ACL Consortium eLearning a blended approach

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ACL Consortium eLearning a blended approach

• LSDA Transformation in Learning Project Leader
• Michael McCombe

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Four Colleges working together to share
developments

• No ones tried that since ILEA

• Pardon!!

City Lit New building new challenges
Westminster Adult Education Service eLearning out
in the community
Working Men's College (For Women Men) to
improve maximise the learning experience
Morley College reaching out to sessional staff
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The Key Resource Staff
Key Challenges

• 4 colleges working together
• but also to do our own thing
• to bring all staff together (most are sessional)
• make it work for them

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What did we want to achieve?

• We wanted to improve the learning experience of
  our learners by effectively using the new
  technologies. We are all pretty much learners in
  relation to the latter so this means us as well!
• Keep it simple, and lets all come together to
  share experiences

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What did we achieve?

• We managed to work together
• We brought our staff together
• in our own colleges
• all together for Networking Days
• Institutional, Consortium and LSDA Targets
• All involved got what they wanted

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Well lets hear from some of them!
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What did The Working Mens College do?

• The SmartBoard was the key driver but this was
  tied to learning platforms, sharing resources and
  various technologies

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What did WMC achieve?

• Over 70 of staff received e staff development
• This included all managers
• Clear evidence of improved teaching Learning
• Improved retention achievement
• 100s of shared resources

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The list goes on!

• Development of Moodle VLE
• Positive learner feedback
• Better attendance
• Most of all
• Cultural change in the college
• A real transformation
• And greater awareness of what is effective
  teaching learning

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Now over to Phil OHagan

• WMC eLearning Mentor for a taste of what he does.