e-learning business models in the UK and partnerships for successful international business

1. e-learning business models in the UK and partnerships for successful international business Dominic Savage OBE Director General British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA)

2. 1978 – first policy on using computers in UK schools Early 80s – Microelectronics Education Programme (then NCET, then Becta) 1985 – 1st BETT

4. 1978 – first policy on using computers in UK schools Early 80s – Microelectronics Education Programme (then NCET, then Becta) 1985 – 1st BETT 1997/8 – Stevenson report 1998-2009 – major investment in education and ICT

5. 833m £ mill 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 1997> 2008 741m 611m 594m 540m ICT spend in England 409m 249m 198.5m Figures include LA matched funding 104.5m 102m 2007- 2008 Year 1998- 1999 1999- 2000 2000- 2001 2001- 2002 2002- 2003 2003- 2004 2004- 2005 2005- 2006 2006- 2007

6. To have access technology and use it wherever and whenever their learning requires to: Access information on their personal learning goals and progress Use a wide range of online learning resources and collaborative tools to share and work with others In a learning environment which: Provides identical online learning services wherever they are Provides access to formal learning support and teaching when needed Media What learners are entitled to

7. Learner Entitlement – closing the gap E-confident system Universal access - family and informal learning Professional tools for teaching Mobilising Technology Leadership Sustainable, personal technology

8. Market based on devolution of spending to schools Some joining together as consortia LAs and regional broadband consortia can purchase for groups of schools Managed service providers eg RM are major purchasers BSF (even in cut-down form) involves joint procurement

10. UK Treasury announcement on 23 May about savings totalling £6.2 billion included: £80m from closing the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) and other savings in Department for Education quangos.

11. 1978 – first policy on using computers in UK schools Early 80s – Microelectronics Education Programme (then NCET, then Becta) 1985 – 1st BETT 1997/8 – Stevenson report 1998-2009 – major investment in education and ICT 2010 - ? Becta scrapped – ‘ICT a matter for schools’

12. UK software/content market likely to decline from £117million to less than £100million UK market will not go away! UK suppliers going global – partnerships are flourishing BETT – 30,000 audience (24,000 UK + 6,000 international)

13. BETT, London, 12-15 January 2011

14. www.besa.org.uk