Aileen presents on TQFE-Tutor at University of Dundee's Discovery Days 2012

1. TQFE-Tutor: an innovative approach
to online distance tutoring
TQ(FE) team: Winners of the Honorary
Graduates' Award for Innovative Teaching
Presentation by Dr. Aileen McGuigan

2. The TQ(FE) Team

3. so what is TQFE-Tutor?
an integrated tutoring system which
promotes communication
• tutor to learner
• learner to tutor
• learner to learner
• tutor to tutor
incorporating
• an email account
• a blog
• a microblog

4. what’s the innovation?
TQFE-Tutor brings together a large
team of tutors to act as one
enhancing the learning of all
programme participants
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5. so how does TQFE-Tutor
enhance learning?
• guaranteed quick tutor response
• high quality individualised support
• promotes independent, self-
directed learners
• all learners potentially benefit
from advice sought by just one
• quality assurance/enhancement
• timely tweets of news
• links to innovative educators
worldwide

6. what else?
• provides a forum in which to
raise issues
• opportunities to interact,
collaborate and deepen
learning
• introduces innovative use of
Web 2.0 social media tools
• keeps learners motivated and
on track

7. participant and stakeholder responses
100% of participants agree: 'Any questions that I had for
TQFE-Tutor were responded to quickly'
‘It could be useful particularly if people are struggling with
the same issues and have found useful resources that they
could share with others’
‘[I could use blogs] more and will in the future!’
‘[Blogging] would be useful for [my] groups of students’

8. TQFE-Tutor email
• all tutors & administrator
have access
• rota in the calendar
• information for tutors
including
• a folder for each
participant – organized
alphabetically

11. The TQ(FE) team – committed to
learners
TQFE-Tutor: just one of a range of
innovations the team is currently
working with and modelling to their
lecturer learners.

12. Contact the TQ(FE) team via:
email: TQFE-Tutor@dundee.ac.uk
tel: +44(0)1382 381133
Twitter: http://twitter.com/TQFE_Tutor
Find out about the EFFECT project at
http://blog.dundee.ac.uk/effect/