SURF WBLWay A JISC Project

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SURF WBL-WayA JISC Project

• Project Director Mark Stiles
• Project Manager Fleur Corfield
• 6 June 2007
• Engage Work Based Learning

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Partners

• Main Project Partners
• Staffordshire University
• Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology
• Burton Upon Trent College
• Stoke On Trent College
• Supporting Partners
• Foundation Degree Forward
• AimHigher West Midlands
• Harvest Road
• Foundation Direct CETL
• Engineering Council
• Portsmouth University
• SEMTA

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Genesis of WBL-Way
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Issues from SURF WBL

• Employers / mentors have no online access to
  information on employee learning
• No easy reference to generic support materials
• No centralised information about WBL across SURF

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Project Approach

• Use Case Driven
• Drawing on experience and tools from previous
  projects
• SURF WBL X4L
• SUNIWE
• Access for all involved in WBL

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Supply vs Demand in FD Development

• Fd Applied Technology meets a local demand for
  highly skilled engineers
• Fd Early Years meets the governments demand for
  high level skills in the sector
• Fd Telecommunications meets the demands of a
  national employer

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Some Models of FD Development

• Local employer bespoke award
• Pathways
• National employer

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Issues of WBL Development and Delivery

• Knowledge and awareness
• Cost time and money
• Relevance to the business
• Work-based learning and mentoring
• Speed of response and validation
• Is the Fd a business solution?

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Issues of Supporting WBL Development and Delivery

• College or University-led
• Award leader and Link Tutor
• College, University, Workplace delivery
• Workbased learning
• Approval and Quality processes
• Supporting Employer engagement

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Tasks

• Identify stakeholders
• Interview stakeholders
• Write scenarios for stakeholders
• Create use cases and storyboards for stakeholders
  based on scenarios
• Review portal software
• Review institutions systems and data
• Develop related portlets, linking to
  institutional systems
• Create missing materials to support scenarios

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Where we are

• Work with college partners, employers, FDF and
  SURF started
• Links built on existing project work
• Scenarios been written and use cases and
  storyboards started
• Blog created by each project partner
• Reviews of institutional systems and data taking
  place
• Missing materials being identified

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Stakeholders
Employers
Engaged
Un-Engaged
Learners
Employees
Mentors
Human Resources
Un-Engaged
Course Developers
Institutional Staff
Course Deliverers
Course Managers
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Comments from Employers

• Requests for
• Up to date course descriptors start dates
• Progression for Work Based Learning
• Case Studies
• Learner Progress information
• Advice for potential learners and employers
• Information on short courses that can be built on
• Links to Personnel

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WBL Training Opportunities
AimHigher West Midlands 2007
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Understanding progression routes
AimHigher West Midlands 2007
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Scenarios

• I am an employer with employees on different
  courses, I want to see what stage they are at and
  what they can progress to
• I am an employer interested in foundation degrees
  but dont know who to contact and how much of my
  time it would involved

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Use Cases

• Employer view
• Employee learner status course details
• Contact details for colleges delivering
  foundation degrees
• Support documents for foundation degrees
• WBL courses linked to the company sector
• College events related to employers

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If I was a HR Manager...
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Your Turn!

• Get together in small groups of 4
• We have shown you what we have found employers
  want
• Does this fit with your experiences?
• Have you found other requirements? What are they?
• How would you meet those requirements?

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Thank you

• Contact Information
• Fleur Corfield f.m.corfield_at_staffs.ac.uk
• Mark Stiles m.j.stiles_at_staffs.ac.uk
• Project Websites
• http//www.staffs.ac.uk/COSE/WBLWAY
• http//surfwblway.blogspot.com/