CoFHE North West Circle Virtual Learning Environments What are they good for? Anthony Beal West Cheshire College 14 th May 2008

High Profile Curriculum Links Gatekeepers and regarded as such of: Research skills Referencing VLE E-learning Intranet Web 2.0 Digital Media Teaching e-learning & VLE on the PGCE & Cert Ed

Gatekeepers and regarded as such of:

Research skills

Referencing

VLE

E-learning

Intranet

Web 2.0

Digital Media

Teaching e-learning & VLE on the PGCE & Cert Ed

Induction An opportunity to plant the seed Start at induction

An opportunity to plant the seed

Induction Quiz on VLE

Introduction to Information Literacy & the VLE @West Cheshire College Learner – thorough induction introduce catalogue InfoTrac etc Two full weeks during induction for all full time students Learning Resources Workshop includes introduction to the VLE and information literacy Quiz at end of LRW with prize of an MP3 player All learners will have an opportunity to participate in an Informs Intute tutorial via the VLE – hands on Follow up i-skills sessions publicised by Springboard

Learner – thorough induction introduce catalogue InfoTrac etc

Two full weeks during induction for all full time students

Learning Resources Workshop includes introduction to the VLE and information literacy

Quiz at end of LRW with prize of an MP3 player

All learners will have an opportunity to participate in an Informs Intute tutorial via the VLE – hands on

Follow up i-skills sessions publicised by Springboard

Supporting information and research skills training Bespoke Springboard Planning essays Research skills (i-skills) Harvard Reflective Learning Presentation skills i-skills embedded into assignments – BTEC business students market research

Bespoke

Springboard

Planning essays

Research skills (i-skills)

Harvard

Reflective Learning

Presentation skills

i-skills embedded into assignments – BTEC business students market research

Intranet Home Page

Direct promotion of e-books

Learning Resources Home Page

Curriculum Area Page

Fronter direct web link to Learning Resources page 03/06/09 Converged Services

Expert Village via fronter 03/06/09 Converged Services

fronter RSS feed 03/06/09 Converged Services

Electronic resources by qualification

Electronic resources by qualification

Electronic resources by qualification

Electronic resources by qualification

Web 2.0 the new VLE?

RSS feeds 24 July 2006 Information skills

RSS feeds 24 July 2006 Information skills

Facebook

Del.icio.us

LibraryThing

Skype

Getting out and about

Declining book issues

West Cheshire College model Proof of expanding e-resource use Full text retrieval

Proof of expanding e-resource use

Staff Development All Learning Resources staff – i-skills - lollipop Training in groups and 1to1 embeding videos Embedding Learning Resources into into e-learning development e.g. Hairdressing training, e-books Portable learning Web 2.0 training for staff (recent survey, learners want staff to understand web 2.0 Tutors all attend full time inductions

All Learning Resources staff – i-skills - lollipop

Training in groups and 1to1 embeding videos

Embedding Learning Resources into into e-learning development e.g. Hairdressing training, e-books

Portable learning

Web 2.0 training for staff (recent survey, learners want staff to understand web 2.0

Tutors all attend full time inductions

ITQ Converged service Skills audit of IT skills Skills then mapped against requirements of the Helpdesk Four members of Learning Resources staff in the first cohort Improved ability to undertake IT aspects of information literacy

Converged service

Skills audit of IT skills

Skills then mapped against requirements of the Helpdesk

Four members of Learning Resources staff in the first cohort

Improved ability to undertake IT aspects of information literacy

The future Podcasts on demand Deliver content via web 2.0 Web 2.0 learn YouTube channel Del.ici.ous to deliver learning Enterprise Google Increased seamless learning (appropriate technology all around e.g. PDA while you cook Learn while you burn

Podcasts on demand

Deliver content via web 2.0

Web 2.0 learn

YouTube channel

Del.ici.ous to deliver learning

Enterprise Google

Increased seamless learning (appropriate technology all around e.g. PDA while you cook

Learn while you burn

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