ESkills And Practices

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E-Skills And Practices

• Sal Cooke
• IT Access Curriculum Support Manager - Hull
  College
• Development Officer Ferl, Becta

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Why e-skills?

• Importance of training in IT/ICT/CIT
• Which comes first IT, ICT or ILT skills?
• Need to know what you dont know
• Change of culture and practice

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Why Today?

• The JISC wishes to explore its involvement within
  Staff Development either through recent projects
  or ongoing ones
• The JISC needs your thoughts and comments
• 4 Questions to continually ask throughout today

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• Did I know about this?
• If not why not - is it internal communications or
  could JISC improve on its mechanisms for
  dissemination (and how)
• Does this have a direct impact on my work
• Will it impact on the Learner?
• Or are we already doing it?
• and if so who knows?
• what could or should come next

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What is already happening?

• JISC - Netskills VTS
• Projects RSCs
• THETO
• Projects in HE ScotCIT ELLICIT EFFECTS
  LETTOL
• FENTO Standards
• ILT Champions (FE - post compulsory)

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Programme Pack issued

• 13 projects incl in 4 themes
• Relevant to today
• The Big Blue
• CITSCAPES
• Career Development Study
• Networked Learning -
• experiences
• costs

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ICT Skills Projects

• Recognition of ICT Skills of Staff tRISSt
• Skills needs of different categories of staff
• Form(s) of accreditation available/needed
• Staff CIT Skills (UEA) SCAITS
• Strategic framework
• Help and support for staff

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Specific Staff Categories

• Management Connections On-Line
• Middle managers in HE TNA
• Six modules identified to cover needs
• Learning Networks Communication Skills
• Guidelines for use of video/audio conferencing
• Case study illustrations

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Training Needs Analysis

• JISC Regional Support Centre (Scotland North
  East)
• Awareness raising of benefits/potential
• Online learning materials
• Online courses/assessments
• Communication
• Basic Skills (IT??)

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Review of FE Research

• Learning and Skills Development Agency (Dec.
  2001)
• Strategic institutional approach
• Menu of options - vital for success
• Linked to specific programme areas -
  contextualised approach
• Localised activities - customisation
• Recognising there is a Long way to go...

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Institutional Issues

• IT skills for staff and students
• Skills Acquisition and levels
• Embedding into teaching - what will drive
• Pedagogical approaches - Styles
• but both the learner and the staff
• Strategies for ICT/ILT staff development
• How do you get the push?
• Materials and Content
• Gain from other Sectors
• Does your Institution value what is free?

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Institutional Issues contd

• e-Learning (MLEs/VLEs)
• What does it mean at a local level
• Faculties, Schools, Course Teams
• What does it mean to Learners
• Awareness raising and change management
• Roles and Responsibilities

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Aim of Workshop

• JISC Strategy - Recommendation 22
• JISC should identify gaps in IT training and
  awareness provision and work with others to find
  ways of improving the development of staff and
  student knowledge of IT and relevant skills.