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PANEL SESSION

PANEL SESSION. CHRISTINE VINCENT Director, Learning and Teaching, Becta NIGEL SMITH Policy Team Leader, Department for Education and Skills (DfES) DR MALCOLM READ JISC Executive Secretary, The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)

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PANEL SESSION

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  1. PANEL SESSION • CHRISTINE VINCENTDirector, Learning and Teaching, Becta • NIGEL SMITHPolicy Team Leader, Department for Education and Skills (DfES) • DR MALCOLM READJISC Executive Secretary, The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) • TONY BURGESSSenior E-learning Policy Manager, Learning and Skills Council (LSC) • JENNY BURNETTDirector of Curriculum and Quality, Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) • ALAN CLARKEAssociate Director for ICT and Learning, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) • MARY BARKERManaging Director AoC NILTA Ltd, The National Information and Learning Technologies Association (NILTA) • KIRSTY DONNELLYHead of Learning Content, UfI

  2. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 G-MEX Manchester ICC Monday 29 November 2004

  3. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF BECTA’S REMIT AND PURPOSE CHRISTINE VINCENT Director of Learning and Teaching

  4. Who we are… Becta is the Government's key partner in the strategic development and delivery of its information and communications technology (ICT) and e-learning strategy for the schools and the learning and skills sectors. Our strategic aims • improve learning and teaching through the effective and embedded use of ICT • increase the number of educational organisations making effective, innovative and sustainable use of ICT • improve the availability and use of high quality educational content • develop a coherent, sustainable and dependable ICT infrastructure for education

  5. Evidence of ‘how to get it working’ Evidence of what ‘works’ Supported by evidence Embedding (Effective Use) Definition of Quality (What ‘good’ looks like) Underpinning Systems and processes (Making it available and accessible)

  6. Strategic functions of Becta Promoting effective practice Embedding (Effective Use) Definition of Quality (What ‘good’ looks like) Underpinning Systems and processes (Making it available and accessible) Defining models and standards Identifying where intervention is appropriate

  7. Who we do… Becta provides these functions to four key client groups:- • Schools sectorthose who work in primary, secondary and special schools and all those who work to support and influence them • Learning and Skills sectorcolleges, specialist colleges, school sixth forms and sixth form colleges, adult and community education centres, offenders and places of work-based learning • Industry and developersnational and international ICT providers of infrastructure, services and content • Government and strategic partnersgovernment departments, agencies, regional and local authorities and bodies

  8. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 G-MEX Manchester ICC Monday 29 November 2004

  9. MOVING FORWARD ICT AND E-LEARNING IN THE POST-16 SECTOR THE DfES “MANIFESTO” NIGEL SMITH Post-16 e-learning Project

  10. WE WILL PROMULGATE AND BUILD FROM OUR OERARCHING STRATEGIES • DfES 5 Year Strategy for Children and Learners Creating an education system that more effectively serves the needs of the learner through: • Greater Personalisation and choice • Commitment to Staff Development • More effective use of e-Systems • DfES e-Strategy Recognising ICT as acritical enabler, supporting personalisation ; wider links by institutions ; inclusion and management

  11. WE WILL EMBED e-LEARNING ACROSS OUR UNDERPINNING STRATEGIES AND POLICIES • Skills Strategy:via Workplace Learning and ICT User Skills • Success for All:via T&L materials, Reform of ITT, Leadership • Skills for Life: via IT User Skills, learndirect, mainstream projects • 14-19:ICT as the critical enabler for Personalisation, e-assessment

  12. WE WILL FOSTER MORE EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH AND BETWEEN EXTERNAL PARTNERS • Ensuring separation and clear definition of roles and responsibilities • Setting clear, stretching but achievable Performance Measures • Encouraging Collaboration • And the Sharing of Effective Practice

  13. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 G-MEX Manchester ICC Monday 29 November 2004

  14. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE Moving Forward ICT and E-learning in the Post-16 Sector DR MALCOLM READ JISC Executive

  15. JANET Connectivity • Up to £5M for FE College Upgrades • Up to £8M for ACL Connections

  16. Content Deals Currently under Negotiation • British Standards • Construction Information Services • Occupational Health • Safety Information Services • Dedicated FE portal • Study Auto • Interactive online automatic engineering • Shakespeare plays • Drama, film and theatre (with Channel 4)

  17. Advisory Services • Post-16 Focus on Embedding • Wider Post-16 Role for RSCs • More Joined up Provision of Services (JISC, BECTA, NIACE etc)

  18. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 G-MEX Manchester ICC Monday 29 November 2004

  19. E-LEARNING - THE LEARNING AND SKILLS COUNCIL PRIORITIES TONY BURGESS Senior E-learning Policy Manager, Adult Learning National Learning and Skills Council

  20. LSC E-LEARNING PRIORITIES • effective embedding into LSC Provision • ensuring the views of practitioners are reflected in policy development • persuading senior management of the benefits of e-learning

  21. LSC E-LEARNING PRIORITIES • regionalising, localising and simplifying existing funding distribution • maintaining centralised funding where appropriate • contracting for the provision of strategic deliverableswith appropriate partners reducing duplication workforce • Embedding ICT in whole delivery process • effective delivery systems

  22. LSC E-LEARNING PRIORITIES • working effectively with the DfES to ensure that learner and provider needs are reflected in emerging strategies (e.g. DFES e-strategy) • realise the potential of existing and developing technologies to assist provider business functions

  23. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 G-MEX Manchester ICC Monday 29 November 2004

  24. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 JENNY BURNETT Director of Curriculum and Quality, Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA)

  25. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 G-MEX Manchester ICC Monday 29 November 2004

  26. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 ALAN CLARKE Associate Director for ICT and Learning, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)

  27. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 G-MEX Manchester ICC Monday 29 November 2004

  28. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 MARY BARKER Managing Director AoC NILTA Ltd, The National Information and Learning Technologies Association (NILTA)

  29. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 G-MEX Manchester ICC Monday 29 November 2004

  30. MOVING FORWARD ICT AND E-LEARNING IN THE POST-16 SECTOR THE UfI “MANIFESTO” KIRSTIE DONNELLY Head of Learning

  31. FACTS TO DATE • 1.43 million learners • 6 million calls to national advice line • 11,000 learners pass first Skills for Life test • 20,000 SME’s engaged in learning • 550 test centres delivered 40,000 ECDL tests and 34,000 passes

  32. MANIFESTO MISSION UfI learndirect will deliver more learning with emphasis on innovation, flexibility and accessibility to more individuals and businesses

  33. FUTURE • Deliver on qualification agenda • “One” network / progression routes • Content

  34. POST-16 E-LEARNING PRACTITIONERS’ CONFERENCE 2004 G-MEX Manchester ICC Monday 29 November 2004

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