Success For All Through e-learning Cathy Ellis

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Success For All Through e-learningCathy Ellis

• Sharing Best Practice FE
• Guildford College
• Wednesday 3 December 2003

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Success For All
Theme 1 Meeting Needs Improving Choice
to improve the choice of post 16 education to
better meet the needs of learners, employers and
communities.
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Success For All
Theme 2 Putting teaching, training and learning
at the heart of what we do
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Success For All
Theme 3 Developing the leaders, teachers,
trainers and support staff for the future.
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Success For All
Theme 4 Developing a framework for quality and
standards
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Success For All
Responding to Employer Needs- flexible
e-learning based on responding to employers needs
can help to increase the take up of training in a
dramatic way.
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Need to Consider
Skills Strategy (21st Century Skills) requires
providers to become more responsive to the skills
needs of employers, leading to more tailoring of
provision and greater innovation by an increased
range of ICT and e-learning resources.
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Need to Consider
Tomlinson Review of Qualifications English
baccalaureate E-assessments E-portfolios ICT as a
basic skill
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Focus on e-learning
ICT and e-learning are becoming increasingly
important to strategic development within
colleges.

• From 2002
• the DELG
• DFES Get on with IT
• Joint Implementation Group

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Focus on e-learning

• To 2003
• NLN Transformation Board
• DFES e-learning strategy consultation

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About the NLN Transformation Board

• It will focus on four areas-
• Management, planning and funding
• Infrastructure
• Content
• Skills development

• These will support the four strands of Success
  For All, each of which has an e-learning
  component.

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Key recommendations from recent reports
1. The need for leadership in e-learning .. to
define and promote the colleges vision for
e-learning. This includes having clarity of
vision for, focus on and investment in e-learning
as well as development of the ICT capability
within the college.
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Key recommendations from recent reports

• 2. ICT and e-learning strategic planning
  considerations .. to include -
• Targets for achievement
• Specific milestones
• Phases for delivery
• Longer term plan

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Key recommendations from recent reports
3. Development of management practices to mange
complex change programmes.. supported by the
National Leadership College.
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Key recommendations from recent reports
4. The need for high quality ICT services in
colleges
As the demands of e-learning increase, so the
delivery of high quality ICT service will become
critical.
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Recent Research Findings (Becta)

• Becta VLE Research Study found that a VLE
  brought benefits for-
• Students
• Teachers
• Parents

• ImpaCT2 looked at the impact of ICT on
  childrens achievement.
• Good ICT leadership is essential for a school to
  offer good ICT learning opportunities
• ResourcesLeadership e-confident school

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Guildford College
2002 Infrastructure review planned
upgrade E-learning strategy planned
implementation of Bb 6 2003 Creation of
e-learning Unit (4 staff) e-learning mentors
(4) E-learning Zones (2 FE/ 1 HE)
E-learning is the primary driver of ICT services
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Turning to Today
The programme reflects the priorities in Success
For All
NLN player good quality content NLN materials
Belfast organisational change
New College, Durham beyond implementation
Sussex Downs Bb and Deaf Students
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Spotlights echo Success For All
Andrew from Kingston Themes 1 2
Ellen from Abingdon Witney Themes 1 2
Dennis from Otley Theme 3
Sandy, from Guildford, Employer engagement
Lilian, from Thomas Danby, Collaboration Theme
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Merv, from Sunderland e-assessments etc - Theme 4
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So.
Have a great day
Lets learn from each other
Consider ways to build on today for the FE
community
Thank you to Blackboard, RM and the RSC for
bringing today together and supporting FE
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Finally
Housekeeping
Rooms for Spotlights
Questions on post-it notes for this afternoons
question and answer session