ELESIG Small Grants Scheme January 2010 - Deadline 1st Dec 09

ELESIG is the Evaluation of Learners' Experiences of e-learning Special Interest Group. The small grants scheme has been supported by the UK Higher Education Academy.

ELESIG is offering small grants to community members to engage in activities in line with our aim to:

• develop a shared repertoire of resources which will be of benefit to the community and the sector and which build on shared knowledge and practice about learner experience research.

Proposals are invited from individuals or groups, which lead to the production of outputs which will help ELESIG meet its aims. You can see examples of previously funded projects.

Activities

The funding should be used to support activities which will take place between 15 January 2010 and 31 October 2010. Suggested activities include, but are not limited to:

• writing an interpretative overview of an area of learner experience research
• producing a series of videos of interviews with key researchers in the area
• writing a helpsheet or guide on a particular data collection method
• offering to blog regularly about your research on elesig.ning.com
• hosting improved networking facilities for ELESIG members
• collating an annotated bibliography of learner experience research methods
• producing evidence of the impact of learner research on practitioners

Funding

We expect to fund 3-5 projects of up to £500 each. Proposals will be evaluated by a subgroup of the ELESIG organizing committee according to certain criteria. More information

November Webinar on E-portfolios:

Please join in with our discussions in the forum for this event, whether you can make the synchronous event or not.

11 am in DimDim: Practice
Thanks to those who joined us for this introduction to the webinar.

2 pm in DImDim: KEYNOTE
Nurturing learning communities in an e-portfolio system to enhance student learning
Invited speakers Julie Hughes and Emma Purnell

Many thanks to Emma and Julie for a fascinating session - so much shared!
Feel free to take the discussion into the forums.

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ELESIG Summer Symposium 23rd-24th June 2009

ELESIG residential impact symposium critically examining the nature of the learner experience in relation to feedback and assessment. Workshops on audio feedback by Will Stewart of University of Bradford, reporting the JISC ASEL project and Prof. Norah Jones of University of Glamorgan on learner experience research methodologies.

Listen to an interview with Will Stewart about Audio Feedback

View the video of Norah Jones' Learner experience research methodologies workshop.: First part: Second part

Appy for funding from the ELESIG Small Grants Scheme 2009


Listen to some evaluative comments on the summer symposium -->

ELESIG /QA-QESIG Webinar Wednesday 20th May 2009

Quality assurance and quality enhancement in the area of e-learning: case studies of implementation.
What are the implications of student experience research as a central element of quality enhancement? FORUM HERE | Recording of Elluminate sessions

QA-QESIG website

ELESIG Impact Seminar 29th January 2009

Outcomes of the ELESIG SYMPOSIUM: Impact of learner experience research – using evidence to change policy on 29th January are now in the forums

Impact of learner experience research – Digital literacies

The discussions are stil available from the ELESIG Symposium - Digital Literacies - 20th Nov 08 in Birmingham if you would like to add your comments, and most have the presentations now attached!
Visit the forum here for updates throughout the day, and do feel free to comment!

ELESIG Webinar 27th June 08: Implementing Practice: Influencing Change

Check out the discussion on Using online diaries and journals to evaluate learning (with special guests Debby Cotton, Emma Purnell and Sue Murray) Read the discussion here

Webinar on Methods for Researching the Learner Experience

Thanks to all who took part in our Webinar. Catch up on the discussions in the forums:
11 am: Doug Gowan on Methods used in the LEX project
3 pm - Rhona Sharpe (chair) and colleagues: Surveys in Learner Experience Research
4 pm - Launch of cluster groups. Which group will you join?