JISC Regional Support Centre for London

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“Staff Development Matters”8th November 2005

Will Pickford, Manager

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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

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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

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For each statement decide how strongly you agree or disagree

Stand in a position to represent your view

Be prepared to justify your position

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Adapted from an icebreaking activity from the CEL eQuIP programme

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“ILT and e-Learning helps people learn more effectively.”

Statement 1 of 4

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“Good teachers do not needany fancy tools.”

Statement 2 of 4

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“Staff development activitiesshould be aimed at developing

teachers’ ICT skills ”

Statement 3 of 4

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“The main barrier to the development of e-Learning is

lack of IT equipment.”

Statement 4 of 4

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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

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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.

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Good Practice Guide

• What we need is a guide to good practice in staff development for e-Learning…

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Staff Development programmes

• The RSC Learning Journey

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• 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

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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