EUNIS E-LEARNING TASK FORCE

E-Learning Task Force Meeting in Malta, February 2008

The EUNIS E-Learning Task Force meet a whole day meeting in Malta on 15th February 2008. The meeting has been hosted by the University of Malta IT Services.

Many thanks to those who participated in the meeting in Malta. And special thanks to our hosts from the University of Malta who helped us have such an enjoyable visit. We had a very interesting and productive meeting.

The presentations are now available on the event web site http://events.um.edu.mt/eunis-eltf/programme.html

Please join one of the working groups. Decide which group(s) you would like to join and send to Andrew Rothery an email to confirm. We will be delighted to include you in future activities.

Aims

The ELTF will carry out a number of projects and activities to encourage the exchange of information and foster collaborative working across Europe. You will enjoy being an ELTF member if you enjoy meeting and working with colleagues from other European universities.
ELTF membership is open to the EUNIS community. You are welcome to join the ELTF provided the university or organisation where you work is a member of EUNIS.
You yourself must be happy to give a small amount of your time to working on ELTF projects and activities. And the ELTF would like some of its members to propose and lead new projects.
At present, there are five working groups :

  • Jens Dorup award – This group has drawn up regulations for the award and consists of a team of judges, together with others who will help run the scheme. The award was announced at EUNIS2007 and applications will be invited October 2007. Leader: Dorte Sidelmann (Denmark)
  • E-Learning Snapshots – The Snapshots group will continue to run the survey of e-learning support across Europe. The snapshots scheme has already produced survey reports published as papers at EUNIS2006 and EUNIS2007and a new survey will be announced in October 2007. Group members will analyse and report on the new information ready for EUNIS2008. Leader: James Cilia (Malta)
  • Help with European funding – This was a short term project which produced advice for ELTF members on the forthcoming EU bids. The group is currently reviewing its future activities and its membership. Leader: Steffi Engert (Germany)
  • E-Learning Case Studies across Europe– This group has started to draw up templates for case studies and hopes to start to gather information as soon as can be arranged. The group will work on finalising the templates and will plan a strategy for collecting case studies. Leader: Stephen Clarke (UK)
  • Future of e-learning – This group has looked at development strategies in a number of universities and aims to provide an overview of directions. Leader: James Uhomoibhi (Northern Ireland)

There is always and opportunity to join one of these groups since group membership changes from time to time. Also the ELTF welcomes proposals for new topics. ELTF members are encouraged to lead working groups or to join one or more of them.
The next meeting of the ELTF is planned for February 2008. Details will be made available in due course.

The EUNIS E-Learning Task Force is led by Andrew Rothery (a.rothery@worc.ac.uk).

[Report from Snapshots 2006]
http://eprints.worc.ac.uk/46/

[Report from Snapshots 2007]
http://eprints.worc.ac.uk/203/