fg alt off learn sept 06

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ALT-C September 2006 Pathways Out; Issues in developing Offender e-learning projects Fred Garnett Strategic Advisor Post-16 Learning; Becta

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ALT-C; Pathways Out TOPICS What is Offender Learning? Offender Learning; changes in the Landscape Offender e-Learning Issues & Developments NIACE programme Analysis Recommendations

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ALT-C; Pathways Out Offender Learning; the Landscape DfES – Offender Learning Journey Home Office - Security Governor’s – Purposeful Activity Prison Education Service Education Provider – (FE College) Heads of Learning and Skills Prison Libraries

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ALT-C; Pathways Out Changes in the Landscape (Events) DfES – Offender Learning Green Paper (Dec 05) Offender Learning Campus (Aug 06) LSC – Development Regions (Regional Manager) LSC- Offender e-learning Pilot Proposals (Mar 06) Home Office – Clarke replace by Reid (May 06) EU- European Prison Rules (June 06) NIACE Offender e-learning Programmes (Sept 06)

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ALT-C; Pathways Out Offender Learning; the Vision DfES – OLSU Offender Learning Strategy Unit; “Create a learning environment within prisons that increasingly encourages the use of e-learning”

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ALT-C; Pathways Out Offender e-learning Issues Architecture How do we adapt best practice in e-learning architecture to address the limitations of prisons especially Security and Authentication Collaboration Is this the best learning model for Offenders? How can we measure, accredit learning outcomes? Design and Development How to design, develop and provide self-paced collaborative learning resources? Implementation How to best provide “Continuity of Learning”?

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ALT-C; Pathways Out Offender e-learning Developments Architecture Home Office ICT Strategy is rolling out across London Region. An architecture providing centralised Security and Authentication; all resources accessed through this. Collaboration No collaborative learning offered; Laugh Your Way to Literacy (Riddles + John Hegley) not developed. Design and Development Kickstart TV offers self-paced collaborative learning resources? Template-driven Resource Design Implementation Learning Campus for “Continuity of Learning”?

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ALT-C; Pathways Out European Prison Rules; Education (7) 1. Access for all to comprehensive education 2. Priority to Literacy, Numeracy & Vocational 3. Priority to Juveniles and Special Needs 4. Ed no less status than work or funded less 5. Libraries everywhere, well stocked, all media 6. Libraries linked to Community Libraries 7a. Education integrated to offer continuity 7b. Run by external education institutions Communication should be frequent (e-mail)

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ALT-C; Pathways Out NIACE programme Management e-learning awareness; Good Practice Guides; Chips 13 E-learning materials; FERL, aclearn, Treacl Tutor Training; e-Guides Communications; using NIACE Information Channels Evaluation; providing planned way forward 2007

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ALT-C; Pathways Out Offender e-learning Analysis Programme is retro-fitted education; Issue of collaborative learning & mentoring not addressed (Laugh Your Way to Literacy) Online e-portolios needed to integrate learning Other Issues not addressed; drugs & self-harm European Rules requires education = work i2010 requires Formal, Non-Formal & Informal Learning to be integrated

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ALT-C; Pathways Out Offender e-learning Recommendations 1. Maps Offender Learning to the e-strategy & i2010; 2. Make “Continuity of Learning” the key underpinning concept. 3. Provide a mixed learning model; education = work 4. Use Prison Libraries as local branch libraries 5. Extend the “Community Learning Champions” model of “trusted intermediaries” using interests to drive learning 6. Develop whole service approach to staff as “enablers” 7. Incorporate the NLN-ACL project into prisons 8. Address “Women’s Estate” Issues 9. Trial “myguide” in prisons

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ALT-C; Pathways Out Offender e-learning Resources; NIACE; Offenders Views and Experiences of Learning www.niace.org.uk/olse/ www.niace.org.uk/research/ict/offenderlearning/chips13.pdf Green Paper; www.dfes.gov.uk/offenderlearning/ EU Prison Ed Association, Rules; www.epea.org Kickstart TV www.kickstartTV.co.uk DfES; www.dfes.gov.uk/olsu/ Red Kite Learning; www.rkl.org

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ALT-C September 2006 Pathways Out; Issues in developing Offender e-learning projects Fred Garnett fred.garnett@becta.org.uk

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ALT-C; Pathways Out Community Development Model of Learning Attractor Stage; Open, welcoming Locations, Learners follow interests Self-supporting “learning community” Engagement Stage; Timely Interventions, Goal Articulation, Discussion Counselling and Courses Needs “Trusted Intermediaries”