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FELTAG SO WHAT?10th June South West RSC conferenceBob Harrison www.setuk.co.uk @bobharrisonset
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HERITAGE/LEGACY?2
The Future
The drivers of the education system – assessment, curriculum, inspection/quality requirements, funding flows, promotion criteria – have not changed in recognition of what technology offers, so nothing within it can change.
Barriers To Change – Prof. Diana Laurillard
Sigmoid Curve
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What is FELTAG?
Further Education Learning Technology Action GroupMission statement
“FELTAG will aim to best support the agile evolution of the FE sector in anticipation of disruptive
technology, for the benefit of learners, employers & the UK economy as a whole.”
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Outcomes and key principles
• Maximising impact for learners• Creating the conditions for the agile evolution of the FE system• Supporting employers and driving economic growth
• Technology is not the end goal in itself• Government cannot, and should not, provide all the answers• Ownership by the FE sector of FELTAG outcomes is key• FELTAG should embrace the concept of a whole life learning
journey
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Progress thus far and how we are working together Six workstreams:
1 Horizon scanning and context
2 Learners and Learning Technology 3 Employers and Learning Technology 4 Regulation and Funding
5 Investment and Capital Infrastructure 6 Providers Capacity & Capability
Commissioned reports and surveys
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“One of the clinical definitions of insanity is doing the same thing
over and over again and expecting to get a different result.”
John Abbott
Learning
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Learning
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The ewords framework
Swap traditional
practices with ICT
Exchange
Engage learners by
using a richer mix of media
Enrich
Deepen learning
through the use of ICT
Enhance
Change the content,
process and location of
learning
Extend
Enable learners to
take control of their own learning
Empower
shal
low
deep
Martin Blows
the ewords framework
It’s not about the technology ….
… it’s about new thinking.
The only barriers are in our heads!
Or our principles/Principals?
Policy or Practice?
"The reality is that the circumstances, rationale and representations for learning have changed....lets confront it "Richard Noss #altc2012