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ICT Skill for Life Developments

ICT Skill for Life Developments. Alan Clarke Associate Director - ICT and Learning NIACE. Announcement. 2003 White Paper “21 st Century Skills Realising Our Potential acknowledged that ICT was a new skill for life. How to implement this development?. Context.

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ICT Skill for Life Developments

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  1. ICT Skill for LifeDevelopments Alan Clarke Associate Director - ICT and Learning NIACE

  2. Announcement 2003 White Paper “21st Century Skills Realising Our Potential acknowledged that ICT was a new skill for life. How to implement this development?

  3. Context • ICT – large numbers of adults participate in ICT learning programmes over 800,000 a year • Retention rates are low about 54% • Birmingham and Solihull 62% (over 19) and 81% (16 to 18) • Many adults do not see relevance of ICT to their lives (5 Million) • Many adults have decided that ICT is not relevant to them (10 million) • E-learning rapidly growing • E-government/E-citizenship

  4. Implementation Process • Define “ICT Skill for Life” standard • Consultation on standard • Consultation on how to implement the standard • National ICT Skill for Life Curriculum • Action Research • New Entry Level Qualifications • Pathfinder

  5. Standards • Entry level 1 to level 2 • QCA website • Changes in delivery compared to existing practice • Transfer of learning/Cope with change • Purposefulness • Independence (level 1)

  6. Consultation Issues • Awareness raising strategy • Funding for ICT Skill for Life • Teacher/tutor/trainer training • Links between ICT Skills and the other Skills for Life • Preliminary research needed – Action Research pilots • Need to pilot implementation - Pathfinder pilot - September 2005

  7. Action Research • 34 sites • Investigating a wide range of issues such as: - Purpose - Initial Assessment - Learning Resources - Staff Development - Curriculum - Relationship with other Skills for Life - Qualifications E-skills passport and BKSB assessment tools have been provided to Action Research sites

  8. Action Research – Key Findings • Purposeful activity – help with designing resources • Wider range of learning methods need to be employed • Initial assessment (spiky profiles) • Potential of embedding • Report on NIACE website

  9. ICT Skill for Life Curriculum • Curriculum available from QCA and NIACE websites • Paper copies from DfES

  10. ICT Teaching Qualifications • LSDA and NIACE • Undertaking a project to investigate teacher training for ICT knowledge and Skills and also pedagogical skills • Possibly level III and based around ITQ • Pedagogical skills possibly level 4 • Pilot within ICT Skill for Life Pathfinder

  11. ICT Skill for Life Entry Level Qualifications • OCNW approved (Entry to Level 2) • OCR • C&G • NOCN • Edexcel • Other Awarding Bodies later

  12. Relationships • ICT embedded into literacy, numeracy and ESOL • ICT Skill for Life with Key skills • ICT as part of e-learning • Standards Unit ICT programme • MyGuide Pilot - Cybrarian

  13. Pathfinder • Pilot implementation of ICT Skill for life, teacher training and new qualifications • KPMG • 100 sites • Regionally organised • Two years 2005/2007

  14. Any Questions?

  15. CONTACTS alan.clarke@niace.org.uk

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