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Welsh Government
Learning in Digital
Wales overview
February 2015
www.cymru.gov.uk
Outcomes
• Increased learner attainment
• Improvements in the use of digital
technology
• Financial benefits
• Unified, consistent approach
• Greater collaboration at all levels
www.cymru.gov.uk
Learning in Digital Wales work streams
• Hwb (the National Digital Content Repository)
• Hwb Networks
• Hwb+ (the all-Wales learning platform)
• Hwb+ Centres of Excellence Programme
• Hwb+ public-facing websites
• Office 365
• e-Safety including web filtering standards and information
security
• Additional consortia funding to support the implementation
of Hwb+
• Computing workshops for secondary schools
• HwbMeet events
• National Digital Learning Event
• Learning in Digital Wales Evaluation
• Jisc
• ICT Infrastructure - Learning in Digital Wales Grant and
Janet
91% of eligible schools with enhanced
connectivity (10/100Mbps)
through a mostly-fibre deployment (c. £20m)
91% of schools with
improved Wi-Fi (£18m)
All local authorities
with improved core
connectivity (up to 1Gbps)
LiDW Connectivity
Grant update
Hwb, the National Digital
Content Repository
Hwb+, the all-Wales
learning platform
Hwb Statistics
• 15,379 accounts active
(total)
November 2014
Total page views - 810,597
Searches – 55,900
December 2014
Total page views – 401,084
Searches – 29,000
Hwb: User Profiles
• All users will be provided with a
default user profile
• Information populated via Hwb+
user accounts from school MIS
• Users are able to edit key
information such as:
• display name;
• short biography;
• profile picture; and a
• banner image.
• Any resources shared or
bookmarked will be displayed in
the users timeline
Hwb: Opt-in Community
• Users can choose to join
the Hwb community
• Provides access to
community-generated
resources
• Community resources
included in NDCR
search results.
Hwb: Playlists
• Playlists are a collection of resources in a
single file
• All teachers will have access to Playlists
• Drag-and-drop resources from Hwb into a
Playlist
• Playlists can be shared with entire Hwb
community or selected users
• Device agnostic
Hwb Networks
• Practitioner led
• 14 November 2014 – beta pilot with 2 groups
• 28 November 2014 – further pilot with up to 6 groups
• April 2015 – full release to Hwb community
• Core features include:
o Single Sign On with Hwb+
o shared documents
o message board forum
o content playlists
• Facilitating online PLCs
Hwb Networks (pilot groups)
• Secondary school Heads of ICT Group (Welsh language)
• Carmarthenshire-Pembrokeshire Secondary Middle Leaders ICT
• Foundation Phase Cluster Working to Raise Standards
• Cross-regional GCSE Maths resource development
• GCSE English Resource Development Group
• Bassaleg Digital Trainers
• NQT Induction
• Digital Leaders
Additional tools and content available
through Hwb
• Just2easy
• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• 360 degree safe Cymru
• Premium content
Hwb+ statistics
• 540,000 accounts
active
January 2015
Actively engaged – 571 schools
Hwb+ developments
• Governors
• Parents (additional
service)
• Office 365
www.cymru.gov.uk
Alex Clewett
Martin Austin
Peter Thomas Matthew Geary
Jane
Altham-Watkins
Sonia McLaughlin
Glyn Rogers
Dave Stacey
Digital Leaders
• 96% of provisioned
schools trained
• Over 1,600 teachers
Modules
• Getting started with Hwb+
• Supporting literacy within the LNF
1 & 2
• Supporting numeracy within the
LNF
• Office 365
• A strategic approach to Hwb+ for
school leaders
• Customising Hwb+
• Hwb+ and the paperless classroom
• Staff communication
• Hwb+ support
Digital Leader Hwb+ Training
www.cymru.gov.uk
Additional funding
• Around £5m to
support local
educational
ICT
• £750k to
consortia to
support Hwb+
training
Learning in Digital Wales Professional
Development Programme
• £750k across all four regions to March 2016
• Funding aimed at:
– promoting the use of Hwb+ as part of effective teaching and learning;
– ensuring Hwb+ is measurably contributing to the core education
objectives of improving literacy and numeracy and breaking the link
between poverty and attainment;
– helping schools embed Hwb+ to support high-impact interventions;
– helping teachers develop their own digital literacy skills; and
– promoting “e-Safety” in relation to the safe and responsible use of
Hwb+ tools including Office 365 and in relation to the digital
technology more widely.
Hwb+ top 20 schools School Name Local Authority Consortia
Alderman Davies CIW Primary Neath and Port Talbot ERW
Cadoxton Primary Vale of Glamorgan CSC
Sandfields Comprehensive School Neath and Port Talbot ERW
Argoed School Flintshire North
Hendredenny Park Primary Caerphilly EAS
Glan Afan Comprehensive School Neath and Port Talbot ERW
Llansantffraid C.I.W.A. School Powys ERW
Penygloddfa C.P. School Powys ERW
Litchard Primary School Bridgend CSC
Llanidloes High School Powys ERW
Priory C.I.W. School Powys ERW
Ysgol Cribarth Powys ERW
Ogmore Vale Primary School Bridgend CSC
All Saints Primary Vale of Glamorgan CSC
Dwr Y Felin Comprehensive School Neath and Port Talbot ERW
Cogan Primary School Vale of Glamorgan CSC
Llanerfyl C.I.W. Foundation School Powys ERW
YGG Pontardawe Neath and Port Talbot ERW
The Rofft C.P. School Wrexham North
Hubberston V.C. School Pembrokeshire ERW
Hwb+ public-facing websites
• Two websites: one English and one Welsh per school
• Basic functionality which can be customised
Out of the box Customised
Hwb+ Early Years iOS App
“We think it’s fantastic! Our children love
doing work outside school on Hwb+!”
Jane Grubb, Digital Champion
Rhydypenau Primary School
“We’re really enthused by this.
We’ve trained all departments
and have distributed ownership
throughout the school.
We have a rep for Hwb+ in every
department.”
Rob Green, Digital Champion
Barry Comprehensive School “Collaborating with a school in North
Wales continues to have a huge impact
on our pupils - Hwb+ is changing the how
and the why we learn.”
Aled Williams, Deputy Headteacher
All Saints Primary School “We believe that when Hwb+ is
used effectively, it can not only
drive forward the key priorities
such as literacy and numeracy
but also support and enhance
pupil’s learning experiences by
allowing them to engage in
multiple technologies all
housed in a ‘walled garden’
environment.”
Emily Regan
Head of ICT
Risca Community
Comprehensive School
“We have found Hwb+ to be a great way of
providing extended, collaborative learning
experiences for our children. The blog
feature has been most effective when used
to encourage children to reflect upon their
learning.“
Paul Warren Headteacher
Bedwas Junior School
Hwb+ Centres of Excellence Programme
Schools will be invited to apply to become one of eighteen Hwb+ Centres
of Excellence - up to £30,000 per proposal
Aims:
• the creation of up to 18 Hwb+ Centres of Excellence across Wales;
• the development of a further 18 (minimum) Hwb+ accredited trainers;
• the publication of an extensive suite of good practice materials, hosted
via Hwb, exemplifying outstanding practice in a variety of settings;
• the provision of Hwb+ professional learning opportunities for (a
minimum of) 100 teachers in each regional education consortium area;
• the development of (at least) 18 online professional learning
communities across Wales; and
• further evidence to support the wider Learning in Digital Wales
Programme evaluation.
Submission deadline – 13 February 2015
Information security guidance
• Do’s and don’ts for using cloud platforms
• Practical examples
• Familiar terminology
• Aim to publish in April 2015
HwbMeet Timetable 2014/2015
Aberystwyth – Over 45 teachers attended
21/10/14
Isle of Anglesey – Over 60 teachers attended
18/11/14
Swansea – Over 60 teachers attended
20/01/15
Newtown – Over 42 teachers attended
03/02/15
Cowbridge
10/03/15
Mold
12/05/15
Pembrokeshire
16/06/15
Pwllheli
07/07/15
Computing workshops for
secondary schools update
• Local workshops delivered for Python,
LEGO, Scratch, Raspberry Pi and Java
• Schools engaged – 20
• Teacher attendees – 31
• Learner attendees – 452
• 4 x 6 week Python programming CPD
modules delivered to 32 teachers
National Digital Learning Event 2015
#NDLE2015
Learning in Digital Wales Evaluation
Objectives
• Assess the extent to which the overall aims and objectives of the different
strands of LIDW Programme have been met, with a particular emphasis
to be placed on Hwb, Hwb+ and the LiDW Grant.
• Evaluate the overall process of the implementation of the LIDW
Programme.
• Assess whether there are differences in the level of take up of the
different strands of the LIDW Programme across different schools in
Wales and assess whether differences in levels of take up have affected
schools.
• Evaluate what impacts the LIDW Programme has had in terms of any
changes to classroom practice that have been made as a result of the
strands of the LIDW Programme.
• Identify if and how learners’ attitudes and approaches to learning have
changed as a result of the introduction of the LIDW Programme.
Learning in Digital Wales Evaluation
Timetable
Award of Contract February 2015
Scoping Phase February - March 2015
Scoping Report March 2015
Data Analysis Spring Term 2015
Fieldwork Spring, Summer and Autumn Term 2015
Data Analysis Autumn Term 2015
Draft Final Report November 2015
Final Report December 2015
National Digital Learning Council
Maintain an overview and provide advice on
Learning in Digital Wales
www.cymru.gov.uk
Key LiDW successes
• Commitment to Hwb+ until August 2018
• Hwb and Hwb+ launch and provisioning (now over 540,000 users / 99%
of schools), along with training of over 95% of schools
• e-Safety training and content
• LiDW connectivity grant (over 90% of eligible schools in Wales have
benefitted)
• Office 365 access available to all teachers and learners in Wales
• LiDW Computing Workshop programme progressing well
• Established schedule of HwbMeets (with over 600 teachers attending
events to date)
• National Digital Learning Council in its third year
• 3rd National Digital Learning Event to be run in Summer 2015
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Key LiDW challenges
• Scale of activity (complex, national model)
• Supplier and contract management
• Sustainability
• Variation in use of digital technology in education
across Wales
• Delivery partner and stakeholder management
• Resource challenges (internal and external)
