The document discusses the DeL peer-mentoring scheme for 2021-2022. It provides background on the history of digital learning at the university from 2007-2021. It then outlines the goals of the Digitally Enhanced Learning (DeL) program which are to improve student experiences, engagement, and learning through the use of new technologies. Finally, it describes how DeL will be implemented during the Fall 2021 semester through the use of Professional Learning Communities where faculty will meet monthly to discuss lessons learned and best practices for incorporating digital learning tools.

1. The DeL peer-mentoring
scheme for 2021-2022
The Digital Enchance
Learning Committee

3. History and current
situation
Digital Enchance Learning

4. • EUC wide systemic changes
– Support and professional development of faculty
– Upgrading technical teaching capabilities
– Upgrading administrative services
– Adding e-governance
– Transforming campus to smart campus
Where we start from…

5. • 2007 – Moodle installed as a LMS
• 2013 – establishment of the DE unit
– Purchase of Blackboard LMS and Collaborate
• 2014 – Green policy for copies – use of moodle for all
courses
• 2015 – Hybritity project
• 2018 – DeL project
• 2020 – Covid-19 – all teaching went online
• 2021 – Today: Covid-19 legacy
Digital enchanced Leanring history

6. • Substantially improves student learning experiences throughout
campus
– Better, more meaningful, more useful and more valuable experience with
cutting-edge knowledge of the field
• Increase student active and meaningful engagement throughout the
week
– During lecture time with more active learning engagement
– Between lectures
• Builds communities of practice in each course beyond the in-class
meetings
– Meaningfully keep in touch throughout the week
– Student peer feedback and collaboration
Digitally enhanced Learning (DeL)

7. • Improve student learning experiences in all conventional
courses and programs
• Added (not replaced) pedagogical value – restructure
the course in ways that have added value!
– It is not simply about adding technological tools in everyday teaching
• By the use of new, cutting-edge technology-mediated tools
that can transform student learning experiences
• There is not a single recipe of success!
Digitally enhanced Learning (DeL)

8. • Lecture time is not about the
instructor talking...
• Increase student active learning
and engagement by
– a variety of collaboration and
interaction types
– a variety of learning activity types
– Give role/voice to students
– Differentiation
• Instructor on-going formative
assessment
Characteristics of the DeL

9. • Use digital technologies to
provide
– Learning-centered and
student-centered
courses
– Knowledge-building
and ability-developing
centered courses
– Assessment-centered
courses
What does this mean…

10. • Student-centered and
learning-centered approaches
• Focus on skill development,
knowledge acquisition, critical
thinking skills
• Include evaluation-centered
approaches
• Focus on creating and
supporting learning
communities
Digital learning tools can provide

11. • Hyflex course are different from
– Fully conventional courses
– Fully online course
• Need to have in mind that returning conventional courses back to
campus does not means that we teach the way we did in 2019!
• Instead, we improve our teaching through lessons learning during
covid-19 Spring 2020, Fall 2020, and Spring 2021
• Hyflex has the added dificulty to deliver lectures to both in-class and
on-line students – and engage both groups in meaningful and active
ways
Fall 2021: teaching with live transmission

12. • Continue improving our students’ learning
experiences through our courses
• We do not simply return back to F2019…
• Will work based on lessons learned during
covid-19 epidemic in a number of areas
Our target for 2021-2022

13. DeL during F2021
semester

14. • Will work based on lessons learned during
covid-19 epidemic
• Will work in groups of conventional
programs
• Groups = Professional Learning
Communities (PLCs)
• In the form of peer-supported community
How we will work during 2021-2022

15. • Each conventional program (bachelor and masters) coordinator will head one
faculty PLC – all DeL committee members will head at least one PLC
• All teaching personel of conventional programs will be part of at least one
PLC
• Full-time personel is expected to participate in all meetings of her/his PLC
• Meet once a (teaching) month for 60’ – online
• Meeting can be combined with coordination meetings
• Three (monthly) meetings per semester
• Exchange experiences, identify needs, discuss good practices, identify
solutions, future steps
• Submit short report on a given template to collect needs etc
• Invite external to the group experts or colleagues when needed
Each faculty PLC

16. • To be completed by
coordinators at the
end of each
meeting
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