 staff attended

  6. Strategic • Student Experience • Transformation Board • Elevate Project Board • Assessment Policy changes • Esubmission with exemptions • Emarking • Efeedback within 3 weeks • Module standards Reproduced under Creative Commons Photo by tricky (rick harrison) http://www.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/2857814154/sizes/o/in/photostream/

  7. Support • 22 TEL Champions • Min. 1 per School • Time off teaching • Helpdesk • Open 08:00-17:00 Monday – Friday • Enquiries by phone, email, tweet, referred from ITS • Highest no. of enquires – 117, average 45 pr week • Customers = staff (and students) • Drop-In Surgeries • 3 x 3hr Surgeries per week • Held on 2 campuses • #elevatesalford • Reproduced under Creative Commons License from Bertop • http://www.flickr.com/photos/bertop/2621801965/sizes/z/in/photostream/

  8. Checks • Benchmarking survey • “State of nation”, included some UCISA TEL survey questions • 321 staff completed • 50% of staff accessed most days • Online Declaration • Completed after the online training (Phase 1 part 3) • 51 completed, 66 “in progress” • Reporting • Weekly Reports to the University Executive • Fortnightly Reports to HoS(attendance registers)

  9. Checks continued • Student Audit (by Student Course Rep’s) • Completed by students (Course Rep’s) • Paid in Amazon vouchers • Semester 1 – 519 modules audited • Semester 2 – 1500 modules audited

  10. Things to take away Get Executive support And a Project Board With key stakeholders on (students, academics, PVC, Deans, IT dept) Have a Project Plan Align to University goals (T&L, Student Experience) Set expectations (Standards and Policy changes) Have training AND support Report quickly and regularly Take remedial action quickly Be gentle and patient BUT firm!

  11. Thank you! Contact details: • Gillian Fielding, Digital Skills Manager, University of Salford • Email: g.d.fielding@salford.ac.uk, • Twitter: g_fielding • Tel: 0161 295 2451 E3: Elevating the use of elearning, esubmission and emarking Slides available on SlideShare

  12. Training

  13. Reproduced under Creative Commons licence from BankCardStudentID http://www.flickr.com/photos/75533702@N07/8208739166/sizes/m/in/ph

  14. Reports to the Executive

  15. Head of schools report

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