FELTAG So What?

July 2014

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Howard Browes www.createlearningpartnership.co.uk@hanbrowes

The Future?

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Rethinking the role of teachers?

Rethinking how school works?

Creating authentic learning opportunities?

Keeping formal education relevant?

Barriers To Change – Prof. Diana LaurillardThe 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.

Rethinking roles – new learning designs

Co-creation of learning

Marc Prensky digital natives and digital

immigrants

http://youtu.be/4MpzcjhY_wI6

What is FELTAG?

Further Education Learning Technology Action Group

Mission 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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System issues?System issues?Capacity and capability of providers

What is ETAG?Education Technology Action Group

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Learning and learners?Learning and learners?

Give yourself 10 points for each of the following questions that you can honestly answer “Yes” to:

Infographic: Technology in FE

Attitudes to learning technology and barriers to its full usage in the FE sector

John Abbott

• Enable the development of a range of delivery modalities such as Online Learning, Blended Learning and ‘Flipped’ Classroom. These tools include Learner Management Systems, Virtual Learning Environments and Lesson Capture

• Support social or collaborative learning and include the use of social media, PLNs (Personal learning Networks), online forums and other collaborative technologies

• Enable the development of Mobile learning including BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)

• Support low cost access to books through Open Educational Resources such as e-books supported by dynamic data

• Provide flexible assessment through online e-portfolios and badges to accredit learning

• Support free access to online education courses through MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

• Provide scope for individualised learning programmes through the use of Learning Analytics and Assistive Technologies

Technology as a tool

Some activities you might like to try…..•Virtual learning day•Mobile devices•Active learning zones•Flipped learning•Digital leaders•VLE development of generic learning content•E-portfolios•Learning Apps

Learning

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It’s not about the technology ….

… it’s about new thinking.

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

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deep

Martin Blows

the ewords framework

Policy or Practice?

"The reality is that the circumstances, rationale and representations for learning have changed....lets confront it”

"Richard Noss #altc2012

Ongoing Developments

ALT ocTEL

UfI VOOC

Education training foundation EdTech Assessment Tool

Education and Training Foundation Technology Support Programme

JISC Innovation projects

JISC RSCs

LKL Learning Designer and CRAM

Implementing FELTAG and ETAG is as much about changing mindset and behaviours as using technology…

This requires a whole organisational approach …

Thank youHoward Browes

Create Learning Partnership

Howardcreatelearning@gmail.com

@hanbrowes

www.createlearningpartnership.co.uk