The document outlines the essentials for creating an effective and efficient learning environment in further education, emphasizing the need for a digitally capable workforce, robust digital infrastructure, and innovative teaching materials. It highlights successful practices including the extensive use of virtual learning environments and technology integration to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes. Additionally, it discusses strategies for improving efficiencies, such as cost savings from technology implementations and the importance of adapting teaching methods to meet diverse learner needs.

2. Efficiencies and effectiveness
SueAttewell, Head of change - FE and skills

3. Efficiencies and effectiveness fundamentals
» A digitally capable workforce and student cohort
» High speed and resilient digital infrastructure
» Safe and secure network and data
» Learner enrolment and management information systems
» High quality digital content which supports the delivery of stimulating and
engaging activities
» Learner management systems such asVLE, e-portfolio and target
setting systems
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4. Efficiencies and effectiveness fundamentals
» User identity management and single sign on authentication
» Disaster recovery and business continuity planning
» Access to cloud based shared services
» Underpinned by strategic and operational advice and guidance
» In addition back office systems which improve efficiencies and
effectiveness such as library management, finance, payroll,
HR systems etc
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5. What does success look like?
» Teachers have developed some outstanding and innovative e-learning
materials where learners use three-dimensional camcorders to record
assessments and prepare projects
» Learners use the college’s virtual learning environment extensively to
support their studies and to develop their independent learning
» Teachers and students make extensive use of the electronic tracking and
monitoring system to promote students’ progress
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6. What does success look like?
» Learners are highly effective independent learners.The measured and
skilful use of information and learning technology, with engaging virtual
learning environment sites in many subject areas stimulate learners to
carry out research outside the classroom.
» Information technology resources are modern and exceptionally well
used in many subjects by both lecturers and learners
» Staff monitor and track learners’ progress closely and, using this
information, successfully encourage learners to aim for high grades
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7. Student digital experience tracker 2016
The following themes were often mentioned as something that HE
institutions should keep doing:
» Online 24/7 access to as much content as possible
» 24/7 library access
» Putting as much a possible (lecture notes, slides etc) on Blackboard, and
making it accessible any time any place
» Using technology, and embracing new technology services and resources
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8. Student Digital ExperienceTracker 2016
The following themes were often mentioned as something that FE and skills
institutions should keep doing:
» Providing support for learners
» Allowing access to social media and the internet
» Allowing home access to course materials
» GoodWiFi connectivity
» Embedding technology in the teaching learning experience
» Using Google classroom
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9. Efficiencies
» Jisc identified £250,000 cost saving to City of Glasgow College
merger project
» Fifty-five per cent telephony cost reduction for Pembrokeshire College
» South Staffordshire College introduced 200 ChromeBase machines into
LRCs; they boot up in less than five seconds, require little to no
maintenance, never slow down and they use 60-80% less energy
saving £35k per year
» First Further Education provider joins Jisc shared data centre saving
80% on data centre costs
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10. Value, savings and efficiencies
» Janet network - £35,218,969
» E-books for FE - £991,400
» CSIRT - £22,562,500
» Eduroam - £9,782,000
» UK Access Management Federation - £7,399,700
» Digimap - £38,177,450
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11. Value, savings and efficiencies
Jisc Collections:
» 9,000 active subscriptions
» 254 licence agreements covering over 400 subscription agreements
» 6,000 invoices issued worth £43 million
» Total value of agreements negotiated was £90 million in 14/15
(Out of a sector spend of £190 million)
» Savings to the sector of over £70 million per annum
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12. Learning from your peers: sharing good practice
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13. Student digital experience tracker 2016
The following themes were often mentioned as something that HE
institutions should start doing:
» Recording lectures
» Better use ofVLEs: standardise use by staff, add presentations, teach
students how to use it effectively, and improve access (eg mobile access)
» Improve online services: more online resources/activities, assessment
submissions
» Access to better / more computers
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14. Student Digital ExperienceTracker 2016
The following themes were often mentioned as something that FE and skills
institutions should start doing:
» Access to better / more computers and laptops
» BetterWiFi access
» Teach students and staff how to best use technology (hardware and
software) effectively and efficiently
» Put more resources online and make them easy to find
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15. jisc.ac.uk
Sue Attewell
Head of change, FE and skills
Sue.attewell@jisc.ac.uk
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16. Effective and Efficient Learning
andTeaching
Dr Nick Almond

17. Enhancing your Effective and Efficiency ofTeaching and Learning
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18. EffectiveTeaching
»Teaching is a complex process, linked to a complex
outcome; Learning.
»This makes teaching one of the most difficult things
you can attempt to do.
»So what makes it effective?
»Let’s consider the context in which current students are
situated within.
»Let’s think ‘big picture’
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19. 1988

20. 2003

21. 2015

23. YO U T U B E
» 4 Billion hits a day
» 6 Billion Hours of content watched
a month
» 300 hours of new content uploaded
every minute

24. F A C E B O O K
» 1.23 billion active users a
month
» 757 million - ‘daily users’
» Average time 20 minutes per
day

25. W I K I P E D I A
» 4,967,121 articles
» 10 edits / sec
» 26,192,089 users
» 7th most viewed site on the
internet.

26. T H E J O B
M A R K E T
» 20,000 new tech start up jobs this
year.
» A huge trend towards automation
» Thomas Frey (Futurist):Thinks that
2 billion jobs will disappear by 2030

29. What context are our Learners Learning in?
»An increasingly techno-centric society.
»An increasingly digital world, complete with a range of
digital identities.
»An increasing reliance on digital capabilities and digital
modes of working.
»A tend towards a world of automation, where creativity
and social intelligence wins.

30. Ideas of Effectiveness
» Teaching that equips students with ability to make sense of and
work within a super complex society (Barnet, 2000).
» Increasing the efficiency of the higher education system and using
higher education teaching and learning to meet national
economic goals (Skelton, 2005).
» Any teaching that engenders learning in students from the
students’ perspective (Elton, 1998).
» A commitment to the continual generation and enhancement of
learning opportunities for students (Biggs, 2000)
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31. EffectiveTeaching: A Working Definition
»Effective teaching is any approach that maximizes the
potential for learning in and beyond the classroom.
»So how do we achieve it?
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32. Recognizing How your Students Learn
»If learning is complex then:
› It is an emergent phenomena.
› You can’t predict when it is going to happen.
› It is a different process for everyone.
› What is learned is different from everyone because of
what that learning is connected with.
› What triggers learning is individual and linked to
capabilities and preferences.

33. KnowledgeTransfer
A BI I
This is what we often assume happens in the lecture theatre

34. Information Exchange
A BI I2
A BI I2
=/=
In a complex system

35. Information Exchange
A BI n
A BI n=/=
Where n = number of students in your class.

36. Dialogue andTeaching
A BI
A BI I2,3,4,5
=/=
I2,3,4,5..
A shared understanding is more likely with dialogue. But
how?
AI
New Ideas and Perspectives

37. Maximizing the potential for learning
» Creating spaces in which students can exchange their current
perspectives on their learning will make richer learning spaces.
» Creating spaces which maximise routes to participation, will
engage more students (e.g. How do you get to the quiet
ones?).
» Building routes to participation that utilise students’ current
and emerging modes of working will promote access to
knowledge e.g. BYOD.
» Spaces that develop digital capabilities and research literacies
in the classroom will develop skills that will transcend HE (e.g.
bring their digital work into the classroom).
» Technology can facilitate the creation of these spaces.

38. The LHU Learning Lab
The fall back plan

40. T H E L E A R N I N G
E N V I R O N M E N T
T h e c l a s s r o o m
• Temporally bounded
• The 'ideal' space for tutor
mediated critical dialogue
• An adaptive space
• Ultimate tutor control

41. T H E E X T E N D E D L E A R N I N G
E N V I R O N M E N T
T h e c l a s s r o o m
T h e vi r t u a l c l a s s r o o m
• Undefined
• Lots of potential
• Mediated by technology
• Not bounded physically or
temporally.
• Partial tutor control

42. Extending the Learning Environment
Lecture 1 Lecture 2

43. Extending the Learning Environment
Lecture 1 Lecture 2The Extended Learning Environment

44. Extending the Learning Environment
Lecture 1 Lecture 2The Extended Learning Environment
Learning
Opportunities can be maximised by extending the Learning Environment

45. Enhance the Extended Learning Environment
» Create opportunities for reflection on course content
outside of the classroom.
» Create opportunities to integrate new content with current
understanding and learning.
» Create opportunities for peer-led and collaborative
learning outside the classroom.
» Create opportunities for dialogue and feedback between
tutors and peers.
» Support this with a suite of technology (e.g.VLE’s, Lecture
Capture, Flipped Learning, Collaborative Spaces, Social
Learning Spaces and anything else that works!)

46. Effective Learning andTeaching
»Effective Learning andTeaching maximizes the
potential for learning in and beyond the classroom by:
› Recognising the diversity of learners.
› Creates spaces and opportunities that maximise the
potential for sharing learning perspectives.
› Extends the learning environment so that there is a
‘continuum of learning space’ or ‘substrate of learning’
(digital and virtual).
› Aligns with a students desired mode of learning and
develops good practice in self-directed learning.

47. Efficient Learning andTeaching
»Efficiency and effectiveness are linked.
»The more productivity (i.e. the more learning) in the
learning environment the more productive the Higher
Education system as a whole.
»Getting the students to ‘do the work’ takes the
pressure off the lecturer and is also more effective.
»Flipped pedagogies utilise previously created work and
also promote dialogic teaching spaces.
»Discovering of efficiency and enhancement through
learning analytics and associated interventions.

48. Summary
»Recognise that Learning (andTeaching) is Complex.
»Build Learning Environments that utilise technology if
it promotes opportunities for learning.
»Move on from a one size fits all ideas of what is
‘effective’ and promote discovery and innovation.
» That means thinking ‘big picture’.
» That means moving on from pushing any one tool and creating a
suite of potential tools that practitioners can choose from.
» That means moving on from pushing any one mode of teaching.
» Let learning lead the discussion, not tools or metrics.

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Dr Nick Almond
Director of Learning andTeaching
Development, Hope University
almondn@hope.ac.uk
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51. Digital literacy
Dave Mason,Tutor, North Liverpool CommunityCollege

52. Edmodo - My digital literacy
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53. » I work for NLCC training and Education side of
AltValley CommunityTrust mission statement:
Contributing to sustainable communities and neighbourhood
transformation by enhancing individual and community wellbeing.
Covering: Community Engagement
Education andTraining
Business and Employment
Sports and Wellbeing
Physical Environment
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54. » Jisc support - Lyn Lall
» Came out and discussed a range of support software for tutors and
learners. As a group we evaluated a range of software in pairs: skitch,
socrative, i-nigma, Edmodo, quizlet
» We evaluated software in teams of two
» All software was good – however it became clear
» EDMODO was the stand out for us
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Training & Education Software
» Edmodo
» Initially we thought Edmodo as a distance learning support.
» Make resources available when not in college, you can utilize full colour
documents, add web links, video clips etc.
» I had to research and use Edmodo – It’s massive!
» The free version has a massive array of features.

56. Tutor role
» Learn how to use:
» Set up courses
» Add learners
» Posts
» Look at what learner page looks
like
» Have good working knowledge of
Edmodo
Learner role
» Develop some basic it skills, If the
use face book should be ok on
Edmodo
» Use Edmodo
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57. Tutors knowledge
Problems getting to grips with
Edmodo, when I am the tutor
setting courses.
» Don’t know what learners see –
Looks different than my screen,
phone version & tablet also looks
slightly different
» Had to set up a test account so I
could see, also got colleagues to
join to learn what happened for
Tutor and learners
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58. » Connect More For me
» Ability to message learners
individually or as a group.
» Put up up to date information,
links and videos
For Learners
» Messaging me/each other
» Add information they find useful.
Handouts are available if they
miss a session.
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59. » And finally once we started the on the STLS course a learner sent me a
message which I thought was great
» And so it begins…..
» A journey for me and the learners has begun
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Digital literacy
Dave Mason
Tutor - North Liverpool Community College
Davidmason@altvalley.co.uk
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