University of Birmingham reveal how they have introduced VLE CANVAS to their Careers Network. Covering:

Making extensive use of an iVLE to deliver distance, blended and other AMD for careers courses and resources

Overcoming the challenges faced

The benefits of using VLE for non-teaching departments

Remote control spider - web analogy, historical spidery metaphors, useful to consider

Tickles, Freya's pet spider

Not much used by Academic services - largely because difficult to use AND UNPOPULAR

New post, new to department

New VLE - Canvas to Uni and UK

WebCT & Website. Careers Connect

Communications Audit - mixed experiences

60 STAFF DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE UNI

Main audiences - students, staff, employers

41,000 students - Academic services, Careers Network in particular, offer for every student

Destinations of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE) survey and expresses the number of UK domiciled graduates who say they are working or studying (or both) as a percentage of all those who are working or studying or seeking work. All other categories are excluded from this indicator.

Spider analogy - lots of legs

Overal Service delivery

How it relates to the rest of the University Services

Spider analogy - first thing with remote control spider not read instructions, but when didn't work, we did.

Strategy is important, to consider effectiveness -

Process of creating strategy itself - conversations
Training
Relating media
Considering analytics


The use of the document itself might be limited

here are some suggestions, use of a VLE - what other uses have you made of VLE? Can you elaborate on some of these uses? Questions?

Good user experience

Remote control Fairy:

Complex to prepare
hard to control
Limited uses
short battery life
Not easy to operate in a small room

Virtual pet spider

Simple to prepare
Easy to control
Whole range of new practical joke possibilities
Long battery life
Can operate anywhere