Ed Tech Guild Strategic Oversight Group (GSOG)
Terms of reference
- To advise the Interim Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience) on matters of strategy and resource allocation for externally-facing digital education activities in order to meet the changing priorities and developing needs of the Faculties and the College.
- To maintain and develop the 2018-2025 Digital Strategy in line with the overarching aims of the 2017 Learning and Teaching Strategy in order to shape the College’s digital and online educational offer and position the College as a provider of world-class technology-enhanced education.
- To advance our capability in educational technology through the coordination and sponsorship of strategic initiatives and through the evaluation and review of platforms and partners.
- To review, prioritise and grant strategic approval to proposed, externally facing, online programmes, MOOCs, MicroMasters and Outreach/Pre-University programmes.
- Proposals will be reviewed for alignment with Ed Tech Guild’s Principles for Online and Blended Learning and prioritised against the Criteria for Prioritisation of Online Programme Proposals.
- To report decisions to the Ed Tech Guild.
If you would like to submit a proposal for an externally facing online course, please fill in the GSOG strategic approval form [doc].
If you have any questions, please contact Andrea Rialas.
Constitution and membership
Constitution
- Assistant Provost (Learning & Teaching) as Chair
- Vice-Dean (Education) from each Faculty
- EdTech Lead or equivalent from each Faculty
- Director of the Centre of Higher Education Research and Scholarship
- Director of the Digital Learning Hub; the Head of the Technology Office (ICT)
- President of Imperial College Union
Secretarial support provided by the Education Office.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Professor Alan Spivey | Assistant Provost (Learning and Teaching) (Chair) |
| Ms Leila Guerra | Vice-Dean (Education), Imperial College Business School |
| Mr Martin Lupton | Vice-Dean (Education), Faculty of Medicine |
| Professor Omar Matar | Vice-Dean (Education), Faculty of Engineering |
| Professor Richard Thompson | Vice-Dean (Education), Faculty of Natural Sciences |
| Dr David Lefevre | EdTech Lead, Imperial College Business School |
| Ms Moira Sarsfield | EdTech Lead, Faculty of Natural Sciences |
| Ms Shireen Lock | EdTech Lead, Faculty of Engineering |
| Ms Lisa Carrier | EdTech Lead, Faculty of Medicine |
| Professor Martyn Kingsbury | Director of Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship |
| Ms Noemi Azzolina | Director of Digital Learning Hub |
| Mr Abhijay Sood | President of Imperial College Union |
| Mr Martin Sharkey | Head of Technology Office (ICT) |
Meeting dates and deadlines
| Committee dates (Academic year 2020/21) | Submission deadlines (Academic year 2020/21) |
|---|---|
| 25 February 2021 | 22 February 2021 |
| 11 March 2021 | 08 March 2021 |
| 25 March 2021 | 22 March 2021 |
| 08 April 2021 | 05 April 2021 |
| 22 April 2021 | 19 April 2021 |
| 06 May 2021 | 03 May 2021 |
| 20 May 2021 | 17 May 2021 |
| 03 June 2021 | 31 May 2021 |
| 17 June 2021 | 14 June 2021 |
Committee Secretary
For more information please contact Andrea Rialas, Project Co-Ordinator (Learning and Teaching Strategy)