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The Elida Camel Project: Jisc Design For Learning Start-Up Meeting, Jill Jameson
The Elida Camel Project: Jisc Design For Learning Start-Up Meeting, Jill Jameson
Jill Jameson
The JISC eLIDA CAMEL Project commenced in May, 2006, as one of the national UK Design for Learning projects funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The eLIDA CAMEL brought together the pedagogic e-learning practice of the eLISA study skills e-learning project and the work done by the CAMEL JISC infoNet and ALT communities of practice project funded by HEFCE's Leadership, Governance and Management Fund (LGMF).
Teachers As Designers In Computer-Supported Communities Of Practice, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
Teachers As Designers In Computer-Supported Communities Of Practice, Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
Dr Elizabeth Hartnell-Young
School classes can be conceptualized as bounded communities of practice made up of teachers and students working together to build knowledge. Teachers make design decisions about physical and virtual spaces supported by information and communications technologies, and about curriculum. Design influences how students go about their work, and their learning outcomes, but its processes are rarely observed. This paper, based on observations and conversations in schools, explores how teachers engage in designing learning environments. It argues that while most teachers display leadership in design decisions for their classes, they should build on this experience to influence policy and become more …