Flexible Delivery
Overview of Flexible Delivery
Institutions in Higher Education face a growing challenge to develop and adapt their provision to support mass higher education in the 21st century, and to allow greater flexibility for today's large and diverse student body.
In addition, there is the fast pace of change - including technological, political, social and economic - which impacts on Higher Education from the external environment.
Taking into account these influences, Flexible Delivery was interpreted in the widest possible sense, to encompass not only modes of study, but also methods of delivery, together with underpinning support and infrastructure.
This represents a vision of:
- a learner-centred model of pedagogy and learner support, appropriate to the needs of the individual learner
- a high quality learning environment, supported by efficient and effective business and administrative processes.
The Flexible Delivery Steering Committee, membership of which was drawn from across the Scottish Higher Education sector led the work on this theme. Its work was informed by exemplars of good practice in HE Institutions world-wide, technological projects being undertaken within the UK and changing practice in learning and teaching to promote flexiblity.
By providing a picture of, and tools for a learning environment that addresses the diverse needs of different types of learners, the Committee aimed to transform the way HEIs in Scotland consider flexible delivery, taking into account the work of JISC and the SFC.
The Committee developed the work to focus on 6 development projects. Details of these and other activities can be found in the activities section .
