ILT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

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ILT IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
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What Does ILT Stand for?

• Information and Learning Technology
• It is the term used to refer to the specific set
  of uses to which colleges apply computer-based
  information technology
• ILT PUTS THE LEARNING IN IT!

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What are the Differences Between ?

• IT (Information Technology)
• ICT (Information and Communication Technology
• ILT (Information and Learning Technology)

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IT

• refers to the hardware, software and skills that
  surround a single stand-alone computer or laptop

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ICT

• Machines are networked together allowing
  communication with others on the network and in
  the outside world via e-mail and the Internet.
• The computer is a tool for performing tasks and
  communicating with others.
• ICT is defined as the interconnection of
  stand-alone computers across and between
  institutions

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ILT

• Is the application of IT/ICT to the core business
  of further education
• ILT puts the Learning into IT by the use of ICT
  to deliver learning materials/experiences and may
  extend to
• on-line guidance
• assessment and recording of progress
• traditional/off-line learning or support

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ILT can help to
develop thinking skills
motivate learners
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Going interactive
ILT resources do not necessarily improve the
quality of delivery, just as a good textbook
does not necessarily make the teaching any better
The real potential of ILT is to empower
practitioners to be creative with their existing
resources
Because a good practitioner is at the heart of
good learning
A skilled practitioner with few IT skills can
produce imaginative, creative and effective
resources by focusing more on the teaching
principles than on the technology
The availability of new types of resources and
new types of interaction can satisfy
different learning preferences and present
alternative ways of accessing the same information
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Display Screen Technology (DST)

• The collective name for software and hardware
  that enable practitioners to use digital
  resources in face-to-face sessions with groups of
  learners eg
• interactive whiteboards or similar devices (such
  as mimio )
• plasma displays or other large monitor/television
  screens
• data projectors

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Uses of DST in Teaching

• Practitioners can now replace the traditional
  blackboard or whiteboard with a more interactive
  focal point. By connecting the computer to one of
  these devices they can use DST to
• give presentations
• demonstrate spreadsheets and data handling
• deliver content from web pages
• run multimedia and CD-ROMs
• explain and illustrate software.

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Benefits of DST in Teaching

• It captures the attention of learners
• It makes the curriculum area come alive
• Learners show increased motivation
• Learners enjoy the interaction the technology
  offers
• Practitioners can use software, multimedia and
  the Internet with large groups of learners

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Definitions of E-Learning

• Several key organisations have been working on
  definitions of e-learning
• 'E-learning is the effective learning process
  created by combining digitally delivered content
  with (learning) support and services (The Open
  and Distance Learning Quality Council )
• 'E-learning refers to learning activities that
  involve computers and networks. (The Internet and
  intranets are considered networks.) E-learning
  does not require learning materials to be
  delivered by computer, but computer and networks
  must be involved in this type of learning
  (Susanna Tsai and Paulo Machado of the InkiTiki
  Corporation, Hawaii)

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• 'E-learning is learning with the help of
  information and communications technology tools
  (Post-16 E-Learning Strategy Task Force)
• 'DEL (distributed and electronic learning) can be
  represented as a spectrum ranging from
  Internet-supported distance learning in which the
  learner has limited physical contact with the
  tutor or other learners, to teacher-led,
  classroom-based activity which is interspersed
  with occasional computer-delivered or facilitated
  assignments (The LSCs Distributed and Electronic
  Learning Group (DELG))

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• 'The use of electronic technology to deliver,
  support and enhance teaching and learning
  (Education and Learning Wales (ELWa))

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Common Factors

• It is a debate that is very much on going. There
  are at present only two common factors in all of
  the definitions available
• that it involves the use of IT (the 'e-')
• that it is used for part of a developmental
  process (the 'learning').

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Good practice in ILT

• Using ILT can enable clearer understanding
• ILT provides differentiated learning
  opportunities
• ILT provides opportunities for learning outside
  the classroom
• ILT offers opportunities to differentiate between
  learners and learning styles
• ILT need not replace existing good practice, but
  should enhance what you already do

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Practitioner A

• Could add
• assignments based around digital images placed on
  the intranet to illustrate the same concepts
• Benefit
• learners can produce these resources and they can
  be used flexibly by those absent from class

• Currently
• has good teaching skills but weaker IT skills
• relies on face-to-face group work, role play and
  delivery of ideas through scenarios in
  paper-based activities

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Practitioner B

• Could add
• interactive Word functions to paper-based
  handouts, which could then be available for use
  on the intranet
• quizzes to allow learners to test their own
  progress
• hyperlinked on-line resources, possibly with
  animation to highlight key points

• Currently
• has good IT skills and good subject knowledge,
  but delivery does not actively engage learners,
  as it is too dependent on paper-based handouts
  and OHTs

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Practitioner C

• Could
• place learning material on a VLE and allow
  interaction between learners
• use time saved to address individual learners
  problems in the face-to-face sessions

• Currently
• delivers face to face to small groups of learners
  on different sites
• repeats the same material with each group

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What is the FERL Practitioners Programme?

• The Ferl Practitioners Programme is a staff
  development programme.
• It provides practitioners with the skills and
  understanding to transform the culture of
  teaching and learning using ILT
• It links to a wide range of ready made resources.
• http//www.ferl.becta.org.uk

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Example of FERL Resources

• http//www.ferl.becta.org.uk

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Mapping the NLN Materials

• National Learning Network ILT Subject Mentors
  have mapped the NLN Materials to a range of key
  subject areas
• Beauty Therapy Business Studies
• Construction Cross Curricula
• Hairdressing Health and Social Care
• Hospitality Service IT Practitioners
• Key skills Land-based
• Leisure and Recreation Performing Arts
• Travel and Tourism
• http//www.nln.ac.uk/materials/tutors/mapping.asp

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What Is Hot Potatoes?

• Hot Potatoes is a tool which allows you to
  create Web-based interactive teaching materials
  (crosswords, mix and match exercises, quizzes)
• The software is free to educational
  establishments providing you publish any
  resources you create to their website for use by
  other organisations.

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Download directly from the Hot Potatoes web site
http//web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/
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How Do I Do It?

• Open Hot Potatoes

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Useful Web Sites

• http//www.nln.ac.uk/materials/tutors/default.asp
  (http//www.nln.ac.uk)
• National Learning Network (NLN)
• Provides high quality learning chunks for many
  subject areas which are free to FE colleges
• http//www.ferl.org.uk
• Further Education Resource Library(FERL)
• Contains a range of resources and materials for
  using ILT in teaching and learning across many
  subject areas
• http//www.ccm.ac.uk/ltech/default.asp
  (http//www.learningtechnologies.ac.uk)
• Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA)
• A national resource repository aimed
  specifically at the post-16 sector
• http//tre.ngfl.gov.uk/ (http//www.vtc.ngfl.gov.u
  k)
• The Virtual Teacher Centre http//
• Database of resources and activities designed to
  help teachers develop and share ideas for good
  practice