Insight into Technology and the Common Inspection Framework

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Insight into Technology and the Common Inspection FrameworkBlend IT, Mix IT, Flip IT!

Alastair Taylor (Inspector for Ofsted)

Lyn Lall (RSC East Midlands)

www.jiscrsc.ac.uk

What is your role?

A. Manager

B. Classroom Practitioner

C. Learner support

D. Business support

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What sector are you from?

A. WBL or ACL

B. FE or HE in FE

C. 6th Form college

D. Specialist college

E. other

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Have you been inspected under the new CIF?

Yes No

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Technology and the 2012 Common Inspection Framework

Improving our practiceRaising our gameGetting it right!

Broad Objectives

• What do Ofsted inspectors mean by technology?– Modern technology in terms of employability

(vocational subjects, etc)– Information Learning Technologies (ILT) as part of

teaching and learning

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Broad Objectives

• Where Technology fits with the Common Inspection Framework– Helping delegates to think about the judgements

they might want to make in self-assessments– Assessing the impact of technology on teaching

learning and assessment– How would OFSTED expect technology to be used

to enhance the learners experience. – What would they expect the learners to have as

standard?

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Broad Objectives

• Inspection and Virtual Learning Environments– A truly integrated VLE or a repository for

assessments

• Social Media, mobile technologies in teaching and learning– Dealing with the challenges– Making this an embedded feature

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So what is technology!

• YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THESE QUESTIONS ...

• What should we expect in the classroom?• What skills technology skills should our

learners develop as a minimum?

• Don’t loose sight of the obvious – particularly in vocational subjects ...

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The obvious ...

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Impact is key ...

• Good quality technology does not always mean good quality teaching and learning!

• How well is it used?• Is it appropriate to employer and learner

requirements?• Is it current?• Does it make an impact?• Technology on its own is not a strength!

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In the classroom – Ofsted may ask?

• ILT, tablets, laptops, iPads, YouTube, etc is all very good, but is it effective?

• Is it part of the scheme of work and lesson plan?

• Has it’s impact been thought through?• Do the learners use it as intended?• Does it aid learning or just entertain?• How is this learning measured?

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SAR Judgement

• What sort of judgement might be made?– Good demonstration of skills required for

application of occupational technologies.– Excellent application of current industry

technologies to develop employment skills.– Good development for progression into high

quality employment opportunities.– Good development of apprentices skills through

work with technology in the work-place

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Share some examples of effective practice

• Click on the link in the chat pane

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SAR Judgement

• What sort of judgement might be made?– Excellent application of current technology to

prepare learners for employment.– Good use of ILT to enhance learner engagement,

enjoyment and application.– Well developed and embedded information

learning technology.– Good use of technology (voice recordings, etc) to

provide learner feedback following assessment– Good use of VLE to extend learning opportunities

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SAR Judgement

• What sort of judgement might be made?– Well designed curriculum embedding blended

learning and ILT to support learner development.– Strong involvement of employers in offering

learners access to current technologies.

• More likely ...– The use of technology, including the college’s

virtual learning environment, is poor.

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Putting Impact into a context

What would not have happened if we hadn’t done this?

If we had not introduced Moodle, 20 of our students on long term sickness during the term would not have been able to stay on course and on track. (entitlement 4)

If we had not set up a campus wide WIFI system, students would not have been able use their own devices to support teaching & learning (entitlement 6)

A Learner Entitlement

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The VLE ...

• A repository of all relevant information, and ...– Signposted during lessons.– Accessed during lessons.– Used as part of assessments.– Hotlinks to YouTube, etc to harness learning.– A place where learners can go for extension tasks.– A place learners can go for revision.– An integrated part of the whole learning package.– A place for interactive learning

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VLE – Moving beyond the ordinary!

• YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THESE QUESTIONS ...

• How do we make the VLE more than a repository?

• Is teaching and learning technology moving forward faster that the VLE?

• Is the VLE keeping up with technology change?

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Really useful information

• If you haven't already done so, have a look at this useful information

• http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/virtual-learning-environments-e-portfolio

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Tablets ...

• An ever-increasing feature in classrooms• Particularly useful in workshop and practical

situations– Facilitate individual learning, extension activities.– Video clips showing “how to make/do/apply ...”– Data sheets on specifications.– Camera for recording assessment evidence.– Utilities such as calculators, cameras, etc– Access to www for individual research

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Tablets ...

• YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THESE QUESTIONS ...

• How are your teaching staff using these as a routine part of teaching and learning?

• How do we deal with the “have’s” and “have not's”, the so called digital divide!

• How much is a reasonable price to pay for a tablet?

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QR Codes

• Used widely in prospectus, etc• And at Railway Stations ...• All over the place frankly!

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QR Codes examples ...

• Hospitality and catering link to recipes and videos showing how to perform a task

• Animal management link to videos and voice clips about the animal and its habitat

• Hair and beauty to show examples of different styles and treatments

• Entry level activities to help learners match and find.• Even better of it the learners themselves who

populate the VLE with the learning media.

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QR Codes in teaching and learning?

• YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THESE QUESTIONS ...

• How could you use this technology as part of the curriculum?

• Any good examples to share?• How can we take this to new heights?• Is this going to replace the VLE or be

developed further as a quick link?

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Social Media

• Is it a Safeguarding issue?• Is it a problem or a solution? Perhaps both!• Social media as a means of keeping contact and

gathering learner destinations and future training needs.

• Social media used in a controlled way to develop a community of learning – but the teacher has to be involved.

• Social media as an enabler to learning – but needs to be managed in a positive way – this takes resources!

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Barriers to Embedding Technology

• Can you suggest three barriers to embedding technology?

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Barriers to Embedding Technology

• Teachers who are not technologists ...• Technologists who are not teachers ...• A fear of the unknown and a perceived loss of

control of learners.• IT departments who are too risk adverse.• The pressure is examinations gives teachers

little time to experiment – too higher risk!• Will “study programmes” make things better?

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Thanks and Q&Aalast.taylor@googlemail.com

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Insight 2013

Upcoming webinars in the Insight series:

Insight into BYOD – Friday 21st, 2pm

Book via the RSC website – bit.ly/rsc-insight

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Face to face workshop days in the Insight series:

Tuesday 25th June – Leicester

Wednesday 26th June – Nottingham

Book via the RSC website – bit.ly/rsc-insight

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All the resources from the Insight series:

Hosted on the RSC East Midlands Moodle platform

Web address - bit.ly/insight-resources

Will be constantly updated over the next week

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Jisc Regional Support Centres work with more than 2,000 UK learning providers helping them to improve performance

and efficiency through the use of technology.

www.jiscrsc.ac.uk

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That’s it for this Insight webinar!

If you have any questions then please contact us:

01509 618110

Lynette.lall@rsc-em.ac.uk Alastair Taylor alast.taylor@googlemail.com www.jiscrsc.ac.uk