Well, we still have new members joining up and now have a total of 57 members in the Validation Support Network NING community.
We held our first online Ask The Expert event last Thursday where we had Chris Gray, Quality Improvement Officer in the Academic Development Institute, available in a specially created community forum from 2pm to 4pm to answer community members queries reagrding the validation process.
An active discussion took place between about half a dozen members of the community. Discussion covered the issues of induction of staff new to validation, validation of online awards vs validation of traditional awards and also the issue of planning and designing awards where more emphasis and support may be needed prior to the validation process.
With the support of Chris, we have kept the forum open for members to submit questions as some members were unable to attend, due to other work commitments, and others are new to the community since Thursday's event closed.
We are planning to hold some face-to-face events soon - a couple of introductory events to introduce members to the workings of NING in addition to giving them a broader view of the project. This will hopefully encourage more members to become actively involved and become competent with the system.
