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SEEL technical sheet
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Title |
SEEL (Supporting Excellence in e-Learning) |
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Call |
e-Learning: Call DG Education and Culture |
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Duration |
01.02.04 31.07.04 |
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Co-ordinator |
EIfEL - www.eife-l.org |
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Partners |
§ EIfEL (FR) § Région Poitou-Charentes (FR) § Grenoble universités (FR) § eLearn Accredit (UK) § MRS Consulting (UK) § the Yorkshire and Humber Region (UK) § BLA (UK), § Junta de Andalucia (ES) § APeL (ES) § CREA (ES) § Italdata (IT) § Scienter (IT) § Region of Trento (IT). § STPKC (SE) § FIM (DE) § Ministry of Education (GR) § Eurotekniki (GR) § |
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Project website |
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Project Summary |
SEEL is a consortium dedicated to the study of the impact of quality policies in e-learning at local and regional levels in order to: measure their influence on local and regional development employment, innovation, competence development - and provide recommendations on quality assurance policies to the different stakeholders, and particularly to policy makers. This entails taking into account the needs of all key stakeholders: members of the district/regional authority; individual learners and their families; producers of learning services, programmes or resources; corporate or organisational buyers of learning products or services. The fundamental question is: How can we implement quality schemes while supporting change, innovation and creativity for improved organisational and individual learning and performance.
The methodology of the project can be summarised as combining analysis and assessment of current e-learning practice, the production of tools and recommendations to promote best practice, and ongoing and public dissemination of the outcomes of the project. The aim is not to wait until the end of the project for dissemination but to extend the impact of project work as early as possible and involve as many players as feasible.
The project can be clearly divided into two principal phases: the production of key tools, which has now been completed, and the piloting phase which is about to begin and which will test the relevance and usefulness of the tools. The aim of the project is thus to produce relevant and robust tools that will help regions and territories to develop forward-looking quality policies and high quality learning infrastructure and services. An important part of the methodology has been the partnership between a consulting partner and a region. The regions themselves are playing a critical role in achieving this aim either as project partners or in being actively involved in consultation activities (additional regions in the UK, Spain, France, Sweden, Finland, Ireland and Italy).
SEEL is an open initiative. The invitation to join has resulted in over 100 expressions of interest.
The main outputs of the project to date are: § Benchmarking tool. The benchmarking tool, which is currently in paper format, is designed to identify where individual regions and territories are in terms of the e-learning quality approach. Benchmarking will help identify the local policys strengths and weaknesses in order to give suggestions to improve each regional e-learning approach and to share and change the achievement obtained by each region in this field. § Quality Guidelines: presented in 4 modules: learning strategy and innovation; supporting learners and organisations; e-learning delivery and learning resource providers. The guidelines are based on a series of indicators that can be used both as success indicators and quality assurance measures for new learning region initiatives, They can also be used to improve collaboration and commonality in learning region vision among the stakeholders. The guidelines contain an introduction; description of benefits; instructions on use; issues to consider and quality indicators. § Regional Centre Questionnaire and Strategic framework for Quality Centres. Based on the findings of a questionnaire, key features for quality centres have been identified by consultation with partners within the SEEL project and with strategic regional players most notably, a knowledge base on quality issues and research; evaluation of local and regional initiatives and their impact on social and economic development, and examples of good practice. These consultation exercises have given rise to the production of a detailed Strategic Framework for Quality Centres, which positions the centres firmly at the heart of the development and promotion of quality in e-learning. § The establishment of two dedicated Regional Quality Centres in Poitou-Charentes and Yorkshire and the Humber. In Poitou-Charentes there is now a physical centre based in Poitiers and with one full-time member of staff, who will be working initially on the creation of the knowledge base, piloting the SEEL tools, and on recruiting other regions to join the network. The Centre in West Yorkshire is virtual. § Network of centres. Other regions have shown interest in joining the network, both through the efforts of partners, and by responding to the invitation to Join SEEL. § Quality Award. The Awards, which are intended to promote and reward excellence in using information and communication technology to support the development of learning regions and cities, are open to all individuals and organisations in Europe that have completed a project or an initiative that meets the criteria of the Award. The aim is to encourage as broad a participation as possible and use the event as a means of disseminating information about (e) learning practice in Europe generally, and of promoting the benefits for regions and cities of putting in place quality assurance systems to encourage development and innovation. The Award, which is in line with the spirit and methodology of the SEEL tools, includes such categories as: innovative local and regional learning strategies; innovative learning products and services for local and regional actors; quality assurance implementation; developing learning communities, and social inclusion and accessibility. The Awards will be made during the SEEL Conference in May 2004. § eLearning Regions and Cities Conference 2003. The first Conference attracted around 90 participants from 15 countries. Important outcomes for the 2003 Conference include: serving as a good platform for the launch of the SEEL project; providing an opportunity to identify common trans-regional projects; providing networking opportunities; offering participants state of the art information on key issues in quality and e-transformation of learning, and Identifying key actors in the domain of learning regions and e-learning quality assurance at a regional level § eLearning Regions and Cities Conference 2004. The infrastructure for the 2nd Conference is now in place, with plans for a much larger event that will be revenue-generating thanks to conference registrations, sponsorship, and the sale of exhibition stands. The event will serve to advance the debate on quality policies, present the results of the SEEL project and advance the transition towards self-sustainability. |
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Role of EIfEL |
Project Co-ordinator Leader of WP 8 Project Management and contributor to all other WPs |
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How to get involved |
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