Learning and Teaching Scotland

Glowin Scotland

1 Country32 Local

Authorities

600 Mentors

53,000Teachers

750,000 Students

3000Schools

ICT InvestmentNGfL 1999-2002 £80m

New Opportunities Fund ICT training from Lottery funds.

£23m

Central spend on ICT £20m

Funds to Local Authorities for ICT £20m pa

SEED / LTScotland central projects £11m pa

Local authority ICT spends Significant

Radio

TV

Cable

Web

The Digital RevolutionHow long to reach 50 Million subscribers?

The Digital RevolutionHow long to reach 50 Million subscribers?

Years

4

14 17 38

Scottish SchoolsDigital Network

All encompassing vision:– broadband to authorities– broadband to schools– intranet services– content procurement– links to public and commercial content

providers

What is an Interconnect?

The InterConnect

SuperJANET4HE/FE Interconnect

Colleges and Universities

To London & the Internet

To London & the Internet

EdinburghGlasgow

AberdeenInverness

Dundee

learn,teach,

communicate,

collaborate,plan,

develop,assess,share…

Other stakeholders

• University Faculties of Education

• Scottish Qualifications Authority

• Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Education

• Scottish Cultural Bodies

• Parents

collaborative Glow learn web hosting

secure groups

video streaming

targeted news email

chat secure file transfer

Cpd resources virtual

whiteboard

video conferencing audio conferencing

mailing lists instant messaging

application sharing resources search

Sharing Nationally

Include websites

Communicate Internationally

Organize learning materials

Share learning objectives

https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/

Using MYST

• Tim Rylands – MYST

• MYST Glow Group supporting:– CPD– Collaboration– Exchange of ideas

Find out more

www.glowscotland.org.uk