The document discusses potential innovations in training for fire and emergency services using technology. It proposes integrating training across different public services to increase effectiveness and generate revenue. It then explores opportunities for utilizing existing and emerging technologies like interactive whiteboards, mobile learning apps, virtual simulations, social media, and games to enhance training delivery, assessment, collaboration, and learning analytics. The document encourages attendees to brainstorm and action plan next steps around cost savings, revenue generation, pedagogical improvements, and innovation.

1. THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE
Fire Service training ideas
Dan Bowen

2. Training Analysis
Efficiencies
Effectiveness
Innovation
RN (FOAP)
Pedagogy
Learning Environment
CMS
Train the trainer
Standards
Ofsted Inspections
Schools
Competency and
support
Innovation
Astute
Training analysis
Innovation
Train the trainer
Training
Fire Service (NI)
RNLI
Teacher Training
Police (NI)
Prison Service (NI)

3. Integrated services
•To generate further excellence, efficiencies and revenue
with some integration of:
–Police
–Ambulance
–Prison service
–Other…
–What are your thoughts?

4. Before the tech, pedagogical updates
•Assessment for Learning
–Questioning skills
–Personal Learning and Thinking skills
–Marking and feedback
•Active Learning
•Mindset and learning theory
•Self regulatory learning
•Conditions for learning

5. ……..We aim
for staff who
are up here.
To move to digital pedagogy

6. Utilising existing technology & Web 2.0
•Utilising the technologies that are already in place more effectively to
gain more value for money
–Software, hardware
•Utilising web 2.0 technologies in course delivery
Integration with wikis, blogs, collaboration tools
Tools to create, publish and find micro-content
Record and manage informal learning.
Sketch up and Augmented reality

7. Number fans – Google Sketchup
•How useful might sketch-up be for you?
•1 (not very)

10 (oooh that’s blinding dan, I love you)
Use the brainstorming boards to think about what we have discussed
so far on the GREEN HEXAGONS

8. www.Wordle.net
http://www.tagxedo.com/
Number
fan

9. Images
–http://www.gigapan.org/
–http://www.360cities.net/
–http://www.panoramas.dk/

10. Google Maps – Google Earth - LAYERS
http://edte.ch/blog/maths-maps/

11. Google Street view
•To analyse and debrief on incidents
•To create an archive of incidents for training via video

12. USING & Creating Video assets
•Inspire, Enthuse, create, mash-up, embed
•Cheap, educational, revenue?
•Photo story – Free download, novices, static images
•MovieMaker – To edit videos together, transitions and so on

13. Interactive Whiteboards
•How do you currently use these devices?
•Utilise them for existing systems, software and document annotation
•Demo

14. Visualisers
•A digital camera to enhance small objects / work / processes
•Recording facilities
•Annotation, Zoom capabilities

15. Text / Reading
•Use of technology to help
access resources.
•Utilisation of time efficiency
•Accessibility – MP3, reading back text, text conversion
•Creating e-books, guidance in e-formats to support training and
possibly generate revenue
Your thoughts

16. Voting Devices
To support learning
•Questions
•Pre-programmed questions
•Store data on performance

17. Pause for thought – 3 mins
•Use the brainstorming whiteboards to collate some ideas using the
green hexagons

18. Learning Management Systems / Content Management Systems
Assess skill gaps
Link training offers to employee
objectives
Managers
Approve course participation and
cancellation, skills, certifications
Manage virtual
classrooms
Manage learner Instructors
participation and follow
up activities
Create and manage
courses and
sessions, curricula, and
resources
Schedule courses
Run and review reports
…with all systems
integrating to make
more effective…
Learning
Environment
Learners
Training
Administrator
Import and export content
Structure learning content Course Author
Create tests and assessments
Profile
Progress
History
Skill gap
analysis who did
update training?
Ops
effectiveness
Suggested and
mandatory
learning
Preferred
learning strategy

19. Collaboration
•Systems to allow collaboration for
–Administration across forces
–Learning and peer mentoring
–External work / corporate
–International links
–Localism, voluntary, assisted workers
•Facebook, twitter, blogs
•Cloud / Thin Client computing
•Video streaming master classes

20. Virtual work
Simulation technology to complement or
add to current excellent facilities
•Minerva
•Vectra
•Hydra
•Second Life

21. Immersive environments

22. Performance analysis
•Analysis of training
•Creation of materials
•Archive examples
•Assessment of performance
•Fitness training
•Heart rate monitors

23. Pause for thought – 3 mins
•Use the brainstorming whiteboards to collate some ideas using the
green hexagons

24. M-Learning
•Mobile Learning
–Fire and Rescue training
–Utilising existing resources such at BT Open Zone on site
–Pre-course or even main course material to save time and resources
–Consistency of training materials, shared training materials, shared cost
–Distance learning including basics such as using email, using office 2010 and
so on. Saving money and making workforce more efficient.
–Raising standards
–Commercial sector training
–Public courses / education
–Links to different cultures / languages or international links such as
GAFSIP
–Product creation and revenue generation e.g. corporate risk assessment
guidance, evidence based app

25. Mobile technology
•Mobile phone / iPad app development for several audiences
–Trainees to access m-learning content to save costs and make training
consistent. Share and possibly sell these resources to other services
–Media company work with the RN (Twofour)
–Use existing tools and apps
–Public service app creation
–Any ideas?
–Risk Assessment
–Training
–Commercial training applications to access m-learning
•iPad as a tool to interact with students and board
•A loan device for the training centre
•Download content and guidance to make efficient use of time

26. Games based learning
•Good trainers always make learning
fun…
•Commercial games?
•Development of games to promote
learning for
–Education of staff
–Education of others
–Income generation / education
–Efficient and more effective staff

27. Pause for thought – 3 mins
•Use the brainstorming whiteboards to collate some ideas using the
green hexagons

28. Babcock 4S Limited
www.babcock-education.co.uk/4S

29. QR codes
Add
informatio
n for
training
Add videos
to support
training

30. Interactive surfaces
•Command and control
•Training use
•Floor
•Walls
•Tables
•Digital Signage
•And not…

31. 3D technology – 4D, 5D
•3D cinemas
•Projection
•4D - 5D
–Adding other senses
–Heat, Smell

32. The Social Network
•Twitter – To create reviews and keep students up to date
•Facebook – Set up a school library group and add reviews and media
to this.
•Diigo & Delicious bookmarking

33. Action Planning (Active Learning)
Use the brainstorming
boards to now action plan
ideas around the concepts
we have seen today.
Focus:
•Effectiveness
•Cost
•Revenue Generation
•Innovation
•Next steps

34. Future
•We are happy to support in any way
–To develop pedagogy and effective training
–ICT kit training
–Trainer updates or master classes
–Our conferences and courses
–Case study or pilot projects or advice
–Case study sharing
–Links with RN