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Title: Exploring Managed and Virtual Environments


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Exploring Managed and Virtual Environments
  • Mr M Donnelly

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The Contribution of ICT and E-learning
  • ICT can make a significant contribution to
    teaching and learning across all subjects and
    ages, inside and outside the curriculum
  • ICT can provide opportunities to engage and
    motivate children and young people and meet their
    individual learning needs
  • ICT can help link school and home by providing
    access to teaching and learning materials, and to
    assessment and attendance data

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Reality
  • But the vast majority of schools are only
    beginning to tap the potential of ICT to enhance
    teaching and learning and to modernise the way in
    which schools are run and organised.

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Mr Clarkes Vision
  • .my vision is one where schools are confidently,
    successfully and routinely exploiting ICT
    alongside other transformational measures.
  • By doing so they will be delivering an
    education that equips learners for life in the
    Information Age of the 21st century.

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The Way Forward
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Aims for the next stage of development will be
to ensure that for all schools
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Summary of aims
  • ICT makes a significant contribution to teaching
    and learning across all subjects and ages, inside
    and outside the curriculum
  • ICT is used to improve access to learning for
    pupils with a diverse range of individual needs,
    including those with SEN and disabilities
  • ICT is used as a tool for whole-school
    improvement
  • ICT is used as a means of enabling learning to
    take place more easily beyond the bounds of the
    formal school organisation and outside the school
    day and of enhancing the quality of such
    experiences and
  • ICT capabilities are developed as key skills
    essential for participation in todays society
    and economy.

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Future Focus
  • the science of teaching using ICT
  • the development of the school as the lead
    ICT-rich institution at the hub of community
    learning and
  • development of the means to deliver effective
    support for all schools.

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Developing ICT pedagogy
  • Improving collaboration between Government LEA
    and schools
  • Developing range of advice, guidance and support
    for teachers
  • Developing assessment systems
  • Improving Professional Development opportunities
  • Offering practical support for integrating ICT
    into lessons
  • Help for teachers to develop learning beyond the
    classroom

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Managed Learning Environments
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Managed Learning Environments?
  • To find out more about MLEs go to the Becta
    Website
  • www.becta.org.uk/research/ictrn

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What Are Managed Learning Environments?
  • The term Managed Learning Environment (MLE)
    refers to the whole range of information systems
    and processes of a educational establishment
    (including its VLE if it has one) that contribute
    directly, or indirectly, to learning and the
    management of that learning.
  • (JISC2000b)

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Managed Learning and Virtual Learning Environments
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Virtual Learning Environment
  • A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is one
    possible component of a MLE it refers to the
    component(s) within an MLE that provides the
    online interactions of various kinds which can
    take place between learners and tutors, including
    online learning.
  • Source JISC http//www.jisc.ac.uk/mle/ssues.html

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What Exactly Do VLEs Do?
  • VLEs can be a combination of the following
    features

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Summary of VLE Features
  • Communication tools such as e-mail, bulletin
    boards and chat rooms
  • Collaboration tools such as on-line forums,
    intranets, electronic diaries and calendars
  • Tools to create on-line content and courses to
    create learning modules
  • On-line assessment and marking tools that track
    student activity and achievement
  • Integration with school management information
    systems
  • Controlled access to curriculum resources
  • Student access to content and communications
    beyond the school.

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Are We Ready for Complete MLEs or VLEs?
  • What do schools actually need at this moment?
  • Individual web space for staff and pupils.
  • Remote anytime anywhere password access to a
    safe controlled environment.
  • Controlled communication and collaboration access
  • Ability to contribute to and or use on- line
    resources and content
  • Opportunity for parents to support learning
    process
  • Opportunity to explore assessment

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The General Benefits of a VLE
  • ICT within an integrated environment
  • one piece of software with a consistent look and
    feel, easier to learn and manage
  • different communication dimensions through
    e-mail, discussion groups and chat rooms,
  • improved learning environment

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The Benefits of a VLE for Students
  • Anytime, anywhere access
  • (Jacobsen and Kremer 2000)
  • Improved motivation and skill
  • (Watts and Lloyd 2000)
  • Development of higher levels of deep and
    strategic learning styles
  • (Gibbs 1999)

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The Benefits of a VLE for Teachers
  • Improved communication with pupils, exploring
    other options than face to face
  • Allows teachers to be flexible and creative with
    the curriculum
  • Allows teachers opportunity to prepare and store
    work, to create and share resources

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The benefits of a VLE for Parents
  • Improved communication
  • Allows for monitoring both work and even
    attendance!
  • Allows parents opportunity to support learning.

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Factors for the Effective Use of VLEs
  • Will the environment support learning?
  • Skill level of staff and training needs
  • Security, storage
  • Common standards interoperability-
  • Technical support

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Key Questions
  • Becta Key questions for schools
  • Can the school sustain a MLE, financially,
    technically and administratively?
  • Will introducing a MLE add value to the teaching
    and learning process, over and above current
    systems?
  • Should the school look for intermediate solutions
    first such as providing the content only?
  • Is it worth considering working in a consortium
    with other schools, to share costs and resources?
  • What will the financial implication be?

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VLE Ideas
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VLE Ideas
  • Newcastle Learning Partnership are beginning to
    explore Virtual Learning Environments to support
    the 14-19 age range

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VLE Ideas
  • Learnpremium.co.uk

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VLE ideas
  • Digital Brain.

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VLE Ideas
  • Presentations
  • Schoolzone
  • Granada Learnwise

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Summary
  • Fulfilling the Potential.
  • Adopting Managed or Virtual Learning Environments

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Acknowledgments
  • www.becta.org.uk/research/ictrn
  • Fulfilling the Potential DfES/ 0265/203
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