COMMUNITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITY CHALLENGE

Tomorrow may just looklike today.

Mark EllisDevelopment Leader ICT/VLEmellis@newent.gloucs.sch.uk

COMMUNITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITY CHALLENGE

• 1 Why?

• 2 Who?

• 3 What?

• 4 Where now?

The evolution of NELE

COMMUNITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITY CHALLENGE

• 1 Why?

• 2 Who?

• 3 What?

• 4 Where now?

The evolution of NELE

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A Learning Platform

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Another Learning Platform

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Is this a good school?

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“Sapientia”

A Teaching

Platform

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"Summative assessment must not lead the curriculum or dictate the pedagogy used to teach it."

1. The N.U.T Curriculum Working Group2. Bill Rogers3. Ofsted4. David Willetts (Conservative: Education)5. Professor Paul (Assessment for Learning) Black

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The

Gilbert

Report

2006

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• The Gilbert Report – 2020 Vision

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The modern digital-age student has different experiences BUT ALSO DIFFERENT SKILLS. We might value them and exploit them: turn them to advantage.

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VLE:Changes what goes on in learning by giving new skills somewhere to live.

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Intended outcomes of the secondary curriculum

Specifically, the curriculum is intended to help young people to:

•have and be able to use high-quality personal, learning and thinking skills (PLTS) and become independent learners

•have increased commitment to and enjoyment of learning leading to participation to 19 and beyond.

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End the tyranny of A4!

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• 1 Why?

• 2 Who?

• 3 What?

• 4 Where now?

The evolution of NELE

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• You need A TEAM

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Senior Leadership Team

Bursar

CPD co-ordinator

Data bunny

• Without these...

...you have a problem!

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• 1 Why?

• 2 Who?

• 3 What?

• 4 Where now?

The evolution of NELE

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Obstacles

• Course creation – automatic?

• Data inaccuracy

• ‘Analogue’ timetable ‘fudges’

• “I’m not very good with ICT” (SLT)

• Initiative time-out!

• Fear of de-skilling

• “Shared-docs” syndrome

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You could do this

• Survey all students for ICT ‘penetration’

• Accept small but sustainable

• Set the bar low at first – but it is a BAR!

• Coax VLE into performance management via School Development Plan and CPD

• Use students

• Have a trained ‘rep’ in each department

• Buy electronic resources – (SCORM)

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Unlikely to work...

• Competing with Facebook

• Not considering how to back up and roll-over your courses in advance

• Not explaining to the data bunny how the VLE relies on stable and accurate data

• Not setting ground-rules for staff on how to set VLE based homework

• Not cracking the YouTube issue (KeepVid?)

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• 1 Why?

• 2 Who?

• 3 What?

• 4 Where now?

The evolution of NELE

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Year 7English

Template

7E1 7E2 7E3 7E4 7E5

Consistent experience for students

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New learning experience for students

NELEphone (podcasts)NELEvision (video)(students too!)

Resource rich platform – differentiation and choice

Collaboration – ending the spider’s web

Collaborative space (e-portfolio with purpose)

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Showing your teeth?

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Need a backbone?

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Genuine Student Voice

I feel that I have been challenged

I feel that I have been a responsible learner

I feel that I have made progress

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Virtualising the Servers

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Transition – Primary schools

Develop Expertise – Being a ‘Hub’

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First Point:

Change ANYTHING, and you change the dynamic of the learning. Technology shapes opportunity.

Second Point:

The modern digital-age student has different experiences BUT ALSO DIFFERENT SKILLS. Value them and exploit them: turn them to advantage.

Third Point:

The kit is just where we START. Learning is our professional arena. Retain your expert judgement.

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Tomorrow may just looklike today.

Mark EllisDevelopment Leader ICT/VLEmellis@newent.gloucs.sch.uk