How do we build sustainable e-learning tools to meet the needs of engineering educators?

There are a range of e-learning tools available to current engineering educators to assist in supporting teaching practice. Many of the tools developed previously have been transitory, only existing for the period in which they were funded or failed to be transferable, only adopted by the host insti...

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Main Authors: Nic Wilkinson, Fiona Lamb, Adam Crawford
Format: Default Conference proceeding
Published: 2010
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Engineering education
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/9417
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description There are a range of e-learning tools available to current engineering educators to assist in supporting teaching practice. Many of the tools developed previously have been transitory, only existing for the period in which they were funded or failed to be transferable, only adopted by the host institution. Funded e-learning tools are usually expected to have a sustainability plan to ensure ongoing support and adoption, past the life time of the funding, however in practice this is hard to deliver once funding has ended and staff have left. This paper will look at a number of issues which can affect transferability and sustainability including:  why academics pilot such tools in the engineering discipline?  what consideration is given to sustainability when adopting a new tool or system ?  who are the key stakeholders for these resources and why?  what factors can encourage a community of users to develop and stay engaged?  how can the community of users assist with ongoing sustainability? Particular attention will be given to the experiences and the lessons learnt by the WebPA team in trying to build a community of users, both academic and support staff, around the tool in the search for a sustainable future. By examining the user groups which have developed around the open source WebPA tool the paper will highlight what does and does not work in developing a sustainable community within engineering academia.
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spelling rr-article-94882072010-01-01T00:00:00Z How do we build sustainable e-learning tools to meet the needs of engineering educators? Nic Wilkinson (5731580) Fiona Lamb (1251264) Adam Crawford (1247562) Engineering education There are a range of e-learning tools available to current engineering educators to assist in supporting teaching practice. Many of the tools developed previously have been transitory, only existing for the period in which they were funded or failed to be transferable, only adopted by the host institution. Funded e-learning tools are usually expected to have a sustainability plan to ensure ongoing support and adoption, past the life time of the funding, however in practice this is hard to deliver once funding has ended and staff have left. This paper will look at a number of issues which can affect transferability and sustainability including:  why academics pilot such tools in the engineering discipline?  what consideration is given to sustainability when adopting a new tool or system ?  who are the key stakeholders for these resources and why?  what factors can encourage a community of users to develop and stay engaged?  how can the community of users assist with ongoing sustainability? Particular attention will be given to the experiences and the lessons learnt by the WebPA team in trying to build a community of users, both academic and support staff, around the tool in the search for a sustainable future. By examining the user groups which have developed around the open source WebPA tool the paper will highlight what does and does not work in developing a sustainable community within engineering academia. 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/9417 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/How_do_we_build_sustainable_e-learning_tools_to_meet_the_needs_of_engineering_educators_/9488207 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
spellingShingle Engineering education
Nic Wilkinson
Fiona Lamb
Adam Crawford
How do we build sustainable e-learning tools to meet the needs of engineering educators?
title How do we build sustainable e-learning tools to meet the needs of engineering educators?
title_full How do we build sustainable e-learning tools to meet the needs of engineering educators?
title_fullStr How do we build sustainable e-learning tools to meet the needs of engineering educators?
title_full_unstemmed How do we build sustainable e-learning tools to meet the needs of engineering educators?
title_short How do we build sustainable e-learning tools to meet the needs of engineering educators?
title_sort how do we build sustainable e-learning tools to meet the needs of engineering educators?
topic Engineering education
url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/9417

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