Monday, 13 April 201511.00am – 12.00pm

Webinar Chair: Chris Swingler, Associate , AELP

Facilitator: Paul Bailey, Senior Co-design Manager, Jisc

Commissioned and Funded by

AELP WebinarPilot (Apprentice) Learner Led Technology

Challenge

Agenda

Introductions

The Pilot Apprentice Learner-Led Ideas Challenge

How to submit and idea

How should we support successful project team

Next Steps

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Jisc

A registered charity and champion the use of digital

technologies in UK education and research

Provide relevant and useful advice, digital content and

network and IT services, while we research and develop

new technologies and ways of working

We work in partnership with membership bodies and

other agencies to develop support for the sector

Who are we?

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Poll One

A. An independent training provider

B. An FE college

C. A local authority provider

D. An apprentice or trainee

E. Other (type in chat window)

Who are you?

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Background

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Summer of Student Innovation

A competition

Student ideas to improve

learning experience

Running since 2013

Supported 40 student project

teams

Projects attended development

workshops from July - September

The competitions in 2015

The Student Ideas

Competition

Supporting Technology

Startup Projects

The Learner Ideas in FE

Competition

The Apprentice Led Ideas

Challenge

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http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/

The Apprentice Led Ideas Challenge

Brief: Ideas from apprentices and trainees that improve their

learning activity or make being an apprentice/trainee better

Partnership: Jisc and the Association of Employment and Learning

Providers (AELP)

Eligibility: apprentices and trainees supported by a learning provider

or college

A team: 1-4 apprentices/trainees and a named member of staff from

a learning provider/college who will attend events

Funding: £20,000 to work with us to explore and potentially develop

the idea

Ideas supported: Target is two ideas

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The Pilot Learner Led Ideas Challenge

Learner Led Ideas

All the competitions are for ideas led by

learner(s).

The ideas should come from the learner(s) and

they should play a major role in developing

solution

The role of the learning provider or college is to

facilitate, support and enable

These are NOT staff led projects/ideas with

learners working in them8

What we mean

What sort ideas are we looking for?Some ideas to get you started:

the use of mobile apps to support online learners to

work in groups, assist in planning learning online, and

get instant help or feedback problems

developing new tools within learning environment,

owned by learners rather than learning providers

technology that enables you to demonstrate online

skills to employers and support the development of the

digital skills of the FE workforce

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What sort ideas are we looking for?Some ideas to get you started:

technologies or ideas for learning activities that are

more suitable to learners using assistive technologies

that would also be suitable for learners who are not

for models involving learners and employers developing

new and innovative approaches to curriculum design

that involves technology

using the advantages of learning technology to help

learners develop basic skills around maths and English

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Timeline Workshop to support ideas generation: 13:00 – 17:00, 29 April,

Bristol

Competition Opens: 27 March 2015

Submissions close: Monday 18 May at 23:30

Voting closes: Monday 1 June at 09:00

Successful project teams notified: by Wednesday 10 June

2015

Announce winners: AELP Conference June

Projects start: July

Project showcase: AELP Conference November, others tbc

Finish: December11

How to submit ideas

1. Register in the elevator web site

2. Create a short video pitch a post to

YouTube

3. Submit the YouTube link and

description of you idea to elevator,

await approval

4. Promote your idea and get people

to vote, target at least 50 votes

5. The ideas are selected, receive

funding to work with Jisc over the

summer to develop product idea12

http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/

The competitions in 2015

The Student Ideas

Competition

Supporting Technology

Startup Projects

The Learner Ideas in FE

Competition

The Apprentice Led

Ideas Challenge

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http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/

Eligibility

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Apprentice/

trainee

with a

learning

provider

Learners in

further

education

University

students

Non-student

teams

The Student Ideas

Competition

Yes Yes Yes No

Supporting

Technology Startup

Projects

Yes Yes Yes Yes

The Learner Ideas in

FE Competition

Yes Yes no No

The Apprentice Led

Ideas Challenge

Yes Apprentices

and

Trainees

no No

Poll Two

A.The Student Ideas Competition

B. Supporting Technology Startup Projects

C. The Learner Ideas in FE Competition

D.The Apprentice Led Ideas Challenge

E. None (say what would)

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Which competitions interest you (Select all that interest you)

How should we support successful project teams?

Support could consist of

Workshops and meetings with

25 projects from the other competitions

related projects around themes

Online meetings and activities

Individual mentoring

Presentations at other events

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Poll Three

A.Attending a residential four day event

B. Attending single day workshops during the

week

C. Attending a workshop at the weekend or in the

evening

D.Hosting a support meeting at your location

E. Online webinars and support17

Which of the following approaches would work for you? (select all that apply)

Next Steps

1. Register for the ideas generation workshop in

Bristol 29 April

2. Register on elevator (to submit or vote)

3. Submit ideas before 18 May

4. Vote for ideas before 1 June

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Contacts

Contacts: Paul Bailey paul.bailey@jisc.ac.uk

Further Information: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/student-innovation

http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/

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Future AELP Webinars

21 April Reforms on SEND arrangements,

Dr. Christine Rose, Paul Warner, AELP

30 April CEO Member Update

Stewart Segal, AELP

6 May Traineeship Staff Support Programme

Jo Gourley Froome, Mentor Group

20 May Moocs, Coocs Voocs and Smooc - How WBL

providers can benefit

Carolyn Lewis, Vocational Innovation

Visit www.aelp.org.uk/events for more Information