south eastern regional college: a whole college approach to developing digital capabilities
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South Eastern Regional College:A whole college approach to developing digital capabilities
Birmingham
29/03/2017
South Eastern Regional College:
A whole college approach to developing
digital capabilities
Paula Philpott
Head of Learning Academy
Introducing SERC
Merger of 3
colleges in 2007
Investing in
technology
Strategy Systems
development
LeadershipConclusions.
Investing in staffSERC Learning
AcademyMoodle Mondays and Webinar Wednesdays
Learning Engine
South Eastern Regional College (SERC)
£46m annual turnover
4 Main Campuses throughout South East of Northern Ireland
1,025 expert and professional staff
32,000 enrolments per annum
Over 5,200 business clients
Partnering with 40+ local schools
Imperatives for Change
In late 2007, following merger - new structure with an in-build annual deficient of £3m
Income per student was static and has not risen since 2007
Disparity between campuses at merger meant significant differences in access to technology and digital literacies of staff and students. One College, one Vision.
Need to improve outcomes for students and businesses
Needed to balance the books however:
Increasing fixed and semi-fixed costs Increasing staff costs Variable cost pressures e.g. Awarding Body fees
Our Strategy
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3 4
5 6
1. Establish a Robust Digital InfrastructureMerger of 3 Colleges – Servers, Communications MIS, VLE
2. Systems DevelopmentDevelop Support systems to track performance
3. ManagementReporting, tracking, digital leadership
4. Continuous Professional
DevelopmentEstablish a robust method to improve digital skills of staff and students, Mentors
5. Learning resourcesShare best practice on what works best. E-author Team established
6. Review and EvaluateContinuously review, evaluate and develop further enhancements. Share.
SERC Systems Development
Parallel processing
Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and EmploymentLearning Academy
Cloud Services Quality
Systems Development
Systems SERC Staff and Student Support Services
Holistic Overview
Digital Skills Gap
Leading change
Case Conference
System - integrated all databases together
Environment –communication
Effective - recurring problems or trends identified
Effortless
Case Conference Video
Invest both in the
technology and
also in its
implementation.
SERC SystemsVirtual Learning Environment
Whole College Moodle Strategy
Bottom up and top down approach
One College, one course
Templates for consistency and feel (following focus groups with staff and students)
Categorisation of Moodle courses – Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze Challenge to change the current level of your course
Curriculum managers as digital leaders taking ownership Content reviewed and critiqued by curriculum leaders at ‘Know and Show’ Curriculum leaders required to teach a virtual class and a lesson using TEL
Timescale set for full implementation
Student feedback critical to design and layout
SERC Virtual Learning Environment
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500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
3,500,000
4,000,000
Num
ber
of
access
vie
ws
Internal Hits External Hits
•4.2 million views
•23% accessed
from outside of
the college
Investing in staff
Creative and innovative curriculum
Collaboration
Leadership &
Management
Early Professional
Development
• Staff induction
• Supportive observations
and tailored support
• PGCE / CIT
Collaboration and
Internationalisation
• Active Learning –
Thailand and Japan
• Whole College
approach to
mentoring and TEL
Continuous Professional
Development
• Mentored support (PBL,
Technology enhanced
learning and pedagogical)
• HE in FE student and tutor
support
• Professional Technical
training
• Learning Engine
• Moodle Mondays / Webinar
Wednesdays / good
practice videos
Leadership and
Management
• Management
Development
Programme
• Management
mentoring programme
Learning Academy - professional learning
OVERVIEW
Early
Professional
Development
Continuous
Professional
Development
Pre-mentoring assessment
Targets Set
Stage 1
Training
DemonstrationLesson – teaching
mentee’s class
STAGE 2
Training
Team Teach
STAGE 3
Training
Lesson observations
STAGE 4
Post mentoring review
Signposts for the way ahead
STAGE 5
The mentors are observed annually and given formal
feedback:Demonstration lesson
Delivering training
Quality AssuranceTHE PEER MENTORING PROCESS
Engaging students as partners
TitleLearning Academy – informal learning opportunities
Best practice videos
Learning Engine – Manager End
Pedagogy ModulesThe learning engine was used to deliver pedagogy
training to all lecturing staff. Especially targeted for
those staff who had been in the College over 10
years.
Also used to store College Policies and Procedures for staff to read and access
Best practice videos
Leadership
Buy-in from management team
Determination
Supportive consistency
Strive for excellence
Investing in
technology
Strategy Systems
development
LeadershipInvesting in staffSERC Learning
AcademyMoodle Mondays and Webinar Wednesdays
Learning Engine
Contact details:
Paula Philpott
Head of Learning Academy
www.serc.ac.uk
Thank You.
Any Questions?