From pioneers to partnerships : the changing voices of staff developers

Abstract

The aims of the book are to use the topic of institutional implementation to present a review of the impact of learning technology on tertiary education over the past few years; and to highlight and discuss key changes and developments that are shaping present and future activities and consider the implications for individual enthusiasts who work in the field of learning technology. The book outlines the context in which individual enthusiasts have operated and institutional implementation has occurred over the last ten years.;Four key themes are highlighted throughout the book: the individual enthusiast and their role in institutional implementation; the institutional enthusiast and their role in local and global e-learning initiatives; finding the evidence to justify enthusiasm and underpin implementation; and reinventing the individual enthusiast.