This is the summary of a report that represents several years of collaboration between the Higher Education Academy and the JISC in the form of the Subject Centre Distributed e-Learning (DeL) Programme. Funded by HEFCE and managed by the JISC DeL developed technologies and explored cultural and organisational issues around the use of technology to support lifelong learning particularly with regional and subject communities. A significant part of DeL involved a discipline focus through Academy Subject Centres enabling them to engage with HEFCE policy and strategic vision and to work with their subject communities in using technologies to enhance learning and teaching.
One of the key strengths of this particular collaboration is in providing a discipline focus to support the HE sector. All 24 Academy subject centres undertook a lead role by working with their HE communities on the activities outlined in this publication. A key outcome is the importance of considering the use of technologies within an overarching teaching learning and assessment context and this is reflected in subsequent Academy and JISC programmes and has informed national policy and strategies.
