E-learning Pedagogy - Lessons Learned
• Successful collaboration on e-learning requires development of an intercultural understanding of pedagogy
• Joint understanding of e-learning pedagogy needs to be negotiated
• New understandings can emerge as a result of this
• The role of the e-tutor is paramount

E-learning Production Processes - Lessons Learned
• Joint e-learning production provides concrete opportunities for developing shared understandings of e-learning
• Need for effective ongoing communication between project visits
• Production process is iterative but production decisions make progress

E-learning Technology - Lessons Learned
• Need for decision on choice of learning platform early in project
• Functionality required for learning platform may only emerge during production process
• Customisation of learning platform is essential
• Need for induction of tutors and learners into use of learning platform

eChina programme – Sheffield Key Challenges

• Different conceptions of e-learning leading to different views/priorities of how materials should be designed
• Incorporating practice from both UK and China into pedagogic design
• Reconciling standards/quality/level & accreditation across 2 cultures
• Acknowledging new understandings that arise from collaboration and building on this to move on
• Complexity of e-learning (e.g. harmonising pedagogy with technology) is exacerbated in international context