Using Technology to Improve the Student Experience at Higher Education

1. Using Technology to Improve the Student Experience at Higher Education Increasing the capacity of IoT’s to be flexible

2. Technology for students

3. Brief background • Statistics • “IDEAS” portal • Student’s view • Colleges view • Next steps Overview

4. Part-Time Education Provision

5. Age Group Males Females Persons 0-14 443,044 421,405 864,449 15-24 321,007 311,725 632,732 25-44 681,988 663,885 1,345,873 45-64 468,037 460,831 928,868 65 years + 207,095 260,831 467,926 Total 2,121,171 2,118,677 4,239,848 Population profile – our challenge Source – CSO latest figures 2006

6. Technology brining students into the classroom

7. Ideas Partners

8. What can Ideas do for students?

11. What can Ideas do for education providers?

12. Branding & Marketing strategy • Upload content • Admissions set up • Work with Institutes on generating content • Proof of concept project • Approve SLA / QC procedures • Agree business/governance arrangements Next steps Launch date –September 09

13. Questions Thank you

14. Additional slides

15. Steering Committee • AIT – Eoin Lanagn • CIT – Irene Sheridan • DIT – Kevin O’Rourke • DkIT – John Dallat • GMIT – Rosie Curry • IADT – Marion Palmer • ITB – Larry McNutt • ITC – Brian McQuaid • ITS – Stephanie Donegan • ITTra – Brid McElligott • ITTD – Terry Mcguire • LyIT – Denis Mcfadden • LIT – Colin Mclean • WIT – John Wall External groups: HEA, Forfas, IBEC, ICTU

16. SIF Synergies

17. Flexible learning expands choice on what, when, where and how people learn. • learning incorporates a variety of media including written and audio materials, the Internet, disk-based software and video conferencing. • High levels of collaboration required across the Institutions What is Flexible Learning?

18. Every IOT visited by Mark and Richard separately • Briefings/Presentations to:- An Cheim, HETAC, FETAC, Skillnets, Senior civil servants implementation group for NSS, UlearningSkillnet, Learning Innovation Network, Aontas, IBEC HR Group, EGFSN, inter alia. Awareness Raising

19. The document contains • a full listing of all sources of funding available to individuals or organisations participating in part-time education complete with contact points and criteria/rules for funding, • a full listing of all trade associations, Skillnets and other networks that operate on behalf of public or private organisations complete with relevant contact points and any other information relevant to the project, • a synthesis of all relevant national and international reports on skills forecasts/data for Ireland including all EGFSN reports, all recent FAS manpower forecasts, recent quarterly household survey reports and any other relevant skills forecast data. Market Research - Project Deliverable

20. Canada • - British Columbia Campus - www.bccampus.ca • Australia • – Open Universities Australia - www.open.edu.au • Finland • – Finnish Online University of Applied Sciences - www.amk.fi • Germany • - Virtual University of Applied Sciences – www.vfh.de • - OnCampus – www.oncampus.de • Scotland • - UHI Millenium Institute (University of the Highlands and Islands) International Review

21. €510 million over the period 2006 – 2013 • SIF Cycle I- €42 million (10/06) • SIF Cycle II - €97million • Total to date - €139million • Budget cut of 30% - €97.3m left i.e. €41.7m cut • €55.3m out of €97m i.e. 57% of original budget for SIF II SIF figures overview

22. Overview of activities

23. Awareness Raising • Market Research • International Review • Operational plans Update