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Engagement in Work Based Learning

Engagement in Work Based Learning. Project Director: Prof Mark Stiles Project Manager: Fleur Corfield. Technology Supported Learning in the 21st Century: Issues and Paradigms in Transformative Tertiary Education Realising the Potential: Enabling Participative Learning. Overview.

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Engagement in Work Based Learning

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  1. Engagement in Work Based Learning Project Director: Prof Mark Stiles Project Manager: Fleur Corfield Technology Supported Learning in the 21st Century: Issues and Paradigms in Transformative Tertiary Education Realising the Potential: Enabling Participative Learning

  2. Overview • Introduction • Stakeholders • Challenges • Solutions • Discussion • Questions

  3. Introduction to SURF and Foundation Degrees • HEFCE recognised funding consortium formed in 2000 • University-led with 11 FE colleges in Staffordshire and Shropshire • 2,500 students on HNC, HND, Foundation Year, Foundation Degree, PGCE, Cert Ed • Management Board, Management Committee, Quality Committee and others

  4. Stakeholders in WBL Employers Engaged Un-Engaged Learners Employees Mentors Human Resources Un-Engaged Course Developers Institutional Staff Course Deliverers Course Managers

  5. Understanding ...the relationships …and the challenges

  6. Challenges • Employers / mentors have immediate access to information on employee learning • No easy reference to generic support materials • Reluctance to invest time • No centralised information about WBL across SURF • Isolation of learners, mentors and employer

  7. Solutions • Guidelines and Support documents • Managed security of information • Centralised, standardised award/ module information • Developing communities • Work Based Learning Support Point

  8. If I was a... https://learning.staffs.ac.uk/liferay Manager AimHigher Report Available from project website Mentor Employee/ Learner AimHigher Report Available from project website Staff Development Officer

  9. Your Turn • Get together in small groups of 4 • We have shown you what we have found employers want: • Does this fit with your experiences? • Have you found other requirements? What are they? • How would you meet those requirements? • Summary (flipchart)

  10. Thank you • Contact Information • Fleur Corfield f.m.corfield@staffs.ac.uk • Mark Stiles m.j.stiles@staffs.ac.uk • Project Websites • http://www.staffs.ac.uk/COSE/WBLWAY • http://surfwblway.blogspot.com/

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