A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
ALTNWESIG Welcome from Professor Mark Stubbs
1. ALT NW England Special Interest Group
Welcome!
Manchester | Dec 2013
Professor Mark Stubbs
Head of Learning & Research Technologies
m.stubbs@mmu.ac.uk http://twitter.com/thestubbs
http://slideshare.net/markstubbs
3. Context | an interesting place to work!
• Pursuing an ambitious transformation initiative
– New Buildings, New Curriculum, New Admin Processes & Systems,
New Learning & Mobile Tech, New Academic Vision …
• Building on major TEL review in 2010
– Switched from locally-run WebCT Vista to hosted Moodle
– Drove Moodle from Student Records to “wrap institution around learner”
– Concentrated technical & pedagogic TEL expertise in LRT (Learning &
Research Technologies) & established its network of faculty-based ELSOs