Platforms for Learning 2009 05 11

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Andrew Flowerdew

Andrew Flowerdew | IAPS Policies & Platforms | 2009 05 11

Taught in schools for over 20 years

Senior Adviser in a Local Authority

City Learning Coordinator

Working within BSF - for bidders & LA


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Session aims


Explore the policy drivers for Learning

PlatformsExplore the anatomy of a LearningPlatform

Explore Learning Platform examples

Opportunity to ask questions and discussissues

Anything else you want?


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ICT supportingLearning


Engag

e

Enable

Empowe

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learners and those who support them to take part

in activities that were difficult or even impossibleusing other tools and technologies

learners and those who support them through

greater access to accurate information about thetopics that they are studying as well as the

learning progress and needs of each individual.

learners in the learning process more fully

through resources and activities that takeaccount of their particular needs, interests and

aspirations.


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Digital

MediaThe use of digital media, whether it is asimple wordprocessor or a sophisticated

digital video editor, enables learners to

reflect on their learning process.In addition, the use of pre-produced

digital media often helps engage

learners more effectively in a topic,

especially if other young people have

produced it.Digital media can also empower

learners through greater access to

information, presented in ways that

support their own personal and cultural

preferences


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Complex

SystemsComplex systems, whether it is ascience simulation for Key Stage 3 or a

spreadsheet model for Business

Studies, enable learners to explore

topics independently or with others

They engage learners in active learning

by allowing the individual to explore

ideas and systems from their own pointof view, taking into account their own

experiences and knowledge


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Feedback

ICT empowers learners and those whosupport them to have much greater

understanding of their learning

environment and learning progress

through access to a wider range of

more detailed data Whether it is simple feedback, delivered

immediately during an on-screen

exercise or some of the more creative

forms of feedback that are beginning to

be developed, everyone within the

learning environment, learners,

teachers, administrators and family

members can now access effective

feedback


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Why Learning Platforms?


Drive to deliver a more personalisedlearning experience for all learners

Recognition that the learners are using a

variety of different digital tools onlineEvidence pointing towards the need toprovide structured and ad-hoc learning

opportunities both in and out of school


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Why Learning Platforms?



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Anatomy of a Learning Platform


Learning activity creation tools

Learning activity management tools

Communication & collaboration tools

Management Information System

E-Registration / Cashless / otherasscoiatedIntegration with external systems

Professional development & planning


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Learner @ the heart of thesystem



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Learner @ the heart of thesystem


Learners as discrete individuals in a connectedlearning environment

Inter-connected Interdependent

Independent

BlogsFlickr

Delicious

Wiki

Podcasts

e-Porfolio

email

Instant Messaging

Video sharingPolls

Surveys

Surveys

Content tagging

RSS


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Enabling assessment forlearning



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Impact of assessment forlearning



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Learning activity creation tools


VLE tools

Are you locked in to a VLE?

Content creationStandards | Sharing |

InteroperabilityUsing content from othersSchools | NEN | others


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Learning activity managementtools


Feedback to staff about a learners

learning journeyFrameworks & pathways for learning

Feedback to students about theirlearning journeyFeedback to parents about their childslearning journey

Collecting & presenting data from manydifferent systems about students topeople who support them


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Professional Development &Planning


Feedback to staff to support their self-

reflectionRecording professional development

Planning professional developmentlinked to targets set for each member ofstaff

Just-in-time, structured and ad-hocsupport for staff

Collaboration tools to support staff

CCTV for peer mentoring


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Communication &Collaboration


Email / fora / chat / video/audio

Document sharing / collaborative tools

Facilitating project based learning in andout of school

Collaboration within schools - eg. using aWiki to create an AUP

Working with outside experts & links toother schools


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Making more effective use ofMIS data


Lots of information locked into the MIS

Lots of information locked into the VLE

LP should aim to make this informationavailable to more people in a more userfriendly wayMore informed stakeholders - betterresultsMore informed stakeholders - fewersurprisesReducing the admin burden


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Target setting &tracking



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Does the effective use of data in aschool work?


Secondary

schoolBefore using START - 50% A* -

C


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Enabling interactions with othersystems


Single point of integration

Single sign on - Shibboleth | Open ID |USO

Enabling secure, monitored access to arange of free and subscription resources

Secure interactions between students,

staff, parents, etc


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Learning PlatformSummary



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Implementation of LearningPlatform


Must be a whole-schoolapproachTwo potential paths

Top - downBottom up

e-Champion is common tosuccess


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Learning PlatformSummary


A collection of interconnectedtoolsA collection of interconnectedtechnologies

The power of connected learning iskeyLearner at the heart of learning

Enabling | Engaging | Empowering


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Platforms forLearning


Any questions?

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