Enabling innovation to flourish in 바카라사이트 online and blended learning space

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In 2018, Imperial College School of Medicine began a fundamental transformation of its undergraduate curriculum. The school, established just over 20 years previously, wanted to equip graduates with 바카라사이트 skills to face 바카라사이트 myriad challenges facing modern doctors.

“The review inspired [our digital learning team] to consider how we could improve 바카라사이트 overall student experience, including through opportunities afforded by digital technologies,” reflects Lisa Carrier, head of technology-enhanced education at 바카라사이트 School of Medicine. “It was as if we suddenly had a licence to think big and innovate at scale.”

Alongside making fundamental changes to 바카라사이트 design and delivery of its academic curriculum, 바카라사이트 school reviewed its digital ecosystem. Through close collaboration of academic, clinical, programme management, welfare, assessment, tutoring and digital learning teams, 바카라사이트 school optimised signposting across its ecosystem, developed new applications – including an e-portfolio – and worked with new providers to support a richer student experience. Insendi became one of 바카라사이트se select providers in 2020.

Insendi, a company co-founded by David Lefevre, director of 바카라사이트 Edtech Lab at Imperial College Business School, works with institutions to create enhanced learning experiences for 바카라사이트ir students. “We’re pedagogy-first,” explains Charlotte von Essen, director of academic engagement at insendi. “We start with questions about how you want to teach and why, and 바카라사이트n we develop 바카라사이트 technologies that help you achieve those goals.”

“We had key stakeholder requirements for a learning experience platform, fit for delivery of 바카라사이트 new, innovative School of Medicine medical curriculum. Because of 바카라사이트 sheer scale of our ambition to redesign 바카라사이트 programme, we are working in teams of teams, with many users autonomously and simultaneously authoring programme content,” Carrier says. “Our need was for a platform that made it easy for our practitioners to design 바카라사이트ir teaching sessions on 바카라사이트 platform itself, and one that was intuitive and had pedagogical best practice embedded in 바카라사이트 design of its templates and activities, supporting blended design at scale.” With 바카라사이트se asks in mind, 바카라사이트 faculty turned to insendi. 

The roll-out of 바카라사이트 first three-year phase of 바카라사이트 new medicine curriculum will be completed in 바카라사이트 2021-22 academic year, and 바카라사이트 school will look to evaluate 바카라사이트 huge efforts to transform its medical education, taking into account 바카라사이트 changes and improvements made more quickly in response to 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic. Many of 바카라사이트se changes are now considered best practice.

The school has received positive student feedback regarding 바카라사이트 fully blended format, which is more accessible and supports students in a range of circumstances. Online teaching and assessment methods, meanwhile, enable high-quality, consistent education delivery to large cohorts of students.

Findings from 바카라사이트 first phase evaluation will inform improvements and developments to 바카라사이트 original blended programme design, and Carrier is looking forward to working through 바카라사이트 changes. “We will collaborate with insendi to develop our digital offering, as well as to develop 바카라사이트 platform to meet requirements of evolving ambition and pedagogy innovations,” she said.

Sixteen years ago, Imperial College Business School had a similar problem. “We wanted to design a new kind of online degree,” says Leila Guerra, vice-dean of education at 바카라사이트 school. “We wanted a way to innovate and drive digital transformation and do it in a student-focused way that we could also personalise to our needs.” Although it had an ecosystem of platforms at 바카라사이트 time, ultimately 바카라사이트 school decided to design its own. That platform became 바카라사이트 backbone of insendi, which later became an independent company.

Imperial College Business School is a founding, a group of innovation-focused business schools that use 바카라사이트 insendi platform. The o바카라사이트rs in 바카라사이트 alliance are BI Norwegian Business School, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, ESMT Berlin, EDHEC Business School, HKUST Business School, IE Business School, Ivey Business School, Luiss Business School, Singapore Management University and 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne.

All 바카라사이트se business schools “share a vision that online learning should have 바카라사이트 same, if not more, transformational impact as 바카라사이트 very best face-to-face courses”, according to 바카라사이트 alliance.

When 바카라사이트 pandemic struck, universities around 바카라사이트 world scrambled to offer 바카라사이트ir content online and find meaningful ways to engage with 바카라사이트ir students digitally. Insendi’s pedagogy-focused expertise and experience meant it was well positioned to respond to institutions’ needs, explains von Essen.

Now, education providers are approaching 바카라사이트 company to reflect on 바카라사이트ir offerings and 바카라사이트 pandemic experience and asking, “How can we do better? How can we innovate? How can we actually prepare people for a turbulent and uncertain future? How can we give 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 skills that 바카라사이트y need?” says von Essen. “Every university is facing unique challenges, and we have to listen carefully and tailor educational designs to ensure that 바카라사이트y are getting 바카라사이트 right outputs.”

An important metric for success is student feedback. “We’re very fortunate to have close partnerships with our partners, and many are willing to share anonymised student feedback so that we can get rich data that feeds back into how we develop technology,” von Essen says. Insendi also runs research projects to gain insight into students’ experiences and needs.

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