This session will raise awareness of what inspectors will be looking for in regard to effective use of technology.Delegates will gain a greater understanding of: Where technology fits within the Common Inspection Framework (CIF) in England;Questions inspectors might ask;Effective use of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) to support teaching learning and assessment;Use of social media, mobile technologies in teaching and learning;Examples of good practice.

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Insight into Technology and the Common
Inspection Framework
Blend IT, Mix IT, Flip IT!
Alastair Taylor (Inspector for Ofsted)
Lyn Lall (RSC East Midlands)
www.jiscrsc.ac.uk

2. What is your role?
A. Manager
B. Classroom Practitioner
C. Learner support
D. Business support
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3. What sector are you from?
A. WBL or ACL
B. FE or HE in FE
C. 6th
Form college
D. Specialist college
E. other
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4. Have you been inspected under the new
CIF?
 Yes
 No
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5. Technology and the 2012
Common Inspection Framework
Improving our practice
Raising our game
Getting it right!

6. Broad Objectives
• What do Ofsted inspectors mean by
technology?
– Modern technology in terms of employability
(vocational subjects, etc)
– Information Learning Technologies (ILT) as part of
teaching and learning
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7. Broad Objectives
• Where Technology fits with the Common
Inspection Framework
– Helping delegates to think about the judgements
they might want to make in self-assessments
– Assessing the impact of technology on teaching
learning and assessment
– How would OFSTED expect technology to be used
to enhance the learners experience.
– What would they expect the learners to have as
standard?
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8. Broad Objectives
• Inspection and Virtual Learning Environments
– A truly integrated VLE or a repository for
assessments
• Social Media, mobile technologies in teaching
and learning
– Dealing with the challenges
– Making this an embedded feature
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9. So what is technology!
• YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THESE
QUESTIONS ...
• What should we expect in the classroom?
• What skills technology skills should our
learners develop as a minimum?
• Don’t loose sight of the obvious – particularly
in vocational subjects ...
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10. The obvious ...
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11. Impact is key ...
• Good quality technology does not always
mean good quality teaching and learning!
• How well is it used?
• Is it appropriate to employer and learner
requirements?
• Is it current?
• Does it make an impact?
• Technology on its own is not a strength!
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12. In the classroom – Ofsted may ask?
• ILT, tablets, laptops, iPads, YouTube, etc is all
very good, but is it effective?
• Is it part of the scheme of work and lesson
plan?
• Has it’s impact been thought through?
• Do the learners use it as intended?
• Does it aid learning or just entertain?
• How is this learning measured?
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13. SAR Judgement
• What sort of judgement might be made?
– Good demonstration of skills required for
application of occupational technologies.
– Excellent application of current industry
technologies to develop employment skills.
– Good development for progression into high
quality employment opportunities.
– Good development of apprentices skills through
work with technology in the work-place
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14. Share some examples of effective
practice
• Click on the link in the chat pane
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15. SAR Judgement
• What sort of judgement might be made?
– Excellent application of current technology to
prepare learners for employment.
– Good use of ILT to enhance learner engagement,
enjoyment and application.
– Well developed and embedded information
learning technology.
– Good use of technology (voice recordings, etc) to
provide learner feedback following assessment
– Good use of VLE to extend learning opportunities
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17. SAR Judgement
• What sort of judgement might be made?
– Well designed curriculum embedding blended
learning and ILT to support learner development.
– Strong involvement of employers in offering
learners access to current technologies.
• More likely ...
– The use of technology, including the college’s
virtual learning environment, is poor.
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18. Putting Impact into a context
What would not have happened if we hadn’t done this?
If we had not introduced Moodle, 20 of our students on long term sickness during the term
would not have been able to stay on course and on track. (entitlement 4)
If we had not set up a campus wide WIFI system, students would not have been able use
their own devices to support teaching & learning (entitlement 6)
A Learner Entitlement
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19. The VLE ...
• A repository of all relevant information, and ...
– Signposted during lessons.
– Accessed during lessons.
– Used as part of assessments.
– Hotlinks to YouTube, etc to harness learning.
– A place where learners can go for extension tasks.
– A place learners can go for revision.
– An integrated part of the whole learning package.
– A place for interactive learning
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20. VLE – Moving beyond the ordinary!
• YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THESE
QUESTIONS ...
• How do we make the VLE more than a
repository?
• Is teaching and learning technology moving
forward faster that the VLE?
• Is the VLE keeping up with technology
change?
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21. Really useful information
• If you haven't already done so, have a look at
this useful information
• http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/virtual-
learning-environments-e-portfolio
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22. Tablets ...
• An ever-increasing feature in classrooms
• Particularly useful in workshop and practical
situations
– Facilitate individual learning, extension activities.
– Video clips showing “how to make/do/apply ...”
– Data sheets on specifications.
– Camera for recording assessment evidence.
– Utilities such as calculators, cameras, etc
– Access to www for individual research
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23. Tablets ...
• YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THESE
QUESTIONS ...
• How are your teaching staff using these as a
routine part of teaching and learning?
• How do we deal with the “have’s” and “have
not's”, the so called digital divide!
• How much is a reasonable price to pay for a
tablet?
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24. QR Codes
• Used widely in prospectus, etc
• And at Railway Stations ...
• All over the place frankly!
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25. QR Codes examples ...
• Hospitality and catering link to recipes and videos
showing how to perform a task
• Animal management link to videos and voice clips
about the animal and its habitat
• Hair and beauty to show examples of different styles
and treatments
• Entry level activities to help learners match and find.
• Even better of it the learners themselves who
populate the VLE with the learning media.
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26. QR Codes in teaching and learning?
• YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THESE
QUESTIONS ...
• How could you use this technology as part of
the curriculum?
• Any good examples to share?
• How can we take this to new heights?
• Is this going to replace the VLE or be
developed further as a quick link?
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27. Social Media
• Is it a Safeguarding issue?
• Is it a problem or a solution? Perhaps both!
• Social media as a means of keeping contact and
gathering learner destinations and future training
needs.
• Social media used in a controlled way to develop a
community of learning – but the teacher has to be
involved.
• Social media as an enabler to learning – but needs to
be managed in a positive way – this takes resources!
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28. Barriers to Embedding Technology
• Can you suggest three barriers to embedding
technology?
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29. Barriers to Embedding Technology
• Teachers who are not technologists ...
• Technologists who are not teachers ...
• A fear of the unknown and a perceived loss of
control of learners.
• IT departments who are too risk adverse.
• The pressure is examinations gives teachers
little time to experiment – too higher risk!
• Will “study programmes” make things better?
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30. Thanks and Q&A
alast.taylor@googlemail.com
Improving our practice
Raising our game
Getting it right!

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Insight 2013
Upcoming webinars in the Insight series:
 Insight into BYOD – Friday 21st
, 2pm
Book via the RSC website – bit.ly/rsc-insight

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Face to face workshop days in the Insight series:
 Tuesday 25th
June – Leicester
 Wednesday 26th
June – Nottingham
Book via the RSC website – bit.ly/rsc-insight

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All the resources from the Insight series:
 Hosted on the RSC East Midlands Moodle
platform
 Web address - bit.ly/insight-resources
 Will be constantly updated over the next week

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Jisc Regional Support Centres work with
more than 2,000 UK learning providers
helping them to improve performance
and efficiency through the use of
technology.
www.jiscrsc.ac.uk

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That’s it for this Insight webinar!
If you have any questions then please contact us:
 01509 618110
 Lynette.lall@rsc-em.ac.uk
 Alastair Taylor alast.taylor@googlemail.com
 www.jiscrsc.ac.uk