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Embedding innovation in Further Education

Rob Englebright, Clare Killen & Matt Smith

Improving retention in Further Education using Short Message Service (SMS)


Mobile QuizQuestion 1

What percentage of people communicate on a DAILY basis with friends and family via text based methods?

A: 68%

B: 29%

C: 43%

D: 51%

Source: Ofcom communications market report 2012



What percentage of % of 16 – 24 year olds use ANY text based services to communicate with friends and family on a DAILY basis?

A: 80%

B: 96%

C: 65%

D: 48%



Mobile QuizQuestion 3How many texts does the average UK consumer send per month?

A: 50

B: 100

C: 200

D: 500




How many text messages were sent in the UK during 2011?

Text the code QUIZ and then your answer to:

07624 80 35 23



Workshop aims

Explore issues in embedding innovation in further education in terms of

using innovative practice and/or technologies to improve the quality of the

learning experience.

Share the experiences of the project participants from the JISC SWaNI

Learning and Teaching Innovation Grant programme with the wider

community.

To provide links to further information and related initiatives in the sector.



SWaNI Learning and Teaching Innovation Projects

Programme aims and background

Increasing pressure on FE to deliver high quality learning with reduced

budgets

How can technology help us to achieve more with less?

What role can technology play in engaging learners, enhancing learning

and improving achievement?

Are we making the most of intuitive technologies to meet the expectation of

21st century learners?


Innovation in context

“Innovation is the process by which new ideas are

successfully exploited to create economic, social and

environmental value.” (Department for Business, Innovation

and Skills)

Innovation addresses an identified problem or aspiration to improveSmall-scale exploratory to strategically engineered interventionInnovative application rather than technological innovation


Case Study MOtiVATE: Mobile messaging and community education

Matt Smith, e-Learning Manager, Coleg Gwent


Coleg Gwent

Largest FE college in Wales

4 Campuses, 5 Locations

Newport, Crosskeys, Pontypool, Usk, Ebbw Vale

Involvement in Community Education across multiple local

authorities



How did Coleg Gwent use SMS?



Examples:

An electricity bill costs £120 inc VAT at 5% - What was the bill before VAT was added? Reply starting with the code xxxx

Don't forget your rough notes on 'About A Boy' on 1 side A4 please. I have to send them off with your essays. See you later, Derek

You will have to give your talk on Thurs. Read Alan Sugar script and look at what he says and how he says it. What mood is he in? Derek



Findings


Quantitative findings

Focus on Retention (Sept-Jan)

January Retention 2012 - 90%

70% in 2011; 68% in 2010

GCSE Retention - 87%

Upward trend in 7 of 8 courses

Impact of tutor engagement and external factors


Learner perceptions

85% overall satisfaction (14% neutral; 1% dissatisfied)

In-class/out of class split

45% v 93% satisfaction

93% agreed it helped them stay on track

Some limited barriers or exclusions


Qualitative findings from focus groups


DiscussionPotential approaches to embedding technology

What are the issues and potential solutions for you or your institution in implementing and embedding technological innovation to enhance teaching and learning?


Enhancing practice: Exploring innovation with technology in further education


SWaNI Learning and Teaching Innovation Projects• Try before you apply: Use of technology to improve retention and

support better course selection decisions.• Synchronous Web Enabled Employee Training: Issues in designing

and delivering simultaneous training for remote and on campus learners.• MOtIvATE: Effective pedagogic use of SMS to support community

education.• Promoting digital literacy: Identifying and training peer e-guides to

deliver high quality support.• xGames: Use of collaborative games to enhance learning and increase

attainment.• Without a paddle: use of mobile technology to address digital exclusion

and enhance employment potential.• Secure work-based learning administration through networked

infrastructure: use of digital pens to provide reliable and accessible audit trail.


SWaNI Learning and Teaching Innovation ProjectsUse of technology to:

•Engage – explore new ways of engaging and communicating with learners,

employers and communities.

•Enhance – exploit opportunities to extend learning beyond traditional

boundaries.

•Achieve – meeting the needs of 21st century learners and employers,

organisational efficiency and cost effectiveness.

•Reaping the benefits – planning to share and engaging with the wider

community.



Find out more

Case studies

Project reports

Resources

www.bit.ly/enhancingpractice

Embedding innovation in Further Education

Rob Englebright: [email protected] Killen: [email protected] Smith: [email protected]

Improving retention in Further Education using Short Message Service (SMS)

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