Getting staff onboard with blended learning
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Getting staff onboard with blended learning
- 1. GETTING STAFF ONBOARD WITH BLENDED LEARNING BY RANDEEP SAMI – ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF QUALITY & ONLINE DEVELOPMENT SOUTH & CITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM
- 2. SOME BACKGROUND 8 campuses spread over Birmingham 800+ teachers covering a wide range of curriculum areas A wide variety of awarding bodies & teaching methods Entrenched beliefs regarding longevity of ‘new fads’ SLT willing but unaware of what good online provision looks like 2 back to back mergers – impact on staff moral, resourcing & logistics https://padlet.com/e001287/digitalsccb
- 3. THE KEY Sell it to the Middle Managers
- 5. SO WHAT IS THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM?
- 6. The 5 strands to ‘The Digital Classroom’ ‘The Digital Teacher’ Award 21st Century Teacher CPD Program Build Online Learning Communities Digital Independent Learners Digital Upskilled Staff
- 7. ‘THE DIGITAL TEACHER’ AWARDEach term a teacher will be nominated by staff and students for ‘The Digital Classroom Award’. The winners will: • have an article in the FYI • be entered into the nomination pool for the ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Awards • receive a prize from the award Sponsor • be celebrated in Principals end of year Speech
- 8. THE 21ST CENTURY TEACHER PROGRAM• Achieve OCNWM Level 3 Award in Blended & Online Learning Delivery • Get support to enhance courses and units with blended & Online Learning • Trial new technology with IT support assistance • Video’s of 21st Century teachers using resources will be used for internal staff training
- 9. DEVELOP INDEPENDENT LEARNERSWould you turn up to a course if you were only being taught what you already knew? What if you had to keep waiting for everyone to catch up with you? Could this have any impact on our attendance and retention?
- 10. DIGITAL UPSKILLING OF STAFF• Give staff training in use of Learning Apps and Software • Helping managers plan TNA • Train staff in the use of Google, Microsoft and Apple educational applications • Provide an understanding of how technology can support pedagogy • Incorporate The Digital Classroom into Teacher Training Programs • Provide access to Digital Technologist Apprentices to support in creating blended learning resources Teachers now have access to technology that can make marking work, communicating with learners and planning easier
- 11. KEEPING AN EYE OUT ON THE FUTURE…Build a community where we can share: • New learning technology • Feedback from the multitude of ILT conferences • Link in with IT support when developing new curriculum • Cross college invitations to software and hardware demonstrations
- 12. IF WE ENGAGE WITH ‘THE DIGITAL CLASSROOM, WHAT WILL OUR FUTURE LOOK LIKE?
- 13. Engaging Lessons Better efficiency Improved engagement from parents & employers Learning communities Digital Workforce Ready Learners Improved retention Savings potential 50 learners x 30 prints = 1500 copies 1500 x 4p = £60 £60 x 600 = £36000 saving per term!
- 14. WHAT DO FACULTIES HAVE TO DO?
- 15. Promote ‘The Digital Classroom’ initiative with staff Encourage staff be ‘21st Century Teachers’ Support Learner ILT forums Plan to have at least 10% of your courses online Ensure ILT is an agenda item in all curriculum meetings
- 16. JUST HELP US TO PROMOTE…• The Digital Teacher Award • The 21st Century Teacher program And don’t forget to look out for the new logo!
Editor's Notes
- What are our organisational objectives Deliver an agreed percentage of our courses online Use tracking software to inform learners of their progress Skill staff with accredited blended learning qualifications to ensure they are skilled in the transition to online delivery Build online learning communities of learners and teachers What are our strengths ALP, Some skilled staff in pockets Microsoft and Google platforms available to staff What are our AFI Sharepoint / Yammer is not fully utilised by faculties, no impact on learner experience No consistent approach across faculties Multiple platforms so staff wont commit Who are the key decision makers How will they communicate How will faculties be involved How will success be measured
- The brand approach Coordinated approach to ILT in the classroom Mission is to establish a college which knows how to use technology to improve the learners experience
- How will we do this? There are 5 strands to The Digital Classroom The digital teacher award 21st century teacher Build online learning communities Digital independent learners Digital upskilled staff
- The purpose of this program is to celebrate and share the excellent practice we have around the college. With sites all around the city, we need a way for you to know how we each are using learning technologies in the classrooms. Knowledge is power, and knowledge shared is power multiplied! Similar to the staff member of the month system, every ½ term the college will select a teacher for the Digital Teacher Award who will: Be in the FYI Get a prize from our sponsor invited to the annual corporation dinner Annually the college will select, from the winners, our nomination for the celebrated ALT Learning Technologist of the Year award.
- A program of planned online CPD that will enable staff to understand the pedagogy behind digital learning
- We have Anywhere learning portal, but is it really enough by itself? What about everything else we already have, are we really making the best use of everything to engage our learners? Are our students still waiting for lessons to know how well they are doing or what they will be learning next?
- Lets get our staff ready for the change, because the change is coming and the college that don’t adapt how they teach will see their enrolments fall year after year. Quality, through The Digital Classroom program, will provide the following: Give staff training in use of Learning Apps and Software Help you plan TNA Help you take advantage of Google, Microsoft and Apple educational applications Provide an understanding of how technology can support pedagogy Provide access to Digital Technologist Apprentices to support in creating blended learning resources If you engage with us in The Digital Classroom program you will develop independent learners…
- Members of staff attend all sorts of conferences where some amazing demonstrations of learning technologies take place. How do we share them, when do we discuss them and what happens next? The Digital Classroom program will build an ILT community for educators to discuss and share ideas, and through which IT Support can easily communicate with us easily.
- Students who can do their assignments anytime and with quicker feedback, Lessons that are vibrant, engaging and encourage independence in learners, Staff using digital media to record and embed lessons into e-portfolio’s Staff spending more time preparing lessons and less marking through mounds of paperwork 50x10x3=1500x4p=£60x400=£24k Channels established that parents and employers can communicate with the college through and also monitor and check progress of learners Learners able to communicate and support each other through the course, Staff helping each other and sharing ideas and good practice Students who leave the college and are truly ready to be part of a digital workforce Improved retention with a more relevant and accessible curriculum design