Success For All Through e-learning

Cathy Ellis

Sharing Best Practice FEGuildford College

Wednesday 3 December 2003

Success For All

Theme 1:

Meeting Needs Improving Choice

‘to improve the choice of post 16 education to better meet the needs of learners, employers and communities.’

Success For All

Theme 2:

Putting teaching, training and learning at the heart of what we do

Success For All

Theme 3:

Developing the leaders, teachers, trainers and support staff for the future.

Success For All

Theme 4:

Developing a framework for quality and standards

Success For All

Responding to Employer Needs:-

‘flexible e-learning based on responding to employers needs can help to increase the take up of training in a dramatic way.’

Need to Consider

Skills Strategy (21st Century Skills)

‘requires providers to become more responsive to the skills needs of employers, leading to more tailoring of provision and greater innovation by an increased range of ICT and e-learning resources.’

Need to Consider

Tomlinson Review of Qualifications

English baccalaureate

E-assessments

E-portfolios

ICT as a basic skill

Focus on e-learning

ICT and e-learning are becoming increasingly important to strategic development within colleges.

From 2002

•the DELG

•DFES Get on with IT

•Joint Implementation Group

Focus on e-learning

To 2003

• NLN Transformation Board

•DFES e-learning strategy consultation

About the NLN Transformation Board

It will focus on four areas:-

• Management, planning and funding

• Infrastructure

• Content

• Skills development

These will support the four strands of ‘Success For All’, each of which has an e-learning component.

Key recommendations from recent reports

1. The need for leadership in e-learning .. to define and promote the college’s vision for e-learning. This includes having clarity of vision for, focus on and investment in e-learning as well as development of the ICT capability within the college.

Key recommendations from recent reports

2. ICT and e-learning strategic planning considerations .. to include :-

•Targets for achievement

•Specific milestones

•Phases for delivery

•Longer term plan

Key recommendations from recent reports

3. Development of management practices to mange complex change programmes.. supported by the National Leadership College.

Key recommendations from recent reports

4. The need for high quality ICT services in colleges

As the demands of e-learning increase, so the delivery of high quality ICT service will become critical.

Recent Research Findings (Becta)

Becta’ VLE Research Study found that a VLE brought benefits for:-

• Students

• Teachers

• Parents

•ImpaCT2 – looked at the impact of ICT on children’s achievement.

•Good ICT leadership is essential for a school to offer good ICT learning opportunities

•Resources+Leadership = e-confident school

Guildford College

2002 : Infrastructure review & planned upgrade

E-learning strategy – planned implementation of Bb 6

2003:

Creation of e-learning Unit (4 staff)

e-learning mentors (4)

E-learning Zones (2 FE/ 1 HE)

E-learning is the primary driver of ICT services

Turning to Today

The programme reflects the priorities in Success For All

NLN player – good quality content; NLN materials

Belfast – organisational change

New College, Durham – beyond implementation

Sussex Downs – Bb and Deaf Students

Spotlights echo Success For All

Andrew from Kingston – Themes 1 & 2

Ellen from Abingdon & Witney – Themes 1 &2

Dennis from Otley – Theme 3

Sandy, from Guildford, Employer engagement

Lilian, from Thomas Danby, Collaboration – Theme 2 & 4

Merv, from Sunderland e-assessments etc - Theme 4

So….

Have a great day

Let’s learn from each other

Consider ways to build on today for the FE community

Thank you to Blackboard, RM and the RSC for bringing today together and supporting FE

Finally

Housekeeping

Rooms for Spotlights

Questions on post-it notes for this afternoon’s question and answer session