An e-learning strategy for the NHS Dr Anne Wright Consultant, NHSU and DfES.
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An NHS e-learning strategy: background• 2003: NHSU and NW WDCs jointly sponsored
preliminary work and consultation • Work looked at drivers, barriers, priorities• Steering Group and reference group• 2004: draft circulated for input and feedback• Revised priority actions• Roles in implementation
An NHS e-learning strategy: drivers for e-learning• Diverse, distributed workforce of NHS• NHS Improvement Plan: modernisation and
personalisation• Change: Increased emphasis on team-working and
multi-professional collaboration• Skills escalator• Standards for Health• Local action and local flexibility• Impact of NPfIT and e-health
An NHS e-learning strategy: e-learning benefits : WHO• Individuals: Personalise learning • Teams: engage in new ways of working• Professionals: collaborative communities• Organisations: knowledge exchange• Communities: sharing, innovation, good practice• Managers: manage learning for National
Standards• All: linking technologies for learning and work
An NHS e-learning strategy: e-learning benefits : HOW• Flexible access e.g. for part-time staff• Flexible delivery at work or at home• Mix of online and face to face learning• Mobile learning• Self-paced progression and e-assessment• Continuity of learning across locations or jobs
through e-portfolio • Mentors and tutors - online and face to face• Peer discussion
An NHS e-learning strategy: e-learning benefits : WHAT• Online information, guidance, resources,
materials and tools
• Virtual learning space
• Online programmes
• Virtual communities
• Hardware e.g. whiteboards, PDAs
• Online support
But why do we need a common strategy?
• Overcome wasteful duplication of resources
• Secure efficiencies in procurement
• Enable sharing through common standards
• Provide for continuity and mobility of learning
• Encourage and promote good practice
• Enable virtual communities across NHS
• Support National Standards and local action
• Knowledge management in e-learning for health
An NHS e-learning strategy: barriers• Patchy access to infrastructure
• Fragmentation of resources and materials
• Lack of skills
• Lack of common standards
An NHS e-learning strategy: priorities• Learning infrastructure
• Accelerating and embedding e-learning
• Supporting the NHS workforce
• Leadership for e-learning culture
Learning infrastructure
• Capacity and e-readiness in NHS organisations for staff to access and use e-learning
• Connectivity and networks• Hardware: learning devices• Learning platforms• Learning facilities and venues
Increase and accelerate e-learning• Coherent approach to e-learning resources
and services • Share knowledge within and across
communities• Increase availability of high -quality
materials and tools• Develop and promote common technical,
pedagogical and accessibility standards
Support the NHS workforce
• ICT skills for all staff: ECDL
• Skills to use NPfIT rollout: training
• E-tutoring skills for educators
• E-learning design skills
• E-learning skills for users
• Mentoring
Leadership and learning culture
• Enable leaders and managers of NHS organisations to understand, plan and sustain the context for e-learning in work and development for individuals and teams
Implementation issues
• Consistency with National Standards, Local Action - not top-down
• Based on good practice guidance - not targets• Local development and flexibility - not single
solution• Co-ordination of standards to enable sharing • Enabling virtual communities across NHS• Roles for key bodies e.g. NWG, Skills for Health?
SCIE and social care
• SCIE remit to develop e-learning strategy for social care
• Consultation document and feedback• E-learning team appointed• Brokerage and leverage role• E-learning to support social work degree• Web resources on e-learning• E-readiness survey• Quality assurance for learning materials• Linking with Skills for Care SSC
HEFCE e-learning strategy
• Supports teaching and learning strategy• Key roles for JISC and Higher Education
Academy• Partnership Steering Group• National Advisory Centre• E-learning Research Centre• Pathfinder projects• Funding allocations to HEIs to build capacity
Harnessing TechnologyTransforming Learning and
Children’s Services
www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/e-strategy
Development of DfES e-strategy
• July 2003: Consultation document Towards a Unified e-Learning Strategy
• Over 400 responses – all positive, but with varying perspectives and priroities
• July 2004: DfES 5 year strategy for education and children’s services
• March 2005: DfES e-strategy: Harnessing Technology
Primary 14-19
Skills
HE
Children
Our aims for a 21st century system…
through our strategies for reform…
will need the contributions ICT and e-learning can make…
through sector-based actions…
all under-pinned by the priority system actions.
Personalisation and choice Flexibility and independence
Opening up services Staff development Partnerships
Secondary
Transforming teaching, learning and supportConnecting with hard to reach groups
Opening up an accessible collaborative systemImproving efficiency and effectiveness
ICT in Schools Strategy
Post-16 e-Learning Strategy
HEFCE e-Learning Strategy
Every Child Matters:
Change for Children
Post-16
An integrated online information service for all citizensIntegrated online learning and personal support for children and learners
A collaborative approach to personalised learning activitiesA good quality training and support package for practitioners
A leadership and development package for organisational capability in ICTA common digital infrastructure to support transformation and reform
Harnessing TechnologyHarnessing TechnologyTransforming Learning and Transforming Learning and
Children’s ServicesChildren’s Services
System Priorities
An integrated online information service for all citizens
Integrated online learning and personal support for children and learners
A collaborative approach to personalised learning activities
A good quality training and support package for practitioners
A leadership and development package for organisational capability in ICT
A common digital infrastructure to support transformation and reform
Priority 1: An integrated online information service for all citizens: system actions
Develop the internet as a key delivery channel, by providing online
information and services covering, all education institutions, courses,
qualifications and flexible learning opportunities
Develop the internet as a key delivery channel for teachers, trainers and
lecturers, through tailored portals.
Develop the 'MyGuide' solution as a radically simple interface for
making online services accessible to people with disabilities, and non-
users
Priority 2: Integrated online learning and personal support for children and learners: system actionsSupport children's and learners' transition and progression with a
common approach to personal records
Encourage all organisations to support a personal online learning space
for learners
Promote a common approach to assessment across sectors to support
personalised progression
Provide seamless support for assistive technologies for learners' and
children's special needs
Priority 3: A collaborative approach to personalised learning activities
Enable teachers and lecturers to create, adapt, re-use and share resources
by giving them common access to rich, subject-related, interactive digital
resources for e-learning
Promote innovation by developing flexible learning activity design tools,
ensuring that e-learning products are based on robust evidence of effective
learning and teaching, and targeting development funding for innovation
where it has most impact on inclusion and participation
Review and update the curriculum and qualifications to reflect the impact of
technology on learning and meet market needs in e-skills for employment.
Priority 4: A good quality training and support package for practitioners
Provide initial training, professional development, and access, to support the
high quality use of ICT and e-learning, through guidance and exemplars
Support subject-based collaboration across sectors via online networks of
teachers, trainers and lecturers
Encourage transfer of good practice in evaluating the use of ICT to improve
learning and teaching across the education inspectorates
Encourage and recognise good practice in the use of ICT through
professional recognition and accreditation
Priority 5: A leadership and development package for organisational capability in ICTEncourage partnerships and collaboration among institutions and
organisations through the use of ICT
Build a development programme for leaders that brings together the
good practice from across all sectors in leading organisational change
incorporating the use of ICT
Develop leaders and managers to plan and manage the strategic
embedding of ICT across the activities of their organisation, and ensure
that ICT is embedded appropriately within their strategy.
Priority 6: A common digital infrastructure to support transformation and reformMaintain and develop an integrated high-speed network for all activities
within the education sectors
Deliver a best value scheme for ICT infrastructure and services for
education and the wider community.
Develop a common systems framework for the learning, teaching,
assessment, research, and admin functions of the education sectors
Contribute to the development of common open standards and
specifications for interoperability, accessibility, quality of service and safety
Implementing the DfES e-strategy
• Cross-cutting DfES Programme Board
• JISC and Becta will be members
• And will lead implementation for DfES
• Key implementation partners include LSC, HEFCE, QCA, TTA, NCSL, Centre for Excellence in Leadership, Leadership Foundation, QAA, Ofsted, ALI, Ufi, BSI
Some issues for today
• Do we need an NHS e-learning strategy/• Who can take it forward?• Who are the key partners?• How can we link with and benefit from the
wider context?• What is the role of virtual communities of
practice?