Creating Academic Learning Futures (CALF)
- Start date: 2008-08-01
- End date: 2011-07-31
- Amount: £200,000
- Status: in progress
- Funding Initiative: NTFS - Projects
"Just as it is important to realize that the Future cannot be 'predicted', so also it is important to understand that Alternative Futures can and should be forecasted, and the consequences of the alternatives considered before Preferred Futures are envisioned and created ". (Dator 2004 p. 2)
Almost every higher educational institution (HEI) throughout the world is trying to accommodate new ways of learning, using digital and Web technologies and at the same time meeting students' shifting aspirations and expectations*. There is a focusing of efforts to provide students with the highest quality learning experiences (HEA 2008). However, it is difficult to get a holistic picture of the best evidence to promote improving learning experience …and even harder to get realistic visions of future directions and pathways.
The CALF project is a collaborative bid that includes staff, students and two National Teaching Fellows from the University of Leicester, University College Falmouth, Creative Partnerships, international organisations, research and technology partners. CALF will explore trends, emerging issues and alternative futures in HE, with and for learning.
Deliverables include practical recommendations, modelling of engaging students in learning forecasting and the sustaining of a futures community for HE.
University College Falmouth