Hilltop Terry

The View from the Hilltop: 

The View from the Hilltop Terry Loane 16 May 2006

The view from the 1990s hilltop!: 

The view from the 1990s hilltop! “Effective learning can be realized by providing a student with a computer, loading the educational software and walking away.” (Gell and Cochrane, 1996)

!!!: 

!!! “Effective learning can be realized by providing a student with a VLE log-in, uploading the educational content and walking away.” (based on Gell and Cochrane, 1996)

Looking back from the hilltop: 

Looking back from the hilltop Learn from what has gone well and what has not gone well Congratulate yourself and your team on what has gone well Celebrate success!

Slide5: 

“I can’t believe how far we have come since this time last year.” Comment over lunch

Looking ahead from the hilltop: 

Looking ahead from the hilltop “The future is another country, they do things differently there” (with apologies to L P Hartley)

Slide7: 

Learning platform development can be a 10-year project Alan Clarke

Looking ahead from the hilltop: 

Looking ahead from the hilltop The future is uncertain! (The future of technology is particularly uncertain) Rolling out a learning platform across an organisation is quite different from piloting a learning platform

Looking ahead - some useful tools (1): 

Looking ahead - some useful tools (1) Deploying a learning platform - the six squares Start here!

Slide10: 

“Our initial aims were over-ambitious” Comment from workshop 1

Slide11: 

ILT development in Leicestershire took place “initially in three subject areas where there were enthusiasts” Brigid Joyce

Slide12: 

“We took the decision to have two separate areas: a tutors’ area and a learners’ area” Comment from workshop 1

Slide13: 

There are areas of the curriculum in which we do not intend use the learning platform (until…) Comment from workshop 2

Slide14: 

DfES research report RR739 E-learning in Further Education: The Impact on Student Intermediate and End-point Outcomes

Looking ahead - some useful tools (2): 

Looking ahead - some useful tools (2) ILT maturity (from DfES research report RR739)

Looking ahead - some useful models (3): 

Looking ahead - some useful models (3) ELU (e-learning use) based on an idea from DfES research report RR739: ELU A – e-learning as a medium ELU B – e-learning as presentation ELU C – e-learning as a problem-solving/learning tool ELU D – e-learning (or ILT) as a tool for managing teaching and learning ELU D is not in the report

Some issues (1) - copyright: 

Some issues (1) - copyright Three aspects: Ensure you do not infringe commercial copyright Who owns the copyright of locally produced resources? The tutor or the organisation? Respect authorship as much as ownership

Slide18: 

“It matters in people’s minds” Alastair Clark

Slide19: 

“We have to encourage tutors to share, share, share” Comment from workshop 1

Disruptive technologies and sustaining technologies: 

Disruptive technologies and sustaining technologies My definition: sustaining (or non-disruptive) technological innovations enhance the way we do the things we already do.

Disruptive technologies and sustaining technologies: 

Disruptive technologies and sustaining technologies My definition: disruptive technological innovations enable us to do things we have not done before – they change the way we lead our lives.

Disruptive technologies:: 

Disruptive technologies: The railway The mass-produced motor car? The Internet The availability of online academic journals

Non-disruptive technologies:: 

Non-disruptive technologies: The motorway The audio CD PowerPoint

Slide24: 

Is the learning platform a disruptive or a sustaining technology in relation to adult learning?

Slide25: 

“Is the learning platform as good as a real resources cupboard?” Brigid Joyce

Slide26: 

How can learning platforms contribute to personalisation and differentiation? Margaret Davey