FELTAG SO WHAT?10th June South West RSC conferenceBob Harrison www.setuk.co.uk @bobharrisonset

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HERITAGE/LEGACY?2

The Future

The drivers of the education system – assessment, curriculum, inspection/quality requirements, funding flows, promotion criteria – have not changed in recognition of what technology offers, so nothing within it can change.

Barriers To Change – Prof. Diana Laurillard

Sigmoid Curve

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2. Thirteen

3. Thirty - one

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Thirty - one

What is FELTAG?

Further Education Learning Technology Action GroupMission statement

“FELTAG will aim to best support the agile evolution of the FE sector in anticipation of disruptive

technology, for the benefit of learners, employers & the UK economy as a whole.”

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Outcomes and key principles

• Maximising impact for learners• Creating the conditions for the agile evolution of the FE system• Supporting employers and driving economic growth

• Technology is not the end goal in itself• Government cannot, and should not, provide all the answers• Ownership by the FE sector of FELTAG outcomes is key• FELTAG should embrace the concept of a whole life learning

journey

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Progress thus far and how we are working together Six workstreams:

1 Horizon scanning and context

2 Learners and Learning Technology 3 Employers and Learning Technology 4 Regulation and Funding

5 Investment and Capital Infrastructure 6 Providers Capacity & Capability

Commissioned reports and surveys

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“One of the clinical definitions of insanity is doing the same thing

over and over again and expecting to get a different result.”

John Abbott

Learning

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Learning

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The ewords framework

Swap traditional

practices with ICT

Exchange

Engage learners by

using a richer mix of media

Enrich

Deepen learning

through the use of ICT

Enhance

Change the content,

process and location of

learning

Extend

Enable learners to

take control of their own learning

Empower

shal

low

deep

Martin Blows

the ewords framework

It’s not about the technology ….

… it’s about new thinking.

The only barriers are in our heads!

Or our principles/Principals?

Policy or Practice?

"The reality is that the circumstances, rationale and representations for learning have changed....lets confront it "Richard Noss #altc2012