ITAAT DHE Solutions Ltd UK David Evans. 22 nd October 2010

1. ITAATDHE Solutions Ltd UKDavid Evans.22nd October 2010

2. The UK Education System - An Overview

3. Choices at 16 years: vocational/academic Continuing full-time education at school School School leavers staying in full-time education Colleges of Further Education Continuing full-time education at school Employment & training Part-time College study Work based training

4. The UK education system • Teaching is a graduate profession • There is an increasing and flexible way in which you can qualify and gain QTS • All teachers must pass an NQT year • They can then teach wherever and move up the ladder • Training is a regular requirement and schools close to train teachers in areas of requirement • There are many other optional training opportunities and it is at the discretion of the schools • OFSTED • School management • LA’s Academies and private schools

5. Adult Education in the UK • Has taken place in a structured format for a long time • Currently more than 3 million adult learners in the UK • DFE fund much of the AE • Courses such as EAL are free • NIACE - The national Institute for adult and continuing Education acts as a government advisor on policy in AE • Adult Learners' Week • Adult Education Services / Colleges / private • Formal / Non formal / Informal education • Community based adult learning • Vocational and non vocational education • Staff training

6. Vital • Vital is a professional development programme which aims to help you use ICT to add value to your lessons and find new ways to engage your learners. • Deliveredby the Open University and funded by DfE, Vital provides: • inspiring ideas to inspire your learners • materials you can use in your own classroom • opportunities to share expertise with your peers • What does Vital offer? • flexible, cost-effective courses that fit with your busy schedule • case studies of how other teachers are using ICT in their own lessons • collaborative spaces to share ideas, experiences and materials • guides to key technologies and ideas on how to use them in the classroom • interviews with leading practitioners • advice and support from ICT specialists • useful links

7. ICT in UK education • ICT is a compulsory subject on both the primary and secondary curriculum • All schools have computers and Internet connection • All schools have interactive whiteboards • Many schools are adopting Moodle as a way of managing homework and communicating with parents • Many schools use educational software designed to teach the national curriculum • Internet safety and usage protocols is a current major issue at both primary and secondary schools

8. DHE Solutions Ltd. • DHE Solutions Ltd is an SME which focuses on educational research and evaluation • It has been going for 8 years • Only has two employees but works with associates. • It has been involved in pan EU programmes for 6 years http://www.dhesolutions.co.uk/European_Projects.asp • It is currently involved in a number of pan EU programmes including Grundtvig, Leonardo and KA3 (ICT) projects

9. TOOL Tipls • TOOL TIPLS (Tool to improve transparency of professional language skills) in targeted occupations within the hospitality industry. It is a Leonardo transfer of Innovation project • Partners: Lithuania (SIH), & Alytus Vocational Training Centre; , Romania (EuroEd), Finland (Omnia), Latvia (Smiltene Tehnikums) and UK (DHE solutions) • Please read the latest newsletter http://www.tool-tipls.eu/?file=1

10. Office InterActors • Office InterActors is a Leonardo da Vinci transfer of innovation project with partners from Romania (EuroEd), UK (DHE Solutions), Spain (ISSA), France (GRETA du Velay ) Lithuania (SIH), & Bulgaria (EuroInform) • Office InterActors takes groups of workers or students and tests their generic office skills in national teams by working through work based scenarios and interacting on a web platform • http://www.officeinteractors.eu/about-us.html

11. Other EU projects - MyStory • MyStory is a KA3 (ICT) project which will consult with older people across Europe, and in consultation with Young people familiar with computing, will record interesting life stories and at the same time introduce them to the Internet • The stories will be uploaded to an online database which will be meta tagged to produce a variety of search criteria for general interest as well as for specialists such as researchers or historians.

12. Other EU projects - INTEGRA • INTEGRA is a Grundtvig Multilateral project which will help immigrant communities living within the EU to engage with their new communities more effectively by a training programme centred around familiar language and common phrases around finance.

13. DHE other projects • DHE is also involved as an evaluator at local regional and national level with various projects • Dads in demand • Supplementary schools • Evaluation of adult education http://www.dhesolutions.co.uk/WAESCEStudent.asp • Web based database development for education http://www.dhesolutions.co.uk/Login.asp • Stand alone database development for education.

14. DHE Solutions - use of ICT • These programmes and projects variously utilise ICT technologies with staff and adult learners including: • Microsoft Office • Web based communications • Web design packages • Website analysis tools • Web platforms • Web tools • Animation production software and hardware • Visual and audio recording hardware • Audience response systems

15. People working with DHE Solutions • DHE Solutions works closely with various people from other organisations • Ecotec the UK national agency stated that it was fine for me to include colleagues from joint projects as representatives of DHE • Here are two other people you will meet:

16. Ann-Marie Houghton • Anne Marie Houghton is an educational researcher based at Lancaster University • She works in a number of areas but mainly with adults who are disadvantaged. She works with organisations catering for disabled learners, and the various ITC used with disabled learners. • http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/projects/reap/profiles/Ann-Marie-Houghton/Edres/

17. Andy Giles • Andy Giles works with the Campaign for Learning – a national charity focused on family learning • Andy is co-ordinator of the ‘Dads in demand’ project http://www.dadoodle.net/ • He is very familiar with animation hardware and software http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cbtzALOD7w&playnext=1&videos=tOIBzpg4HSU&feature=mfu_in_order http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WOHtIXemMo • He has also used the Quizzdom audience response system, and we will demonstrate both and discuss the ‘Learning to Learn’ methodology when you come to visit us in Lancaster

18. Lancaster • Lancaster is a smallish town situated in the north West of England • It has about 60,000 inhabitants • It is actually a city because it has a Cathedral • It dates back to Roman times as a strategic crossing point on the river • It sits between two beautiful areas of natural beauty – the Pennines and the English lake District

19. Lancaster

23. The English Lake District

24. English lake District

28. ITAAT • David Evans