The University has procured a new Short Courses Platform (SCP). This platform will offer education for learners on not-for-credit short courses, including online, blended, and face-to-face delivery to promote lifelong learning.
This project carries on as Early Adopters Phase 2 (EA2) from Early Adopters Phase 1 (EA1): Short Courses Platform: COL VLE Early Adopters | Project Management (ed.ac.uk)
While EA1 covered the launch of the SCP with COL-only early adopter courses (starting with the roll-out of the new virtual learning environment (VLE) Canvas in spring/summer 2024, and following with the SCP course catalogue Eduframe later in the year), the aim of EA2 (which falls during the period of COL Term 1 2024) is fourfold:
- To onboard the remaining COL short courses as SCP early adopter courses.
- This includes all Languages for All (LfA) and Open Studies courses.
- Begin the transition of SCP course management activities from the EA2 project team to COL.
- Provide early access to the SCP platform to a new round of non-COL early adopter courses.
- Prepare for the next phase of Early Adopters Phase 3 (EA3) which will fall during the period of COL Term 2 2025, as well as the upcoming BAU transition period.
Knowledge and lessons learned generated from this project will feed into the course templates, guidance resources and training materials authored via EA1 for the wider institutional roll-out of the SCP platform.
Current project status
Report Date | RAG | Budget | Effort Completed | Effort to complete |
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October 2024 | GREEN | 0.0 days | 0.0 days | 0.0 |