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Success For All Through e-learning Cathy Ellis. Sharing Best Practice FE Guildford College Wednesday 3 December 2003. 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.’. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Success For All Through e-learning
Cathy Ellis
Sharing Best Practice FEGuildford College
Wednesday 3 December 2003
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.’
Success For All
Theme 2:
Putting teaching, training and learning at the heart of what we do
Success For All
Theme 3:
Developing the leaders, teachers, trainers and support staff for the future.
Success For All
Theme 4:
Developing a framework for quality and standards
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.’
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.’
Need to Consider
Tomlinson Review of Qualifications
English baccalaureate
E-assessments
E-portfolios
ICT as a basic skill
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
Focus on e-learning
To 2003
• NLN Transformation Board
•DFES e-learning strategy consultation
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.
Key recommendations from recent reports
1. The need for leadership in e-learning .. to define and promote the college’s 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.
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
Key recommendations from recent reports
3. Development of management practices to mange complex change programmes.. supported by the National Leadership College.
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.
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 children’s achievement.
•Good ICT leadership is essential for a school to offer good ICT learning opportunities
•Resources+Leadership = e-confident school
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
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
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 2 & 4
Merv, from Sunderland e-assessments etc - Theme 4
So….
Have a great day
Let’s 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
Finally
Housekeeping
Rooms for Spotlights
Questions on post-it notes for this afternoon’s question and answer session