AoC Technology ConferenceApril 2008

Jane Williams

Executive Director

FE, Skills & Regeneration

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Technology in education

Technology has a huge potential to…

help colleges and providers to do their jobs better0101

produce real gains for learners and employers0202

and change how you and your organisations work - for the better0303

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Our strategy

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Our strategy

“ Deployed creatively and efficiently, technology can transform the further education system on which people depend for learning new things, upgrading their skills and gaining qualifications. ”

Bill Rammell MP Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education

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Our strategy

Ian Watmore Permanent SecretaryDepartment for Innovation, Universities and Skills

“ The use of ICT to underpin education is crucial not only to the economy but also to the lives of everyone in society. ”

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Our strategy

Our strategy aims to help you identify:

• how to make the most of technology

• how to meet learners’ expectations

• how to engage with learners

• how to deliver in today’s environment.

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Our vision

Becta wants to see:

• strategic investments based on effective procurement

• confident staff

• fit-for-purpose technology

• intelligent buildings and learning spaces

• effective and efficient systems

• informed learners - with people choosing what, where, when and how to learn.

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Our vision

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Use of technology

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Use of technology

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Our strategic priorities

• Systematic national professional development programme in effective technology.

• Professional workforce standards for the technology skills.

• A supported network of business leaders advocating for flexible and online delivery.

• Learning opportunities through technology for the ‘digitally excluded’, for disadvantaged learners and for small businesses.

• The Next Generation Learning campaign to generate demand.

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Our strategic priorities

• System-wide National Digital Infrastructure.

• Aggregated procurement leading to better value for money, with cashable savings.

• High quality content.

• Considering how to embed technology in the inspection process.

• Initial scoping to see if the incentives are right for delivering technology-based services.

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The technology premium

What we can achieve: Save

a year, per college by using technology to record and analyseachievement

1,880 hours

Increases in student satisfaction from

55% to99%

Technology helps improve subject understanding and allowed learners to

fast trackthrough courses

say technology led to higher achievement and

54% of tutors

41%higher retention

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Technology exemplars

• Alton College

• Bournemouth and Poole College

• Brockenhurst College

• City and Islington College

• Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education

• ISIS Training and Recruitment

• National Star College

• North Devon College 

• South Devon College

• Xaverian Sixth Form College

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Technology exemplars

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Questions

• Where are we on the journey towards e-confidence?

• Do we treat technology as marginal or mainstream?

• How well do we understand the latest trends in technology?

• Are our learners way ahead of us? Can we meet their expectations?

• Do my colleagues have the IT skills to exploit technology?

• Are we using technology to advance personalisation?

• Are assessment, teaching and learning and admin systems properly linked?

• How to get past the jargon?