(For the full Report, please go to: www.cuhk.edu.hk/v6/en/teaching/images/qac_cuhkreport.pdf)

 

 

7.5 CUHK, consistent with its devolved structure, has adopted a loose framework within which decisions on whether and how to use e-Learning are made at Department and Faculty levels. With some exceptions, e-Learning is undertaken by individual enthusiasts and continuity is not assured. There is little sharing of good practice and no economies of scale. The Panel considers that the University would benefit from an institutional strategy which articulates how, and to what extent, CUHK will use e-Learning to enhance students’ learning experience and how it will be resourced and deployed. The strategy should also address staff support and development. CLEAR and the Information Technology Services Centre (ITSC) have already fostered several initiatives (e.g. an e-Learning Expo in 2007 and the identification of eLearning Liaison Persons (eLLPs) as eLearning contacts in a number of Departments) and could play a role in informing and developing such a strategy.

7.6 An institutional e-Learning strategy will need to address the potentially significant impact an expansion of e-Learning will have on the University’s information technology and communication infrastructure while ensuring that discipline-specific requirements continue to be supported. Communication infrastructure will also be affected by the technologies referred to in paragraph 7.4 and Affirmation 4 above. As a small example, email download and storage capacity, already regarded as inadequate by students, will need to be expanded.