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About Learning PossibilitiesExecutive Summary

LP+ is a fully hosted, cloud based e-learning platform built in 2005

Management team has over 50 years+ experience in education

2,500% growth in 3 years. Offices in London, Partners in Malta, Middle East

Currently the largest Microsoft based, multi-tenanted, e-learning platform globally

Accessible through a browser - in schools, homes, libraries and on mobile devices

Used by c. 200k learners and 50k teachers in over 500 schools in England daily , and meets all of Becta’s standards to 2012

ClubADOPT.com – teacher community for resources, best practice and support

Winner of BETT ICT Education Partnership Award 2010, short-listed for 2 BETT Awards in 2011

LP+ ADOPT – a change management model for schools – selected by Becta as English National Maturity Model for e-learning

Independent research shows that the LP+ platform can deliver a 8x ROI annually

Schools and local authorities using LP+ have won awards for ICT excellence and ‘outstanding ICT’ Ofsted reports

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sLP+4: Services

Security Staff CRB checked Data protection Custom security policy Filter management 6 layers of security A class - DNS Backup at item level

Operation Integration to school systems Maintenance in school holidays Real time monitoring

Support Education focused HD School hours support Ticket management Full escalation in 4 hours 3rd party web part support

Technical Auto provision users Integration to school MIS Full control of portal Flexible permissions Unauthenticated sites No database limits User/class management

Tools Unlimited branding of site Role/age based interfaces ADOPT level related tools Education web parts Assignment management Read/write to MIS ePortolio/Quicknote / Worrybox

ClubADOPT.com Educational and technical support ‘000s of resources Community Tools

Consultancy Align to school development plan Personalised training School improvement

Services and support for schools

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CASE STUDY: Little

Harrowden Primary School.

Impact of a technology rich

school improvement strategy

2008 - 2011

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Authorised Absence

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The school… is recognised within the local authority and nationally as a leading school for its use of technologies”. (HMI 2010)

“Leaders and managers are highly ambitious for the school to flourish as a centre of excellence. Pioneering work in information and communication technology supports and promotes pupils‟good learning”. (HMI 2010)

“Opportunities are plentiful for pupils to use their literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology skills extensively across the curriculum. Their application of these skills across many areas of school life is highly effective, preparing them exceptionally well for future learning and their place in modern society”. (HMI 2010)

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I am working on…

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sWhy the Cloud?

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Gartner Research 2009The silver lining of the cloud

1.Pay for Use2.A Return to Core Business Focus3.Increased Agility/Scalability4.Improved Service Levels5.Enhanced Mobility

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LP+ ADOPTDriving impact and effectiveness through the LP+ learning platform

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sWhy an adoption strategy?2002-2008: UK Government spends £3.7bn ($5.9bn US) on ICT

in schools (1)

2008: 13% of primary teachers use their learning platform regularly (2)

2009: 1 in 8 schools had VLE strategies and “VLEs were still developing and were not yet significantly helping learning” (OFSTED 2009) (3)

2009: The LP+ ADOPT Framework is written and published.

2010: ADOPT wins BETT award and is chosen as the BECTA English Maturity model for Learning Platforms

2011: ADOPT training and development programmes accredited as part of Masters programme

(1) BESA – ICT Provision and Use 2009

(2) BECTA – Harnessing Technology Review 2009

(3) OFSTED – Evaluation of Learning Environments – January 2009

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Teaching with Technology - 1995

Simon HooperUniversity of Minnesota

and

Lloyd P. RieberThe University of Georgia

HOOPER AND REIBER

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"Europe's leading online education expert" Microsoft

“The most influential academic of recent years in the field of technology

and education" Department for Education and Skills

“The key to good eLearning is a skilled, teacher who can use technology confidently in the classroom”

Prof. Stephen Heppell

Chairman, Learning Possibilities

Why eLearning Projects Succeed

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Adopt FrameworkDriving School Improvement

Awareness

Pioneering

Transformation

Development

Optimisation

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“aware of the platform and making initial efforts”

“exploitation of technology potential with pioneering uses explored”“embedded in practice with a broad range of tools utilised”

“developmental use to replicate and then replace previous methods”

“creative use to support personalised learner needs and transformation of practices”

• A framework to gauge stages of development in technology utilisation• Allows schools to measure successes and journey towards transformation• 5 themes: communication and collaboration, school organisation, information

management, teaching and learning, broadcasting/sharing

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LP+ ADOPT

LP+ ADOPT

Built on the pedagogical principles of Hooper & Reiber

ADOPT defines infrastructure, tools and training at each stage

Selected by BECTA as the National eLearning Maturity Framework for UK

Plot a path to transformation, train to give teachers ICT confidence, benchmark progress

Pedagogical

Framework

Benchmark

SchoolsQuality

Measure

Align eLearning to

School Development

Individual Training

Plans / CPD for Teachers

ClubADOPT.com Support, share

best practice, free

resources

The UK National Adoption Framework

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Masters/Certificate Programmes

ADOPT eLearning ‘Coach’

ADOPT User Training

ADOPT Professional Development

Ongoingsupport:

ClubAdoptBlogs

Helpdesk

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Leading Change!

Driving impact…Growing eLearning leaders…

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1. A vision

2. A plan and strategy

3. High level buy in and support

4. To know what success looks like

As a leader of eLearning, you need…

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Staff Meetings Training Days Staff Briefings Emails

Individual Meetings

Corridor Conversations

Celebration/ Showcase

Collaboration

Shared Reading

Memos/Notes 1 to 1sEmergency

Help

Blogs Announce Casual chat Assemblies

Opportunities to lead…

New Technology

Old Pedagogy

NewTechnology

New Pedagogy

Old Technology

Old Pedagogy

Old Technology

New Pedagogy

Virtual Learning Environment

May 2010

Why a learning platform?

• Better communication/organisation for

school/staff

• Improved communication with parents

• Learning beyond the school day

• More engagement in learning

• Broadcasting/Celebration

Types of Virtual Learning

• LP+ (Our main Learning Platform)

• ParentMail

• School Website

• Headteacher’s Blog

• Skype

• Ustream

• Autumn 2008 - Agreed that concept was good

• January 2009 - Troubleshooting logins,

permissions etc

• Spring 2009 - All staff logging in using email

etc.

• Summer 2009 - Staff becoming familiar with

different tools

• Autumn 2009 - Staff trialling different tools

within classes across school

• Spring 2010 - Areas of innovation being

developed – more consistent

use by classes. Parent reporting

tools & parent engagement project

ready to go.

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LP+ The story so far...

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Northants BLTBetter Learning using Technology

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple.

The simple power of sharing an idea is summed up by George Bernard Shaw:

That simple power is the fuel of the Northants BLT

But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.

1. What exites you about the

possibiilities of technology in your

school?

2. What scares you about the

possibilities of technology in your

school?

3. What can you share which is exciting

about technology in your school?