e-Guides conferenceMarkos Tiris

Programme Director Teaching and Learning

1.Where are we now?

2.Where are we going?

3.What is our route?

4.How does this fit in with LSIS’s emerging philosophy?

e-learning sat nav

Nature of LSIS

• ‘sector-owned body in the public sector’

• useful compromise between public and private

• registered charity and company limited by guarantee

• board of trustees/directors

• council of up to 40 who are the members of the charity

• “accountable not to government, but to [the] council”

• based in Coventry, with a London presence

• income of sector-directed grant/specific grant/fees

Immediate plans• deliver existing CEL and QIA programmes to 31/7/09 at least

• lead the renewal of the National Improvement Strategy (NIS)

• prepare a statement of ‘strategic intentions’

• develop outline of corporate plan incl. mission and vision

• extensive face-to-face consultation with partners

• design communication channels so as to be ‘sector-led’

• gradually merge businesses

• develop LSIS structure/values/culture

Where are we now?The conventional view of moving forward

the use of technology

and resources

Where are we now?

The MIT model

Where are we going?

Overall: FE college e-maturity

What is our route?

How will we get there?

•A framework for professional development – eCPD

•Cascade model

•a number of programmes based on the framework

•Aim is to Take eLearning into the mainstream

•Focus on teaching and learning and CPD

Supporting CPDEverything produced as part of the Teaching and Learning Programme will help you to address the 3 elements of CPD set out by IfL:

• updating a subject specialism• refreshing teaching approaches• institutional and national policy context

Walking the walk

• New online support service - using eLearning as a tool

• Linking through to the IfL Reflect system

• Investigate optional accreditation

• Blended delivery in the cascade model

Online programme - blended model

Online learning space

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