Building and sustaining collaboration in cross sector e-learning development

Timmons, Stephen; Wharrad, Heather; Vezyridis, Paraskevas; Randle, Jacqueline; Lymn, Joanne; Bath-Hextall, Fiona

Abstract

This chapter will focus on the process of building and sustaining collaborative reusable e-learning object development across three educational sectors, Higher Education (HE), the UK National Health Service (NHS) and Further Education (FE) Colleges, using the LOLA project as a case study. A qualitative evaluation of ‘process’ ran alongside the entirety of the LOLA project. This chapter reports the findings of this qualitative research, and analyses how collaboration was achieved between the diverse institutions who were project partners. The strengths of this approach included the commitment of the team members to collaboration, while practical challenges included the location of the team members, but also wider issues in the institutions involved, and in particular, the role of the Media Developer and the perception of it by other team members.

Citation

Timmons, S., Wharrad, H., Vezyridis, P., Randle, J., Lymn, J., & Bath-Hextall, F. (2010). Building and sustaining collaboration in cross sector e-learning development. In A. Bromage, L. Clouder, J. Thistlethwaite, & F. Gordon (Eds.), Interprofessional e-learning and collaborative work: practices and technologies. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-889-0.ch014

• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Jan 15, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 15, 2016
• Publisher: IGI Global
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Interprofessional e-learning and collaborative work: practices and technologies
• ISBN: 9781615208890
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-889-0.ch014
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1011960
• Publisher URL: http://www.igi-global.com/gateway/chapter/44441