Faculty of Medicine E-learning Implementation Group (FoM-ELIG)

The Faculty of Medicine E-learning Implementation Group (FoM-ELIG) is the committee dedicated to developing an e-Learning stategy for the Faculty of Medicine.

The committee meets formally once a term (with the option
of not holding a meeting during the summer term), and represents the Faculty of Medicine on the College eLearning Strategy Committee.

Terms of Reference

In order to maintain the Faculty of Medicine reputation for teaching excellence and in order to attract the best students and to produce the best doctors, the Faculty needs to remain at the forefront of educational provision and draw on appropriate innovative teaching and learning methods and technologies. The Faculty e-Learning strategy aims to support these aims following the College e-Learning Strategy (eLSC) as its framework, along with the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) e-Learning strategies.

Reporting to the Education Committee, the E-Learning Implementation Group is responsible for considering and advising on all aspects of the planning, development and implementation of an e-Learning strategy for undergraduate curricula.

1. To define and develop a strategy on e-Learning and set the priorities. 
2. To prioritise areas for creating new e-Learning opportunities.
3. To develop proposals for submission to College or other external bodies for e-Learning funding and other e-Learning initiatives that becomes available.
4. To prioritise e-Learning funding and budget issues.
5. To drive e-Learning innovation within the undergraduate medical curriculum.
6. To evaluate, develop and approve e-Learning business models or income revenue streams.
7. To act as a gatekeeper for the work of the e-Learning Team.

Membership

• Chair: Ms Maria Toro-Troconis (E-learning Strategy and Development Manager) m.toro@imperial.ac.uk  
• Dr Mike Barrett (Head of Learning Resources) m.barrett@imperial.ac.uk
  
• Professor Jenny Higham (Director of Education/Deputy Principal)
• Professor Karim Meeran (Head of QA/Deputy Director of Education)
• Dr Michael Schachter (Faculty Senior Tutor - MBBS/BSc Years 3, 5 and 6)
• Dr Sue Smith (Deputy Director of Education/Head of Examinations & Assessments)
• Dr Aaron Vallance (Clinical Education Fellow)
• Mr Paul Ratcliffe (Quality Management & Educational Business Manager/Deputy Faculty Education Officer)
• Professor Martyn Partridge (Senior Vice Dean of the Imperial Nangyang Medical School/Deputy Director of Education)
• Mr Martin Lupton (Head of Year 5/Deputy Director of Education)
• Ms Susan English (Faculty Education Officer)
• Ms Julie Edwards (Learning Technologist)
• Mr Ashish Hemani (e-Learning Project Manager)