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We know where you areNo bunking off for vocational students as new software allows their every move tobe recorded
* Simon Midgley* The Guardian,* Tuesday September 9 2008
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Students who think the new 14-19 vocational training diploma is a heaven-sentchance to bunk off college may have to think again. Edexcel, the UK 's largesteducation qualification awarding body, has just announced that it is recommendingthat consortia introducing the new diploma should also deploy a clever piece ofsoftware that allows students' attendance to be monitored at all times.
This web-based technology, with the deceptively cuddly name of CollaborativeLearning Manager, can be used to track a student's presence in school, college orelsewhere and will notify the authorities instantly of unauthorised absences. Ithas been devised by Perspective, a UK software developer specialising in webbasedtraining and learning solutions.
The new diplomas — the first five in IT, media, construction, engineering andhealth are being offered initially by 144 consortia in England — involveschoolbased students learning off -site in colleges or with other learningproviders.
Schools have a statutory responsibility to be aware of the whereabouts of alltheir pupils, and the problem posed by diplomas is how to keep track of studentswho are training off-site.
The software is already used in 14-19 partnerships offering vocational educationin Leicester, Stafford, Bromley, the Isle of Wight, Nottingham, Birmingham,Islington, Rotherham and Oldham. Now it is to be used in delivering the new
diplomas in Birmingham, Bolton, Barnsley, Islington, Coventry, Lincolnshire andHull.
"There is a big issue with the attendance or non-attendance of learners,'' saysPeter Barnett, Perspective's director of collaborative learning. "It's a safetything. One local authority told me: 'We are not on top of where kids are 100% ofthe time. It's an accident waiting to happen.'"
Perspective originally devised the system with a learning partnership inLeicester, which was having difficulty tracking the movements of 800 pupils movingaround the city every week. The Vocational Education Support Agency (Vesa), whichsupports the collaborative partnership between 22 schools and nine trainingproviders in Leicester, has been using the software for more than a year.
"We are very impressed with it," says Stuart King, Vesa's coordinator. "We havehundreds of young people every week on off -site placements. Now, at everylocation, the people responsible for delivering the learning will use a computerto register the students. The results are then sent across the internet to ouroffice, and schools and homes can be notified very quickly if Johnny has gonemissing."
The software is also being used to monitor individual student performance,learning and development. And it can also provide an overview of college, schooland overall student performance.
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To those who find the idea of round-the-clock educational surveillance somewhatBig Brotherish. An Edexcel spokesperson says: "This software has been developed toensure maximum attainment and to ensure the individualised learning programme ismaintained. Additionally, it supports the duty of care, as students move from oneinstitution to another."
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