Creating+a+Learning+Culture


 * HOW TO CREATE A (E)LEARNING CULTURE **
 * Financial rewards for lecturers who develop and online course or online component of course
 * Communication space for all levels of the organization (a la BBC) > natural formation of CoPs
 * Executive/managerial staff to blog
 * Partner IT staff with specific programs
 * Offer study/research scholarships for staff
 * Develop eportfolios for staff and students
 * Allow free spaces for staff to experiment with banned tools
 * Run sessions for students on the ethics of online presence
 * Explore alternative sources of funds for challenging projects (eg UNESCO, Commonwealth of Learning, etc)
 * Create a flexible/elearning group for mutual support (regular meetings, PD activities)
 * Regular meetings on topics of interest – some in virtual classrooms
 * Reduce the impact of monitoring and auditing
 * Implement peer review PD sessions
 * Encourage blocked out PD time at program level
 * Whole day/whole (compulsory?) organization PD events
 * Buddy interested student mentors with staff needing technology tutoring
 * Have IT staff communicate decisions to whole staff when making significant changes
 * Scrap the Intranet (well at least for resources – these should be public)
 * Promote, encourage and allow key staff to do fee for service work outside to raise profile, engender confidence, and bring money into workgroups
 * Individual websites (‘teaching spaces’) for all staff (Moodle); would include access to blogs, wikis, podcasting tools); or Protopage type site for work groups
 * A representative from PD unit partnered with each work team
 * Teaching and Learning resources on the Net and regularly updated
 * A ‘leader’ with the brief to promote the cause and identify funding for innovation and elearning projects
 * Begin creating or placing courses on wikieducator