Staff Development Forum

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Staff Development Forum
Thursday, 8th December 2005
Graciano de Santana Soares Staff Development
e-Learning Advisor g.soares_at_rsc-london.ac.uk
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Programme
10.00 Welcome, introductions and your questions
Graciano Soares, RSC for London
10.15 An holistic approach to e-learning and staff development
Philip Elliot and Martin Compton, Tower Hamlets College
11.00 The e-learning agenda - what staff development managers need to know
QA
11.45 Managing e-learning and staff development - How it works Does it work?
Group discussion
12.30 What next?
Group discussion
13.00 Lunch and close
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Welcome, introductions and your questions

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IntroductionJISC Services

• Plagiarism Advisory Service Advice on good
  practice, electronic detection service
• Netskills Training on ICT related skills
• JISC InfoNet Strategic advice to management on
  e-learning organisational issues
• TechDis Advice on access to e-resources for
  students and staff with disabilities
• JISC Legal Guidance on legal issues
• Regional Support Centres (RSCs)

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The RSC Offer

• Curriculum
• Subject Days VLE advice Getting the best out
  of technology
• Resources
• JISC Collections non-JISC online resources
  Athens training Library Management Systems
• Management
• Freedom of Information Records Management
  Staff Development Pre-Inspection Health Checks
  (pilot)
• Technical
• JANET support Network analysis

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How we deliver support

• Site visits
• Forums
• Workshops
• Conferences
• JISCmail lists
• e-Bulletins and Newsletters
• Website (www.rsc-london.ac.uk)

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Our aims

• This year the Staff Development strand of the RSC
  for London has two main aims
• bring on board a greater number of Staff
  Development Managers who have not been involved
  with e-learning
• help the institutions we support integrate their
  staff development, teaching and learning and ILT
  strategies.

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Some concerns

• To what extent do you feel engaged with
  e-learning in your institution?
• How supported do you feel by your own institution
  re e-learning implementation?
• As an SD Manager/Officer, do you feel responsible
  for e-learning staff development?
• What is your own vision for staff development and
  e-learning?

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Welcome, introductions and your questions

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Welcome, introductions and your questions

• How best to implement a SD programme for
  e-learning with a restricted budget and limited
  equipment?
• Edwina Tinner, Orpington College

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Welcome, introductions and your questions

• How do you implement and project manage a
  PDA-based educational software for dental
  students in a teaching hospital.
• Adesina Iluyemi, Queen Mary University of London

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Welcome, introductions and your questions

• What can I use to promote e-learning skills among
  my teaching colleagues in our HE College? Weve
  looked at FERL, but it doesnt really meet our
  needs.
• Remmert de Vroome, Ravensbourne College

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Welcome, introductions and your questions

• Do you still have ILT Champions? How are they
  funded? Are your champions working with Standard
  Unit materials? Is there any compulsory IT/ILT
  training for staff?
• Peter Trethewey, Bromley College

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Welcome, introductions and your questions

• Whats an effective way of maintaining enthusiasm
  after a staff development day, given that staff
  have limited time or resources to continue
  development?
• Patti Taylor, City of Westminster College

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Welcome, introductions and your questions

• The college needs a measurable outcome, i.e.
  qualification that students (staff) can mark
  towards as part of their ILT Training. Is FPP
  the best one? Or is the JISC one ready

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Welcome, introductions and your questions

• OK, so everyone has e-learning now! But how can
  we move from having pockets of excellence in
  staff expertise to having a wider strategic
  approach that gives all staff the ability to use
  e-learning well?
• Ruth Simons, LSU

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Welcome, introductions and your questions

• How do you track the work you do as an SD
  manager/ILT Coordinator
• Sue Batmaz, Bexley College

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An holistic approach to e-learning and staff
development
A presentation from Tower Hamlets College
Philip Elliot Martin Compton
Head of Interactive Learning and Quality 6 years at THC ILT Coordinator 11 years at THC
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The e-learning agenda - what staff development
managers need to know

• QA

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The e-learning agenda - what staff development
managers need to know

• Harnessing Technology Transforming Learning and
  Childrens Services (DFES e-Strategy, March 2005)
• Innovative Practice with e-Learning (JISC case
  studies)
• ICT and e-learning in FE (Becta, September 2004)
• e-Learning and Technology (LSDA)
• London Strategic Unit a.hay_at_ioe.ac.uk
• Demonstrating Transformation (FERL)
• e-Learning Standards (Lifelong Learning UK)
• Managing Inspection (FERL)

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Managing e-learning and staff development - How
it works Does it work?
There is a wealth of ILT developments going on
at present but totally uncoordinated. Since I
took post Ive been overwhelmed by the different
number of visits, contacts and projects in the
college. (a college staff development manager)
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What are the main issues you face as SD managers?

• Time
• Funding
• Commitment from SMT
• Strategic direction - Team development
  infrastructure policy development
• Number of projects
• Innovation making the most of what youve got
• knowing what ILTs been used how can that be
  shared? Is word of mouth a good method?
• Match staffs ICT skills to resources available
• Identify what is going on re e-learning
• Online booking system for staff development
• How are staff dev sessions orchestrated at THC?

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What next?

• Action points
• Address some of the issues identified and share
  developments next meeting
• How are part-time staff supported?

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Staff Development Forum
Thursday, 8th December 2005
Graciano de Santana Soares Staff Development
e-Learning Advisor g.soares_at_rsc-london.ac.uk