Pascale Hardy

Applying Future Studies Methods to Understanding the Impact of University Information and Communication Technology Strategies on Learning

This article aims to explore the potential of certain future studies techniques to provide insight into the question of the impact of higher education information and communication technology (ICT) strategies on student learning. The approach is to consider three case studies of new universities in different countries, and to identify the main features of their ICT strategies, related variables, key change drivers and trends. Models representing ICT strategy and dimensions of student learning are then drawn together to produce a number of possible scenarios and testable hypotheses. Recommendations for refining the analysis are highlighted.

Supporting technology-enhanced learning innovations lessons from three cases of the ELIG Learning@Work Exploratorium Lab

This paper will present three selected cases from the ELIG Learning@Work Exploratorium Lab that show how learning theories can contribute to new ways of using ICT for learning in practice, how to scout bottom-up and support grassroots innovators in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), and how innovation support might be replicated, mainstreamed, transferred or sustained. The ELIG Learning@Work Exploratorium Lab is organized as a part of the HoTEL (Holistic Approach to Technology Enhanced Learning) that is a Support action of the 7th Framework Programme and aims to design, develop and test an “Innovation Support Model” in the area of TEL, to enhance the speed and quality of innovation in TEL in Europe.