using digital tools to meet institutional objectives
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Phil RichardsLearning Technologies Manager
Phil RichardsLearning Technologies Manager
Using Digital Tools to Meet Institutional Objectives
October 2011
Phil RichardsLearning Technologies Manager
A College Wide Approach
• Every unit/ course delivered has a VLE area – it assumed this will be used appropriately
• College Strategic and Operational Plans contain aims / objectives for ICT use
Phil RichardsLearning Technologies Manager
Everyone Needs the Skills – extract from Operational Plan 2011-12
• Objective LT1 – to ensure that all staff working in the College have the necessary skills to use and populate the VLE with high quality learning resources in a range of media and formats
• Objective LT2 – to develop the skills of staff in order to make maximum use of available communication tools and functionality and develop the VLE to best suit their needs
Phil RichardsLearning Technologies Manager
Training / Sharing Good Practice• Mandatory for all staff to do course in
using Blackboard• EPICT• Most other staff training courses online• Communities of Practice• Demonstration Days – lecturers showed
colleagues how they use digital tools• ILT Newsletter
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Curriculum for Excellence
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Examples of CfE in Action
• Student views - Social Sciences
• Social care scrapbook
• Explanatory interaction - Social Sciences
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Case studies we could offer• Two centre course taught by one
lecturer and facilitated by video conferencing
• Using reflective online journals / developing eportfolios
• Developing interactive content for use in a VLE
• Assisting lecturers to develop skills in using digital tools
Phil RichardsLearning Technologies Manager
Any Questions / Comments?
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