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The Technology Premium:

Finding Competitive Advantage

June 2008

Lesley Price

Head of Regeneration and Skills

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Use of technology

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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’ and employers 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 business systems

• informed learners in the workforce – with people choosing what, where, when and how to learn

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Our strategic priorities

• Systematic national professional development programme in effective use of technology.

• Professional workforce standards for technology skills.

• A supported network of business leaders advocating 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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Using technology we can:

• Deliver results - removing the barriers to learning• Reduce disruption - providing productive learning and

support where needed• Recognise that all forms of learning interventions can be

harnessed to deliver economically valuable skills

• Provide flexible choices to learners at work to learn new skills relevant to their job and aspirations and demonstrate their ability – all at a time and place convenient to them

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Using technology we can:

• Connect learners - fast and speedy access to knowledge and information

• Connect employers and learners and learning providers - relevant and convenient skills

• Support face to face learning interventions to improve business productivity

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The technology premium

What can be achieved

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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So what have we learned?

• Building of ‘e-maturity’ takes time

• ICT mostly used to enhance existing learning and teaching practice

• New practice only in isolated pockets – too much variation within and between providers

• Learner access to technology is key – ambition for 100%

• We need to work hard to remove the barriers to using technology

• We are seriously challenged by the rapid growth of young people’s use of technology outside education

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Your challenge:

• Can you use this funding to mainstream the way you use technology?

• Can the technology enable you to do things differently?

• Are your learners way ahead of you? Can you meet their expectations?

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

• Can you use technology to advance personalisation?

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

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Use of technology

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Next Generation Learning Awards 2009: Technology Excellence in FE & Skills

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www.becta.org.uk

feskills@becta.org.uk

lesley.price@becta.org.uk

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