Priority themes from pre-meeting questionnaires

1. Priority themes from pre-meeting questionnaires

2. Facilitating progression • Linking with the HEIF and Lifelong Learning Networks – communities and business • Aimhigher opportunities – post-16, gifted and talented, advanced apprenticeships • Transition of vocational (level 3) learners into HE – improving information avb to learners, improving HEI’s knowledge of learners, supporting learners once they’re in HE. • Viewing learner not just as individual but with place in family, community and workplace – education beyond the campus • Encouraging cross-institutional support of students

3. Sharing resources and collaborative teaching • Collaboration between staff at different institutions • Adaptation and reuse of learning resources • Sharing knowledge about how resources can/need to be adapted to the use and the context in which they are being used, as well as sharing the resources themselves • Development of staff (FE, HE, Work based learning) in use and development of e-learning curriculum • Sharing of resources, including content repositories and re-purposing of materials

4. Sharing resources and collaborative teaching • Subject focus: key skills, literacy, numeracy and life skills, IT literacy, print and graphics • Provision of systems which deliver tools, resources and information to different institutions • Aggregation of content and development of cross-institution access by personalised learning interface

5. Supporting the independent lifelong learner • Developing on-line resources to support self-directed learning / competencies for on-line learning. • E-portfolios • Personal learning and self-management systems • Access to education in the home and workplace through joined up IT facilities • Cross-institutional online integrated support for students

6. Afternoon Session Feedback from Theme 1 Group

7. Progression group • Progression: FE to HE, WBL to HE, Rural community to HE • Can’t just look at progression: must also look at retention. Key issues in this are: • Confidence of learner – different levels of support available in diff institutions • Transition information – passing on information that’s relevant to learner, not just to institution – very ‘rich’ lifelong learner record

8. Progression group cont • Use of technology to facilitate access to education for disadvantaged students – through disability, location, background, etc. • Also online peer support mechanism • Key issue in progression from NVQ level 3 to Higher Ed – ease is different in different subjects due to level of shared content • Could provide access to university resources for FE students and community – could be physical eg library, or virtual eg VLE, e-learning tools

9. Afternoon Session Feedback from Theme 2 Group

10. Theme 2 Group • Regional Issues/Ideas. It was through that these would be common across most regions. However a number of issues were suggested • Economic regeneration i.e. re-skilling of the workforce • Providing access to low uptake courses • Sharing resources across Foundation degrees • Providing local support for courses or subjects, allowing a learner to access a course locally to meet additional requirements for entry to further learning

11. Regional issues (cont) • staff training should be considered a key issue • Providing local mentoring for underprivileged learners • Working with a very local community • Providing awareness of what is available beyond immediate doorstep and enable local delivery • Basic Skills support at a local level • Link to FRESA and other regional strategies.

12. Theme 2 Group • Ideas for projects • Reuse and storage of content across a region – unified interface disparate repositories • Tapping in to digital resource in libraries and museums • Shibboleth to resolve many access problems • Use Community and Voluntary sector, delivering learning through community centres, libraries • Problem based learning – working with community groups 

13. Theme 2 Group • Build on some exsiting projects • HLSI project – could be built on to make wider uses • Digital repository of images, develop in to tutorials for different learners • MLE – to create tutorials from digital video materials • NLN materials, looking at how partners use materials and sharing • Generic student learning for eLearning • Common materials working with different agendas.

14. Summary • Not looking at anything new (time and money will not permit). • Need to build on existing partnership progression routes, and find new routes to learning through existing partnerships. • What existing elearning environments are in place? How can these be integrated and pulled into place to support integration across the region? • Look to develop a regional picture (or roadmap) with projects that define what can be achieved.

15. Afternoon Session Feedback from Theme 3 Group

16. Group 3 • OU • Opportunities for colleges and Universities to access OU resources • Literacy • Study skills • Access routes • Tasters • Aiding progression

17. Group 3 • Bradford Uni • Existing network of colleges and schools requires tools (PLE?) to be implemented to aid progression • Issue with take up of foundation degrees. • Issue with allocating and supporting work placements.

18. Group 3 • Hull Uni • UKOnline Project • Open access to services and progression information to other institutions. • Broadband PC/Interactive TV Project • Video rich material delivered to schools and 2000 homes. • CPD for Practitioners based on iTV video rich material.

19. Group 3 • FE Colleges Shared learning object repository and retireval /editing tool eCAT (Huddersfield Uni) used by 30+ colleges. Expand use across region

20. Group 3 • General • Progress files , PDP, ePortfolio etc… • National requirement • Certain geographic areas may be easier to implement and test due to the pyramid links/relationship of FE and HE.