The Swiss Centre for Innovation in Learning

The Swiss Centre for Innovation in Learning (SCIL) started operations on 1 March 2003 (received some CHF 6 million as seed money) at the Uni St.-Gallen devotes itself to the sustainable use of new media and learning technologies in universitiy education. In the eyes of the scientific director Dieter Euler, the strategic dimension of the new learning culture is important if a significant improvemet in the quality of teaching is to be achieved. “Seperate projects, as found in the Swiss Virtual Campus, are individually laudable and demanding. But they offer no promise of permanence if they are not anchored in the structure of the teaching institution. [...] It is therefore a key task to develop it further, as well as to ensure the long-lasting impact of e-learning in universities through the creation of qualification and advice services”.