Orientation workshop
On Wednesday last week (21st Oct) we held the introductory workshop for the Digital Campus elearning project (project website). All seemed to go well, but we still have some difficulties with the schedule and tutor selection. The problem is that we’re looking for staff who will be available to train fellow staff next year (i.e. they won’t be leaving for masters at the end of this year) and these tend to be more senior staff who already have high workloads. Those staff who do have the time (generally the new staff who graduated with their first degree last year) are highly likely to leave at the end of this academic year. Bit of a catch-22 in knowing what to do for the best. The amount of training required for the certification is also going to be difficult to fit into the coming semester. Approximately 20 days will be needed which, ideally, needs to be completed by the end of the first semester, less than 3 months away and unsurprisingly the teachers will be spending much of their time teaching.
