AoC Technology ConferenceApril 2008
Jane Williams
Executive Director
FE, Skills & Regeneration
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Technology in education
Technology has a huge potential to…
help colleges and providers to do their jobs better0101
produce real gains for learners and employers0202
and change how you and your organisations work - for the better0303
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Our strategy
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Our strategy
“ Deployed creatively and efficiently, technology can transform the further education system on which people depend for learning new things, upgrading their skills and gaining qualifications. ”
Bill Rammell MP Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education
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Our strategy
Ian Watmore Permanent SecretaryDepartment for Innovation, Universities and Skills
“ The use of ICT to underpin education is crucial not only to the economy but also to the lives of everyone in society. ”
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Our strategy
Our strategy aims to help you identify:
• how to make the most of technology
• how to meet learners’ expectations
• how to engage with learners
• how to deliver in today’s environment.
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Our vision
Becta wants to see:
• strategic investments based on effective procurement
• confident staff
• fit-for-purpose technology
• intelligent buildings and learning spaces
• effective and efficient systems
• informed learners - with people choosing what, where, when and how to learn.
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Our vision
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Use of technology
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Use of technology
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Our strategic priorities
• Systematic national professional development programme in effective technology.
• Professional workforce standards for the technology skills.
• A supported network of business leaders advocating for flexible and online delivery.
• Learning opportunities through technology for the ‘digitally excluded’, for disadvantaged learners and for small businesses.
• The Next Generation Learning campaign to generate demand.
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Our strategic priorities
• System-wide National Digital Infrastructure.
• Aggregated procurement leading to better value for money, with cashable savings.
• High quality content.
• Considering how to embed technology in the inspection process.
• Initial scoping to see if the incentives are right for delivering technology-based services.
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The technology premium
What we can achieve: Save
a year, per college by using technology to record and analyseachievement
1,880 hours
Increases in student satisfaction from
55% to99%
Technology helps improve subject understanding and allowed learners to
fast trackthrough courses
say technology led to higher achievement and
54% of tutors
41%higher retention
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Technology exemplars
• Alton College
• Bournemouth and Poole College
• Brockenhurst College
• City and Islington College
• Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
• ISIS Training and Recruitment
• National Star College
• North Devon College
• South Devon College
• Xaverian Sixth Form College
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Technology exemplars
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Questions
• Where are we on the journey towards e-confidence?
• Do we treat technology as marginal or mainstream?
• How well do we understand the latest trends in technology?
• Are our learners way ahead of us? Can we meet their expectations?
• Do my colleagues have the IT skills to exploit technology?
• Are we using technology to advance personalisation?
• Are assessment, teaching and learning and admin systems properly linked?
• How to get past the jargon?