Focus:
The examination of intercultural (Sino-UK) conceptions of eLearning and teaching, through an online, professional development course for higher education staff in the UK and China.
Partners:
- Lancaster University, Department of Educational Research (UK lead partner)
- University of Sheffield, Department of Educational Studies
- Open University, IET
- Beijing Normal University (China lead partner)
- Zhejiang Normal University
- Beijing Jiaotong University
- South China Normal University
Aims & Objectives:
- The collaborative production of an intercultural, professional development eLearning and teaching course , to be run online and offered to higher education staff in the UK and China. This will involve the examination of intercultural (Sino-UK) conceptions of eLearning.
- The collaborative (China-UK) development of a new tool for supporting formative assessment and knowledge extraction in online group learning settings.
- The development of a framework/model for planning and running intercultural professional development in eLearning.
Rationale:
From our initial eChina~UK pilot project, it has become apparent that British and Chinese colleagues have to develop a shared (that is, 'intercultural') understanding of pedagogy (teaching, learning, eTutoring etc.) if we are to be successful in collaboratively developing eLearning materials and in generating successful professional educational development in eLearning.
Target Audience:
Higher education personnel in the UK and China.
Design Principles:
The online course will last for about three months and will be developed as a learning community, with particular emphasis on participants sharing and interrogating conceptions of eLearning and teaching. |
