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WALES. work-based. access to. learning through. e-services. The Wales e-Training Network. Work-based degree level training. Delivered on-line at a distance. Supported by tutors through Moodle. Formal and informal communications. Email and Discussion forums.
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WALES work-based access to learning through e-services
The Wales e-Training Network Work-based degree level training Delivered on-line at a distance Supported by tutors through Moodle Formal and informal communications Email and Discussion forums Social software: Blogs, Wikis … Mobile devices: phones, PDAs ...
Using social communications tools Providing learner control Treating the tutor as a co-learner Revealing how learners communicate Learning more about how learners learn Providing more effective support Understanding how education is changing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUwS1uAdUcI
work-based WALES access to learning through e-services HE in FE University of Glamorgan Swansea College Coleg Sir Gâr Coleg Glan-Hafren Bridgend College Coleg Ystrad-Mynach Merthyr College
Capital Programme e-Learning Call • Cross-Institutional use of e-Learning to support lifelong learners • Personalised learning experiences, flexible provision, widening participation and work based learning • £200k per project, 18 months • Proposals based on established collaborative networks of institutions • Collaboration between FHE institutions and employers, CETLs and other organisations • Strategic fit with institutional and partnership strategies • Projects should emerge from identified user needs
Timetable & Criteria • Submission of proposals: 21st June 2007 • September 2007 – March 2009 • Led by HE institution in Wales • Aligned with WAG strategy • Particular emphasis on personalised learning environments and meeting the needs of individual learners • See www.jisc.ac.uk/funding_calls/2007/04/circular0107.aspx
Proposal planning • Based on existing Wales e-Training Network • Radical and innovative: a re-think of educational provision • Personalised Learning: learner demand, choice and control • The academic as a professional facilitator responding to need and contex • Discussion about what the sector in Wales is currently doing in this area • Invitation to be part of the planning group
Planning Meeting • Meeting: Friday June 1st, UoG Discussion to include: • Personalised learning environments • Learner managed learning • Work-based learning • Scaffolded informal learning • Multiple learning outcomes • De-institutionalised learning • The surgery metaphor: diagnosis, customised solution, referral