Post on 13-Jan-2016
JISC Regional Support Centre for London
Supporting education and research
“Staff Development Matters”8th November 2005
Will Pickford, Manager
Supporting education and research
JISC Regional Support Centres
• East Midlands• Eastern • London• North West • Northern• South East • South West • West Midlands• Yorkshire & Humber• Northern Ireland • Scotland North & East • Scotland South & West • Wales
Established in 2000 to support the FE sector13 RSCs across the UK
Supporting education and research
JISC Regional Support Centres
• Expanded role in 2003 to support specialist colleges, HE and Adult and Community Learning (ACL) - 105 learning providers in London
• Plans for further expansion in Round 3 (2007-10)…
• Support for Technical, Staff Development, Learning Resources, Learning & Teaching, Senior Managers
Supporting education and research
For each statement decide how strongly you agree or disagree
Stand in a position to represent your view
Be prepared to justify your position
Strongly agree Strongly disagree
Adapted from an icebreaking activity from the CEL eQuIP programme
Supporting education and research
“ILT and e-Learning helps people learn more effectively.”
Statement 1 of 4
Supporting education and research
“Good teachers do not needany fancy tools.”
Statement 2 of 4
page 4of 6
Supporting education and research
“Staff development activitiesshould be aimed at developing
teachers’ ICT skills ”
Statement 3 of 4
Supporting education and research
“The main barrier to the development of e-Learning is
lack of IT equipment.”
Statement 4 of 4
Supporting education and research
IT, e-Learning & staff development
• According to ICT and e-Learning in Further Education (Becta, September 2004), there has been 'an increase in the levels of ICT competence among teaching staff‘
• However, there is still a significant gap between ICT skills and e-Learning competences
Supporting education and research
The context for staff development
• Pedagogy, not technology, is the driver – JISC Effective Practice with e-Learning
This slide contains a video clip “Apply concepts and skills: The Working Men’s College (WMC) from the JISC Effective Practice Case Studies section of the e-Learning and pedagogy programme.
Supporting education and research
Good Practice Guide
• What we need is a guide to good practice in staff development for e-Learning…
Supporting education and research
Staff Development programmes
• The RSC Learning Journey
Supporting education and research
• CCDL – A course in ICT for teachers
• Other support from the RSCs– a wealth of regional staff development
opportunities; events, training, resources – plus, for SD managers; forums, advisory
visits, e-bulletin/information services etc.
• www.jisc.ac.uk – Regional Support Centres
Staff Development programmes
Supporting education and research
Useful links and references
• ICT and e-Learning in Further Education (Becta, September 2004), http://www.becta.org.uk/page_documents/research/ict_elearning_fe.pdf
• CEL eQuip programme -http://www.centreforexcellence.org.uk/?Page=Programmes&id=278
• The RSC Learning Journey - http://www1.rsc-london.ac.uk/cms/fileadmin/docs/curriculum/staff_dev/learning_journey/index.htm
• JISC e-Learning and Pedagogy Programme - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/elearning_pedagogy.html
• JISC Effective Practice with e-Learning - http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=elp_practice
• JISC RSC CCDL - http://www.rsc-london.ac.uk/cms/687/• JISC RSC for London – http://rsc-london.ac.uk