Convince colleagues present

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What is Inspiring Learning for All?Introducing Inspiring Learning for All to colleagues and stakeholders

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? What is it? Inspiring Learning for All is for people working in museums, libraries and archives to help us to: discover what people learn in our museum, archive or library find out what we are doing well already to inspire and support learning plan how to improve what we do.

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? What it includes A background to learning in museums, archives and libraries Inspiring Learning for All framework, checklists and supporting materials Tools to help us to measure learning impact Resources to help us improve our focus on learning across the organisation Experiences from other museums, archives and libraries

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? We can use it to Engage users in new ways and reach out to new users Improve our learning provision and environment Involve everyone in supporting and inspiring learning Raise the profile of learning internally Demonstrate our value and contribution to learning agendas to funders and stakeholders Build new partnerships Develop a strategy for learning

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? What do we mean by learning? Learning is a process of active engagement with experience. It is what people do when they want to make sense of the world. It may involve the development or deepening of skills, knowledge, understanding, awareness, values, ideas and feelings, or an increase in the capacity to reflect. Effective learning leads to change, development and the desire to learn more. MLA definition adapted from Campaign for Learning

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? Inspiring Learning for All key principles

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? Inspiring Learning for All outcomes Users develop their knowledge, understanding and skills become more self-confident, questioning, motivated and open to others’ perspectives are enriched and inspired enjoy themselves do something different with their lives feel welcomed, respected and supported in their learning Museum, archive or library a broader range of people use and enjoy the museum, archive or library new learning opportunities are created as a result of partnerships staff, volunteers, trustees are effective advocates for learning they are continuously learning and developing their practice

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? People Providing more effective learning opportunities As a museum, archive or library we Engage and consult with a broad range of people to develop learning opportunities Provide opportunities for people to engage in learning Broaden the range of learning opportunities to engage with new and diverse users Stimulate discovery and research Evaluate the outcomes of services, programmes and activities

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? Places Creating inspiring and accessible learning environments As a museum, archive or library we Create environments that are conducive to learning Develop our staff and volunteers to provide support for learners Promote the museum, archive or library as a centre for learning, inspiration and enjoyment

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? Partners Building creative learning partnerships As a museum, archive or library we Identify potential partners and the benefits of working in partnership to support learning Work with suitable partners to plan and develop learning opportunities Invite contributions from outside the organisation to broaden our appeal, bring new perspectives and extend learning opportunities

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? Policies, Plans and PerformancePlacing learning at the heart of the museum, archive or library As a museum, archive or library we Identify and seek to influence local, regional and national initiatives relating to learning Respond to these initiatives in our plans and priorities Demonstrate that our museum, archive or library is a learning organisation through our staff/volunteer development and evaluation processes

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? Measure learning introduces The Generic Learning Outcomes - a system to categorise the types of learning that occur in museums, archives and libraries The steps that will enable us to capture and present what users say about their learning Examples of data gathering tools - questionnaires, focus group formats, comments cards Suggestions on how to improve our existing tools Ways of presenting evidence of learning A method for developing the learning focus of our provision

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? The benefits Measure learning provides real examples that demonstrate how users have been inspired to learn Enables learning to be captured about users’ informal learning experiences Creates a common language - through the Generic Learning Outcomes - for talking about and designing learning Is starting to be endorsed by funding and policy bodies Helps us to identify what is unique about museums, archives and libraries and to express this to others

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? What MLA learnt from piloting Huge synergies arise from museums, archives and libraries working together Implementation is a long-term process Organisations need to focus and set priorities Working with and through learning networks is essential to build confidence and influence Learning champions are needed at all levels in the organisation especially at senior management level The team is important - individuals can’t implement Inspiring Learning for All

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? How might we need to change? (1) The organisational culture is inclusive and receptive to learning engaging new partners and users adopting a broad definition of learning staff are learners too Learning is understood as a core role for all staff, not just educators Everyone focuses on users and outcomes Risk-taking is encouraged – stretching for improvement as well as building on strengths

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What is Inspiring Learning for All? How might we need to change? (2) External scanning to understand new agendas and trends; how these might deliver new learning opportunities Working differently inside and outside the organisation – agreeing common objectives to enhance and enrich learning experiences Supporting staff and volunteers themselves as learners and contributors A reflective organisation - continually evaluating and feeding experience back in