Partnership, technology and change

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Partnership, technology and change

• Bruce Wilson
• Rachel Tilden Walker

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Topic areas

• Drivers for change
• Expanding partnerships
• Challenges for technology
• How can a Learning Platform support 14-19?
• Sharing Learning Platforms across partnerships
• Implementation options

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The Gilbert Report Drivers for Change

• Demographic
• Social
• Economic
• Environmental
• Technological

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Partnership
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The challenges for technology
Supporting each student as they work in different
establishments
Helping teachers from different establishments
work together
Assisting Learning Guides as they work with
individual students
Coordinating assessment information from
different elements of a course
Sharing student data
Creating opportunities for blended learning
courses
Facilitating students working together from
different locations
Extending learning opportunities anytime,
anywhere
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What is a Learning Platform?
Email
VLE
News
Podcasting
Libraries
Assessment
Content
Smart Card
Forums
RSS Feeds
Video Conferencing
Applications
Alerts
Wikis
Resource Finder
Chat
e-Portfolio
Blogs
MIS
Authentication Interoperability
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Alethea the Kaleidos Learning Platform

• Alethea
• Designed for colleges
• Bespoke system
• Data integration services
• Sharepoint Portal
• Kaleidos Learning Platform
• Designed for schools and partnerships
• Evolving range of products
• Data exchange with MIS
• Customised Sharepoint Portal

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Alethea the Kaleidos Learning Platform
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Alethea the Kaleidos Learning Platform
Email
VLE
News
Podcasting
Data integration
Libraries
Assessment
Content
Smart Card
Forums
RSS Feeds
Video Conferencing
Applications
Alerts
Wikis
Resource Finder
Chat
e-Portfolio
Blogs
MIS
Authentication Interoperability
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Alethea the Kaleidos Learning Platform
Sharepoint Portal
Email
VLE
News
Podcasting
Data integration
Libraries
Assessment
Content
Smart Card
Forums
RSS Feeds
Video Conferencing
Applications
Alerts
Wikis
Resource Finder
Chat
e-Portfolio
Blogs
MIS
Authentication Interoperability
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What is or will be most important to your 14-19
Partnership?

• Working together across the partnership to best
  serve the needs of students?
• Managing attendance data?
• Helping students manage their learning
  effectively across different establishments?
• Facilitating communication and collaboration
  between students on the same course?
• Supporting individual students as they progress
  through courses that use different methods of
  assessment?

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What is or will be most important to your 14-19
Partnership?

1. Enhancing communication between teachers
2. Managing attendance
3. Providing blended learning courses
4. Facilitating collaboration between students
5. Co-ordinating assessments and evidence

Vote now - our presentation is in your hands
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Sharing technology across a partnership
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How much could be shared?
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How much could be shared?
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How much could be shared?
Its time to vote again what is the most
realistic goal for you?
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Implementation options

• Are you ready to share one MIS?
• Ease of administration
• Multi-establishment timetabling
• Real-time attendance

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Implementation options

• Are you ready to share one MIS?
• Can all establishments share the same VLE?
• One VLE will help students manage their work
• Teachers can plan together and share resources
• Can a central system support different VLEs?

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Implementation options

• Are you ready to share one MIS?
• Can all establishments share the same VLE?
• What assessment tools do students need to use
  across establishments?
• e-Portfolio
• Progress record
• Analysing data and reporting to parents
• Integrated learner profile

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Implementation options

• Are you ready to share one MIS?
• Can all establishments share the same VLE?
• What assessment tools do students need to use
  across establishments?
• How do you want to facilitate communication and
  collaboration?
• It could be easiest to start with a Portal
• Integrated with your MIS to view admin data
• Supports communication and collaboration
• Acts as the basket for all your other
  ingredients

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Implementation options

• Are you ready to share one MIS?
• Can all establishments share the same VLE?
• What assessment tools do students need to use
  across establishments?
• How do you want to facilitate communication and
  collaboration?
• What strategies are needed for embedding the
  technology so it facilitates change?

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Implementation options

• Are you ready to share one MIS?
• Can all establishments share the same VLE?
• What assessment tools do students need to use
  across establishments?
• How do you want to facilitate communication and
  collaboration?
• What strategies are needed for embedding the
  technology so it facilitates change?
• How can you create an environment where change is
  ongoing and sustainable?

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An opportunity to ask questions

• Keynote
• 14-19
• Leadership
• College and School
• Going through the 14-19 Gateway
• Partnership
• Bruce Wilson and Rachel Tilden Walker, RM
• The Kaleidos Learning Platform
• Using technology to support educational aims