Inspection and TechnologyLynette Lall RSC EM Advisor

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RAPTA Review

And Plan for

Technology in Action

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Learning outside

classroom through

technology

Effective use of

resources including

technology

Effective use of

technology in

assessment

Specific references to use of technology

Ofsted inspectors handbook

Session overview

What is RAPTA?

The process -

RAPTA the SAR and QIP

The tool

How do we

measure impact?

Activity What next

What is RAPTA?

A tool to identify, evaluate and improve

technology's contribution to

teaching learning and assessment

RAPTA provides a way of evaluating the impact of...• The contribution of e-

learning • The relevance of e-learning• What we are doing• How we are doing

What is RAPTA?

2 sections• Teaching learning and

assessment• Leadership and

management

28 questions

A look at the RAPTA tool

2 versions of the tool

•Moodle•Word

How can we measure impact?

Response methodology

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What? So What? What Next?

What is being done with technology to address the question?

Take your response

Now demonstrate impact and show evidence for the effect of current technology in action

Having analysed what is being done and its impact, how might you further improve teaching, learning and assessment for this question? And what contribution will technology make?

Focus on current technology in action

Consider how you will evidence impact, in

particular, with use of the ‘double negative statement’

Focus on the improvement of

teaching, learning and assessment first rather than technology in itself

Explain the expected impact and the evidence you will use to prove it

Types of evidence for RAPTA

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• Using data to demonstrate changes, backing this up with an explanation

Quantitative

• Identifying and gathering feedback from learners and others

Qualitative

• Using a ‘double negative statement’ with users, to gain specific insight about what has changed and improved as a result of technology in action intervention

RAPTA Recommend

ed

Activity

In groups, using the self assessment sheets

provided, discuss a few of the questions and share good practice

Feedback

Questions 10, 12

10. How effectively is technology used to contribute to the process of providing accurate, timely and useful information, advice and guidance

12. How does technology help with the take-up of support and the monitoring of the progress of learners receiving support?

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How technology can help

Initial assessment

software helps to identify

particular learner

need and support

Social media such as Facebook is utilised to

provide informal self-help groups

E-ILPs assist in

monitoring the

progress of the learners

receiving the support so that all staff with a

role in every

learner’s progression are able to

see and contribute

Learners are enrolled

into specialist support areas on

the VLE or similar

learning environmen

t

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How technology can help

Both teaching staff and the learner are able to contribute to the ILP by way of comment and

target setting

Electronic registers help teaching staff

to monitor the take-up of support

Social media is used to allow an

immediate reporting process,

in confidence, where help is

required to which at least two

members of staff have access

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Question 15

How does technology help with the planning and delivery of English,

Maths and Functional Skills in order to meet individual needs

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Activity :Section B Question 6

When encouraging independent learning• How does technology help to foster

independent learning that takes place beyond the learning session?

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How technology might foster independent learningElectronic individual learning plans allow the setting and monitoring of targets over time    

Learners participate in setting and reviewing their targets

The use of personal and hand held technology is supported in learning design and activity 

The VLE enables teaching and learning outside the learning sessions

Use of the internet is built into teaching, learning and assessment 

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When encouraging independent learning• How effective is the VLE in supporting your learners?

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Section B Question 7

How the VLE might support learning:The VLE is more than a repository and encourages interaction and population of content, between learners as well as with teaching staff

The VLE is used extensively to provide specific course support for learners including additional materials to stretch and inspire; and catch-up materials to accommodate absences and different pace of learning

The VLE helps to overcome learning difficulties that place learners at a disadvantage in making progress and achievement

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How the VLE might support learningThe VLE supports learners who, by agreement, experience extended absence from a course 

Because of work completed through the VLE, lesson plans are written to show the connection between activity in and beyond learning sessions.

The VLE contains an informal course on how to use a library to support learning

The VLE provides general information about the learning provider, including the full range of support and activities; and access to mandatory elements of induction, for example health and safety 

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Section E Question 18

When monitoring, assessing and giving feedback• How effective is the use of technology in assessment?

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How effective is the use of technology in assessment

Technology is used across the organisation to track completed assessments and this information contributes to the monitoring of learners’ progress and achievement at both course and organisation level

Assignments are submitted and marked on-line

Technology is used to track learner targets that the learner can participate in their review and to assess overall progress and achievement

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How effective is the use of technology in assessment?

Features include allowing the use of personal and handheld technology, submission of work and assignments using personal spaces (for example, e-portfolios), software and social media

Formative assessment on assignments in progress is given to learners

The teaching staff provide learners with timely feedback, both formative and summative, via the VLE on assessed assignments, attendance, punctuality and other factors relevant to making progress

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Section H Question 25Looking at effective leadership and management

In providing rigorous performance management, • How does technology contribute to the

planning and delivery of professional development to staff, managers and governors?

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Technology to plan and deliver professional development

Where appropriate, general and specialist training for staff is provided through the VLE, which has several courses and communities which staff can join

Teaching staff complete CPD activity and take part in critical friendship and co-mentoring within and beyond their employment as a means of developing reflective thinking, using e-portfolios or other technology

Leaders, managers and governors use the same technologies (such as a VLE) as learners in completing internal training.

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Deployment of RAPTA

How will RAPTA be managed?

How will the narrative and evidence provided be collated and analysed?

Have you a common understanding of what impact and evidence mean in the context of RAPTA?

Who should be involved?

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Possible deployment solutions

Allocating an area in an alternative VLE

Setting up RAPTA in SharePoint or your Intranet

Setting RAPTA up in, or posting responses to, a cloud application like Google Drive, Skydrive, Box.net, iCloud and Dropbox

Posting responses to a central Mahara or portfolio page

Posting responses to a wiki, like PB Works or similar

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How will RAPTA be managed? – some tips

Need ‘buy-in’ from senior leaders.  

There must be dedicated leads from Quality Improvement and Technology (not IT services) to work on RAPTA together

Agree a lead reviewer or review team with clear responsibility for co-ordination of RAPTA and analysis of the information it collects

Aim for consistent communication of RAPTA guidance and interpretation

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Indicators of RAPTA implementation

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Few ideas Lots of ideas Lots of evidence Little evidence

Unstructured approach

Poor insight into activity

Lack of a mechanism to capture the evidence

Weak understanding of the value of technology in learning

Good progression as indicated in the quality of the statements

Under-developed provision

Covert use of technology outside the reach and knowledge of the

organisation

Unfinished work

Poor mechanisms to capture the unique technology contribution to

learning

Gap between aspirations in statements and actuality

How could you use RAPTA?

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Compass ProSAR Curriculum SAR tool

Carry out Self

Assessment based on

Ofsted Inspection Judgement

Areas

Complete your SAR

online from centrally validated

and agreed data

Link data from

Compass systems and

other college sources

Create an Action Plan based on your data

and Judgement

Grades

Manage SAR completion and your Quality

Improvement Cycle

centrally

Flexible Configuratio

n

What next?

Request RSC support for an e-progress review

Download the RAPTA tool from RSC EM Moodle and try it in your organisation

http://tinyurl.com/RSCEMRAPTA

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Insight 2014

Will be constantly updated over the next week

Web address - bit.ly/insight-resources

All the resources from the Insight webinars and workshops:Hosted on the RSC East Midlands Moodle platform

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Find out more…

Lyn LallLynette.lall@rsc-em.ac.uk

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Workshop evaluation

Ofsted Reviews

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Analysis

ILP and monitoring“A few important aspects are not monitored rigorously enough”

“Does not yet capture progress well”ILP and target setting“Improve target setting for learners”

“Set frequent, precise and challenging targets for learners “Stretch and challenge

“Able learners are insufficiently challenged “

“Improve the underperforming “Equality and diversity“Plan for learners to embrace cultural differences “

“The promotion of E&D at reviews of learners’ progress and during taught sessions”

Ofsted Reviews

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AnalysisLesson plans“Need to plan sessions to meet the needs of learners”

“Ensure all lessons are planned”English and maths“Opportunities to develop learners’ literacy and numeracy skills are occasionally missed”Teaching and learning staff“The quality and effectiveness of theory teaching are inconsistent”

“Varied quality of learning”

Assessment management“The quality of assessment is not consistently good”

“Poor assessment of learning”