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eLearning for Transition, Progression and Retention – Project Extension

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eLearning for Transition, Progression and Retention – Project Extension

Potential transitional students from the WL LLN region were invited at the beginning of August this year to participate in the ‘Getting started with u-Link’ eLearning programme at Brunel University over two weeks – for the new academic year 09/10.

This is a result of the agreed extension of the Project until December this year.

Thereafter, the invitation to participate was extended to mature and transitional students from elsewhere in the UK.

The programme was scheduled to commence on the 19th August and aimed to introduce the new students to the features and tools of Brunel’s virtual learning environment (u-Link).

A total of 98 responses to the invitations were received (compared to 125 last year).

All who responded were e-mailed a link to the eLearning orientation presentations that were offered in June at the Hammersmith and Southall sites of Ealing Hammersmith and West London College, as well as the Willesden campus of the College of North West London.

In addition, logon details were provided to the students that responded.

It has to be noted that some of them had conditional acceptances only and participation in the eLearning programme was entirely voluntary.

Initial monitoring reports indicate that students are increasingly logging on to the initial programme.

An invitation to participate in a ‘Higher Education Preparation’ (HEP) programme will be offered to the same students during September, as well as an opportunity to participate in a personal development programme with e-portfolios for the rest of the first year.

Posted by Dr. Phil Alberts, Head of eLearning at Brunel University

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