I noticed that over on the Overdue Ideas blog, the Library IT team at Imperial College are soon going to be running sessions where library staff can test of a variety of e-Learning hardware applications within a risk-free environment.
At the University of Bath, we have recently reworked our e-Learning Staff Development programme to include more diverse areas of interest, such as the use of SMS/texting to support large group teaching and the use of Skype to support distance learners. This, in the main, has been disseminated through the e-Learning Seminar Series. In addition, we beginning to use an Audience Response System within all e-Learning staff development seminars and workshops, not only as a means to increase (further) interactivity within sessions, but also as a means of showcasing new such technologies.
I like the approach that the Library IT team are taking at Imperial College. Perhaps, the might be done through the “What can e-Learning do for me?” sessions during semester 1, 2008/2009. In addition, might it be worth running some very informal drop-in sessions where colleagues can drop by and test out some of the technologies in an informal enviroment? I remember the Learning Support team doing something similar earlier on in the summer.
