Linking staff development to the college

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Linking staff development to the
colleges e-learning strategy

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Linking staff developmentto the e-learning
strategy

• Why an e- learning strategy? Does it link to
  staff development?
• The structure of the 3 year strategy
  Transforming Teaching Learning
• Headline staff ICT skills concerns in 2004/05
  which developed the strategy
• Leading to new developments in 2005
• The new ICT staff training offer

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Why an e-learning strategy ?
What will help teachers engage in e-learning
quickly ?

• RESOURCES
  Classroom ready ICT equipment
  software
• MENTORING
  Good practice developmental...
  confidence building
• DELIVERY
  new ways of delivering learning
• TRAINING / Staff Development
  basic ICT skills
  knowledge proficiency practice confidence

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The structure of the 3 year strategy
RESOURCES Capital bids Rolling Programme
Transforming Teaching Learning Strategy
TRAINING E-learning Facilitator / ICT Staff
Trainer
DELIVERY VLE / Student Intranet
MENTORING e-Learning Practitioner Team
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Headline staff ICT skills concerns in 2004/05
Proof of Low basic ICT skills amongst teaching
staff !

• Evidence from the funded exemplar college project
• The report by practitioners attending the Tampa
  Conference

Teaching staff need an ICT Trainer and Training
Room !
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New developments in 2005/06

• Telvinder Ryatt, GCCs ICT Staff Development
  Officer appointed
• A purpose designed ICT staff development facility
  opened

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ICT training offer for new staff

• Induction ICT skills assessment for all new
  college staff
• Competency course in basic college systems, word,
  excel, powerpoint
• Further ASET ILT course in e-learning
• Progression to ECDL / AECDL

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ICT training offer for existing staff

• ICT skills audit
• Whiteboard training
• Drop in sessions with online follow up training
  in Office applications and college systems
• Diagnostic assessment training
• Progression to ECDL / AECDL

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