The ICT strategic plan outlines goals to enhance teaching and learning at Beaconsfield School from 2014-2016 through strategic integration and use of technology. Key goals include:
1) Providing reliable infrastructure like internet access, data storage, and devices to support digital learning.
2) Integrating e-learning tools like iPads and applications across subjects to engage students and enhance literacy and numeracy.
3) Regular staff training to effectively utilize technology for teaching and learning while promoting responsible digital citizenship.
Potential challenges involve ensuring network capacity, internet security, sufficient devices and applications, and supporting teachers' technology skills. Reviews will assess progress and challenges to refine goals.
This document analyzes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of using information and communication technology (ICT) in education. The strengths include ICT helping students learn using various sources and preparing them for the future. However, weaknesses exist such as ICT only being used for some subjects and not enough resources. Opportunities also exist to integrate ICT across all subjects and encourage cooperation between schools and businesses. Threats to the use of ICT include costs, training needs, potential damage, distractions, and safety issues.
Digital disruption is here as 90% of organizations anticipate disruption from digital trends but only 40% are preparing. As technology accelerates, human adaptability must also accelerate through optimizing learning. Both employees and business leaders value learning and development. However, corporate learning is not meeting expectations, with only 37% of employees seeing opportunities for growth. Learner expectations are also changing as they need information easily on any device, while skills become outdated more quickly and many jobs are at risk of automation. Companies are seeking new learner-focused solutions using micro content and social features, though only 5% are satisfied with current social learning technologies and 88% want an improved user experience. [/SUMMARY]
This deck can be used as a template for your digital learning business case, process planning, staff development, all the good stuff. Courtesy of my colleagues at Intrepid by Vital Source.
Join the LT show's effective practice partner, Towards Maturity to explore how to unlock the potential of your organisation, your staff and your L&D team. This lunch and learn session will combine new research insights from Laura Overton and her team with great conversation with your peers.
The session will be divided into three parts, allowing you to grab your lunch and explore tailored keys that help you nail the tactics to
Transform traditional learning in your organisation
Successfully integrate learning and work
Impact engagement, and ultimately learning culture
How to create consumer quality learningJudy Albers
This document discusses how to transition learning teams and their mindsets to focus on treating learners like consumers by providing digital, on-demand learning experiences. It outlines how instructional designer roles are evolving into learning experience designers who focus on the learner's needs and craft experiences across different moments of learning. Examples of skills needed include information architecture, UX design, and using tools to curate and deliver a variety of short-form learning content like videos, podcasts, and online discussions. The document provides Microsoft examples of consumer-like learning options and suggests ways for instructors to transition classroom skills to digital formats.
The document discusses metrics for measuring engagement and success in digital learning. It provides examples of different types of metrics to capture at various stages, from awareness through application. These include metrics on involvement, interaction, intimacy, influence, content consumption, social engagement, and real-world application. Tracking the right metrics at each stage can provide insights into how to improve the learning experience and better meet learner needs.
The document discusses fostering innovation to achieve mission critical goals. It provides an agenda for the discussion, including introducing innovation in government contexts, how team leaders and members can foster and engage in innovation, and how to use technology to drive innovation. The discussion emphasizes creating a culture that supports new ideas, using frameworks to guide the innovation process, identifying problems to solve, gaining approval for solutions, and leveraging tools like project management and collaboration software. The goal is to encourage innovation as a means of improving processes and outcomes in pursuit of important objectives.
5 Barriers to Effective Employee Training Programs - Webinar 08.21.14BizLibrary
In this webinar we'll outline the 5 barriers to effective training and development programs and best practices for overcoming those barriers.
www.bizlibrary.com/webinars
This document analyzes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of using information and communication technology (ICT) in education. The strengths include ICT helping students learn using various sources and preparing them for the future. However, weaknesses exist such as ICT only being used for some subjects and not enough resources. Opportunities also exist to integrate ICT across all subjects and encourage cooperation between schools and businesses. Threats to the use of ICT include costs, training needs, potential damage, distractions, and safety issues.
Digital disruption is here as 90% of organizations anticipate disruption from digital trends but only 40% are preparing. As technology accelerates, human adaptability must also accelerate through optimizing learning. Both employees and business leaders value learning and development. However, corporate learning is not meeting expectations, with only 37% of employees seeing opportunities for growth. Learner expectations are also changing as they need information easily on any device, while skills become outdated more quickly and many jobs are at risk of automation. Companies are seeking new learner-focused solutions using micro content and social features, though only 5% are satisfied with current social learning technologies and 88% want an improved user experience. [/SUMMARY]
This deck can be used as a template for your digital learning business case, process planning, staff development, all the good stuff. Courtesy of my colleagues at Intrepid by Vital Source.
Join the LT show's effective practice partner, Towards Maturity to explore how to unlock the potential of your organisation, your staff and your L&D team. This lunch and learn session will combine new research insights from Laura Overton and her team with great conversation with your peers.
The session will be divided into three parts, allowing you to grab your lunch and explore tailored keys that help you nail the tactics to
Transform traditional learning in your organisation
Successfully integrate learning and work
Impact engagement, and ultimately learning culture
How to create consumer quality learningJudy Albers
This document discusses how to transition learning teams and their mindsets to focus on treating learners like consumers by providing digital, on-demand learning experiences. It outlines how instructional designer roles are evolving into learning experience designers who focus on the learner's needs and craft experiences across different moments of learning. Examples of skills needed include information architecture, UX design, and using tools to curate and deliver a variety of short-form learning content like videos, podcasts, and online discussions. The document provides Microsoft examples of consumer-like learning options and suggests ways for instructors to transition classroom skills to digital formats.
The document discusses metrics for measuring engagement and success in digital learning. It provides examples of different types of metrics to capture at various stages, from awareness through application. These include metrics on involvement, interaction, intimacy, influence, content consumption, social engagement, and real-world application. Tracking the right metrics at each stage can provide insights into how to improve the learning experience and better meet learner needs.
The document discusses fostering innovation to achieve mission critical goals. It provides an agenda for the discussion, including introducing innovation in government contexts, how team leaders and members can foster and engage in innovation, and how to use technology to drive innovation. The discussion emphasizes creating a culture that supports new ideas, using frameworks to guide the innovation process, identifying problems to solve, gaining approval for solutions, and leveraging tools like project management and collaboration software. The goal is to encourage innovation as a means of improving processes and outcomes in pursuit of important objectives.
5 Barriers to Effective Employee Training Programs - Webinar 08.21.14BizLibrary
In this webinar we'll outline the 5 barriers to effective training and development programs and best practices for overcoming those barriers.
www.bizlibrary.com/webinars
Congratulations! You’ve developed the greatest training program ever. The content is ideally suited to your business problems, the technology works, and the employees seem to like it. There’s only one problem… nobody knows what to do with it when they return to their jobs.
If that’s not a nightmare scenario for a training professional, we don’t know what is!
Ultimately, we need our employees to learn, retain, and then apply what they learn to improve their knowledge and skills and reach higher levels of performance. That’s the goal. But how many times do we fail to see the ROI we expect? How many times do we see well-executed content NOT applied on the job? How many times do we have to go back to the CFO and explain why the ROI we expected never materialized.
Kristi McNabb, Revenue Operations Manager at BizLibrary, will help you discover how and when employees apply learning to improve their job performance, explain the role managers play in helping employees retain training and drive ROI, and help you understand how microlearning can be a great tool to help employees in their moment of need.
During this webinar, Kristi will provide easy-to-understand insights on:
- How to help employees apply their learning and improve job performance
- A manager’s role in employee retention and training ROI
- How microlearning is a great tool for helping employees acquire skills just when they need them
- ... and much more!
Watch the full webinar here: http://webinar.workforce.com/boost-employee-performance-with-microlearning-and-manager-training
How to kickstart your learner-centric strategyLaura Overton
How do you help people learn best? By putting them in charge. That’s the thesis of Laura Overton of Towards Maturity and Teresa Rose of E.On Group, who bring together research and experience to demonstrate that a learner-centric approach is not only desirable, it’s a necessity for successful learning at work.
96% of L&D leaders want to increase self-directed learning but we continue to struggle to connect and engage. It's time that L&D worked smarter, to stop blaming their staff for not engaging and to start listening instead.
This practical session will consider how true learning organisations put staff capability at the forefront of their thinking by placing staff at the heart of their strategy. When L&D provide staff with an active voice productivity and engagement flow. Join this interactive panel with Tesco and E.on to find out how to kick start a customer-centric strategy that delivers growth, profit and business transformation:
Challenge your assumptions about how staff really learn
Banish your organisation’s preconceptions about learning
Find out how listening more helps you achieve more
Inject vital evidence to win hearts and minds of managers
Crucial research on the learning voice
This document discusses how to grow a learning culture within an organization. It describes how one company implemented Learning Guilds and Project Guilds as communities of practice to foster continuous learning among software engineers. Learning Guilds focused on specific learning priorities through biweekly sprints, while Project Guilds allowed self-directed learning through small group projects. Both approaches improved engagement, knowledge sharing, and business impact. The document provides guidance on identifying learning needs, measuring success, and starting small to establish a learning culture.
This document provides an overview of the participating organizations and users in a study on factors that contribute to sustainable e-learning success. Fifteen diverse organizations from industries such as insurance, manufacturing, government, finance, telecoms, healthcare, IT, and consulting participated. Most organizations had over 5,000 employees located across multiple UK sites, Europe, or worldwide. The study found that organizations used a variety of e-learning tools and technologies and focused on aligning e-learning with business strategies to achieve measurable success. Business influence and engagement were found to be more important to e-learning success than training influence alone.
An Insider's Look at Udemy for Business Product WebinarUdemy for Business
60% of employees think their companies don’t offer adequate opportunities for them to develop professionally.
See first-hand how Udemy for Business partners with high-performing companies like PayPal, Lyft, Booking.com, Adidas, and Pinterest to fuel a culture of learning and elevate the perception of L&D.
- 2,500+ of the top rated, freshest courses for professional development
- Social learning tools that extend the role and impact of L&D
- Reporting that delivers actionable insights for effective learning
- Mobile technology to learn on the go
- 24/7 customer success dedicated to supporting your company every step of the way
Create a Culture of Learning in the Modern WorkplaceBizLibrary
Employees today are working in a constantly changing environment, and the way they learn needs to keep up with that change.
For your business to maintain a competitive advantage, it’s vital for its employees to be continually improving and learning. You may have some good ideas about what it takes to implement a culture of learning, but what’s your strategy? Do you have the tools and resources necessary to build a solid foundation for your learning culture? What’s your communication plan? How will you measure success and failure?
This webinar will share easy-to-understand insights into:
- The key characteristics of an engaged learning culture
- Why microlearning is the ideal tool for a real culture shift
- How the science of learning reinforces training and increases ROI
- Why change is inevitable and how to deal with it in a positive way
8 Content Marketing Tips for L&D ProfessionalsLaura Overton
In this year's report, 'Modernising Learning: Delivering Results' we saw that 58% of L&D leaders say that staff are reluctant to engage with online learning, whilst only 38% of them have an ongoing communications plan in place.
So what can we do about this? Here are 8 tips from the content marketing experts that can help us rethink the way that we engage learners.
Ever since tech-enabled learning offered a viable alternative to the classroom, we've been extolling the virtues of any-time any-place learning. But has learning innovation kept pace with the new models of any-time any-place working available to today’s worker?
Drawing on research conducted with over 3,000 L&D leaders and 13,000 learners around the globe, this slideshow will explore what the mobile enterprise is looking for from a modernised L&D programme, and how the top learning companies are actually delivering it.
L&D leaders from Crowe LLP – a public accounting, consulting, and technology firm – will share best practices on how they’re moving away from smile sheets and completion metrics to tracking behavior change and performance on the job.
View the presentation to learn:
- Case example by Crowe LLP on how they’re piloting innovative ways to track employee behavior change and performance post-learning
- New Udemy for Business data insights on how learning impacts key business outcomes like employee engagement, productivity, growth, and retention
- How to win over key stakeholders when rolling out a new learning metrics approach
- Tips and advice on how to get started with measuring the ROI of learning
The Essential Skills Every Training Program Manager NeedsBizLibrary
The employee training industry is constantly evolving. That means the skills needed to be an effective employee training program manager are changing too. In this program, we’ll cover the basics of what a program manager is, what they do, the top ten characteristics of effective employee training program managers, and the steps necessary to improve your skillset.
In this webinar you will:
- Learn what a program manager is, what they do and who they typically are within an organization
- Find out the top ten essential competencies of a program manager, along with supporting skills to improve in those areas
To develop an Agile Learning organization a learning strategy needs to be in place. This presentation shows how to develop a strategy and a roadmap on 3 workshops.
The E Learning Guild’S Handbook Of E Learning StrategyHidayathulla NS
This document is the table of contents for "The eLearning Guild's Handbook of e-Learning Strategy". It provides an overview of the book, which contains chapters written by various authors on developing and implementing an effective e-learning strategy. The document lists the chapter titles and brief descriptions of the topics covered in each chapter, such as keeping the strategy focused, strategies for transitioning to e-learning, design strategies, and elements of a successful strategy. It also acknowledges sponsors and provides information on how to cite and distribute the content.
This session explores the design of persona-based learning maps to support manager-employee development discussions. Employees in participating organizations are assigned a “learning persona” based on their role. Skills and learning activities are then varied based on the needs of different groups.
In this webinar, Cushing Anderson, IDC’s IT Education and Certification Research Program Vice President, and the author of our recent report, will help organizations understand how to strategically align learning programs with organizational goals to impact the business. Cushing will walk attendees through the metrics that learning can impact, the levers to maximize impact, and the outcome of a successful framework. Alongside our President of Udemy for Business Darren Shimkus, Cushing will dive into:
- How to link learning initiatives to strategic issues
- How to create a framework that maximizes the impact of learning, through intention, relevance, - consumption and reinforcement
- The types of value that can be witnessed through learning, including time savings, increased productivity, and faster onboarding
- How the L&D team at Udemy for Business maximizes learning impact across the organization
Publicis Sapient, a business and engineering consulting firm, upskilled their workforce in the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science skills to help redefine their business and capture revenue growth.
In this webinar, Ian Stevens, North America Learning and Development Lead at Publicis Sapient, shares how his L&D team created learning programs at the speed of business to upskill their consultants to become digital transformation leaders.
You’ll walk away with:
- A proven push-pull blended learning program that quickly upskilled employees
- How to tie learning with hiring & staffing priorities to motivate learners
- Ways to build shared accountability with both employees and leaders
- Tips to align learning with performance and revenue
- Lessons learned on how L&D can play a pivotal role in driving revenue and transforming your business
The Democratization of Learning and DevelopmentDavid Blake
The future of learning and development (L&D) is already here. This new reality includes workers and their managers sharing more of the responsibility than you might be used to. That doesn’t mean your L&D organization, practices, and tools are obsolete—they still play an important role. But they do need to evolve. These days, the most successful chief learning officers do more than just supply learning. They also enable their workers to take learning into their own hands.
This session will explore the value of workgroups as a tool for building buy-in and developing best practices in a national non-profit. Breakthrough Collaborative has used the workgroup approach to standardize teacher training across the organization over the past few years, building expertise and site leadership in the process. This workshop will examine Breakthrough's experience and encourage participants to leave with takeaways for creating change in their own organizations.
Create a culture_of_learning_8.16.2017 (002)BizLibrary
Are you creating a learning culture for your employees? We're working in environments today where change is no longer an event but a constantly occurring process.
In order for businesses to maintain a competitive advantage, it's vital for their employees to be continually improving and learning. You may have some good ideas about what it takes to implement a culture of learning, but how’s your strategy? Do you have the tools and resources necessary to build a solid foundation for your learning culture? What's your communication plan? How will you measure success and failure?
In this webinar, CEO of BizLibrary, Dean Pichee will talk about what an engaged learning culture looks like, what types of strategies to implement to turn your ideas into a reality, how to make sure your training really sticks and how to manage the change that will inevitably occur as you implement a culture of learning.
Key Learning Objectives:
• Learn the key characteristics of an engaged learning culture
• Why micro-learning is the ideal tool for real culture-shift
• How the science of learning reinforces training and increases ROI
• Why change is inevitable and how to deal with it in a positive way
Welcome to the New Era of Public Health Training: How the Public Health Learn...Communications At NNPHI
On July 14, 2016 we hosted a Dialogue4Health Web Forum about the state of today’s public health workforce and how the Public Health Learning Network (PHLN) is building and sustaining a national system for outstanding public health training.
Leaders from the PHLN’s National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training and regional public health training centers discussed:
The evolution and future of the public health training system
An exemplary public health training course as an example of what the PHLN can do for learners
How training centers are working with health departments to bring the best training and resources together for the public health professional.
Our panelists:
Nor Hashidah Abd-Hamid, PhD, Lead Instructional Designer, Institute for Public Health Practice,, University of Iowa College of Public Health (UI CPH) and the MPHTC
Jennifer McKeever, MSW, MPH, Director, Public Health Practice and Training, National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT) at the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI)
Mikhaila Richards, MS, Communications Strategist, NCCPHT at NNPHI
Tanya Uden-Holman, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Clinical Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa College of Public Health
Our moderator:
Christopher Kinabrew, MPH, MSW, Chief Strategy Officer, NCCPHT at NNPHI
Dialogue4Health is a community that conceives, builds, and shares strategies to improve the public’s health. They partner with local, national and global organizations to host Web Forums and share critical resources.
In this webinar Amit Garg, Founder & CEO of Upside Learning, and Keith Keating, Global Learning Strategist at GP Strategies / Head of Global Learning Network at General Motors, will discuss learning engagement from different perspectives while sharing tips to help you achieve this high level of engagement in your training programs.
The document provides a strategic recommendation for a company to expand into online B2B services using artificial intelligence technology. It analyzes the declining performance of the company's existing e-marketing services and identifies B2B services as an attractive market with high growth potential. The recommendation is to invest in developing an AI-powered B2B search engine and recruiting salespeople. Financial projections estimate the new business will achieve over 200% revenue growth annually and recoup investments within 4 years, ensuring sustained profitability. Challenges in implementation are also acknowledged.
Congratulations! You’ve developed the greatest training program ever. The content is ideally suited to your business problems, the technology works, and the employees seem to like it. There’s only one problem… nobody knows what to do with it when they return to their jobs.
If that’s not a nightmare scenario for a training professional, we don’t know what is!
Ultimately, we need our employees to learn, retain, and then apply what they learn to improve their knowledge and skills and reach higher levels of performance. That’s the goal. But how many times do we fail to see the ROI we expect? How many times do we see well-executed content NOT applied on the job? How many times do we have to go back to the CFO and explain why the ROI we expected never materialized.
Kristi McNabb, Revenue Operations Manager at BizLibrary, will help you discover how and when employees apply learning to improve their job performance, explain the role managers play in helping employees retain training and drive ROI, and help you understand how microlearning can be a great tool to help employees in their moment of need.
During this webinar, Kristi will provide easy-to-understand insights on:
- How to help employees apply their learning and improve job performance
- A manager’s role in employee retention and training ROI
- How microlearning is a great tool for helping employees acquire skills just when they need them
- ... and much more!
Watch the full webinar here: http://webinar.workforce.com/boost-employee-performance-with-microlearning-and-manager-training
How to kickstart your learner-centric strategyLaura Overton
How do you help people learn best? By putting them in charge. That’s the thesis of Laura Overton of Towards Maturity and Teresa Rose of E.On Group, who bring together research and experience to demonstrate that a learner-centric approach is not only desirable, it’s a necessity for successful learning at work.
96% of L&D leaders want to increase self-directed learning but we continue to struggle to connect and engage. It's time that L&D worked smarter, to stop blaming their staff for not engaging and to start listening instead.
This practical session will consider how true learning organisations put staff capability at the forefront of their thinking by placing staff at the heart of their strategy. When L&D provide staff with an active voice productivity and engagement flow. Join this interactive panel with Tesco and E.on to find out how to kick start a customer-centric strategy that delivers growth, profit and business transformation:
Challenge your assumptions about how staff really learn
Banish your organisation’s preconceptions about learning
Find out how listening more helps you achieve more
Inject vital evidence to win hearts and minds of managers
Crucial research on the learning voice
This document discusses how to grow a learning culture within an organization. It describes how one company implemented Learning Guilds and Project Guilds as communities of practice to foster continuous learning among software engineers. Learning Guilds focused on specific learning priorities through biweekly sprints, while Project Guilds allowed self-directed learning through small group projects. Both approaches improved engagement, knowledge sharing, and business impact. The document provides guidance on identifying learning needs, measuring success, and starting small to establish a learning culture.
This document provides an overview of the participating organizations and users in a study on factors that contribute to sustainable e-learning success. Fifteen diverse organizations from industries such as insurance, manufacturing, government, finance, telecoms, healthcare, IT, and consulting participated. Most organizations had over 5,000 employees located across multiple UK sites, Europe, or worldwide. The study found that organizations used a variety of e-learning tools and technologies and focused on aligning e-learning with business strategies to achieve measurable success. Business influence and engagement were found to be more important to e-learning success than training influence alone.
An Insider's Look at Udemy for Business Product WebinarUdemy for Business
60% of employees think their companies don’t offer adequate opportunities for them to develop professionally.
See first-hand how Udemy for Business partners with high-performing companies like PayPal, Lyft, Booking.com, Adidas, and Pinterest to fuel a culture of learning and elevate the perception of L&D.
- 2,500+ of the top rated, freshest courses for professional development
- Social learning tools that extend the role and impact of L&D
- Reporting that delivers actionable insights for effective learning
- Mobile technology to learn on the go
- 24/7 customer success dedicated to supporting your company every step of the way
Create a Culture of Learning in the Modern WorkplaceBizLibrary
Employees today are working in a constantly changing environment, and the way they learn needs to keep up with that change.
For your business to maintain a competitive advantage, it’s vital for its employees to be continually improving and learning. You may have some good ideas about what it takes to implement a culture of learning, but what’s your strategy? Do you have the tools and resources necessary to build a solid foundation for your learning culture? What’s your communication plan? How will you measure success and failure?
This webinar will share easy-to-understand insights into:
- The key characteristics of an engaged learning culture
- Why microlearning is the ideal tool for a real culture shift
- How the science of learning reinforces training and increases ROI
- Why change is inevitable and how to deal with it in a positive way
8 Content Marketing Tips for L&D ProfessionalsLaura Overton
In this year's report, 'Modernising Learning: Delivering Results' we saw that 58% of L&D leaders say that staff are reluctant to engage with online learning, whilst only 38% of them have an ongoing communications plan in place.
So what can we do about this? Here are 8 tips from the content marketing experts that can help us rethink the way that we engage learners.
Ever since tech-enabled learning offered a viable alternative to the classroom, we've been extolling the virtues of any-time any-place learning. But has learning innovation kept pace with the new models of any-time any-place working available to today’s worker?
Drawing on research conducted with over 3,000 L&D leaders and 13,000 learners around the globe, this slideshow will explore what the mobile enterprise is looking for from a modernised L&D programme, and how the top learning companies are actually delivering it.
L&D leaders from Crowe LLP – a public accounting, consulting, and technology firm – will share best practices on how they’re moving away from smile sheets and completion metrics to tracking behavior change and performance on the job.
View the presentation to learn:
- Case example by Crowe LLP on how they’re piloting innovative ways to track employee behavior change and performance post-learning
- New Udemy for Business data insights on how learning impacts key business outcomes like employee engagement, productivity, growth, and retention
- How to win over key stakeholders when rolling out a new learning metrics approach
- Tips and advice on how to get started with measuring the ROI of learning
The Essential Skills Every Training Program Manager NeedsBizLibrary
The employee training industry is constantly evolving. That means the skills needed to be an effective employee training program manager are changing too. In this program, we’ll cover the basics of what a program manager is, what they do, the top ten characteristics of effective employee training program managers, and the steps necessary to improve your skillset.
In this webinar you will:
- Learn what a program manager is, what they do and who they typically are within an organization
- Find out the top ten essential competencies of a program manager, along with supporting skills to improve in those areas
To develop an Agile Learning organization a learning strategy needs to be in place. This presentation shows how to develop a strategy and a roadmap on 3 workshops.
The E Learning Guild’S Handbook Of E Learning StrategyHidayathulla NS
This document is the table of contents for "The eLearning Guild's Handbook of e-Learning Strategy". It provides an overview of the book, which contains chapters written by various authors on developing and implementing an effective e-learning strategy. The document lists the chapter titles and brief descriptions of the topics covered in each chapter, such as keeping the strategy focused, strategies for transitioning to e-learning, design strategies, and elements of a successful strategy. It also acknowledges sponsors and provides information on how to cite and distribute the content.
This session explores the design of persona-based learning maps to support manager-employee development discussions. Employees in participating organizations are assigned a “learning persona” based on their role. Skills and learning activities are then varied based on the needs of different groups.
In this webinar, Cushing Anderson, IDC’s IT Education and Certification Research Program Vice President, and the author of our recent report, will help organizations understand how to strategically align learning programs with organizational goals to impact the business. Cushing will walk attendees through the metrics that learning can impact, the levers to maximize impact, and the outcome of a successful framework. Alongside our President of Udemy for Business Darren Shimkus, Cushing will dive into:
- How to link learning initiatives to strategic issues
- How to create a framework that maximizes the impact of learning, through intention, relevance, - consumption and reinforcement
- The types of value that can be witnessed through learning, including time savings, increased productivity, and faster onboarding
- How the L&D team at Udemy for Business maximizes learning impact across the organization
Publicis Sapient, a business and engineering consulting firm, upskilled their workforce in the latest Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science skills to help redefine their business and capture revenue growth.
In this webinar, Ian Stevens, North America Learning and Development Lead at Publicis Sapient, shares how his L&D team created learning programs at the speed of business to upskill their consultants to become digital transformation leaders.
You’ll walk away with:
- A proven push-pull blended learning program that quickly upskilled employees
- How to tie learning with hiring & staffing priorities to motivate learners
- Ways to build shared accountability with both employees and leaders
- Tips to align learning with performance and revenue
- Lessons learned on how L&D can play a pivotal role in driving revenue and transforming your business
The Democratization of Learning and DevelopmentDavid Blake
The future of learning and development (L&D) is already here. This new reality includes workers and their managers sharing more of the responsibility than you might be used to. That doesn’t mean your L&D organization, practices, and tools are obsolete—they still play an important role. But they do need to evolve. These days, the most successful chief learning officers do more than just supply learning. They also enable their workers to take learning into their own hands.
This session will explore the value of workgroups as a tool for building buy-in and developing best practices in a national non-profit. Breakthrough Collaborative has used the workgroup approach to standardize teacher training across the organization over the past few years, building expertise and site leadership in the process. This workshop will examine Breakthrough's experience and encourage participants to leave with takeaways for creating change in their own organizations.
Create a culture_of_learning_8.16.2017 (002)BizLibrary
Are you creating a learning culture for your employees? We're working in environments today where change is no longer an event but a constantly occurring process.
In order for businesses to maintain a competitive advantage, it's vital for their employees to be continually improving and learning. You may have some good ideas about what it takes to implement a culture of learning, but how’s your strategy? Do you have the tools and resources necessary to build a solid foundation for your learning culture? What's your communication plan? How will you measure success and failure?
In this webinar, CEO of BizLibrary, Dean Pichee will talk about what an engaged learning culture looks like, what types of strategies to implement to turn your ideas into a reality, how to make sure your training really sticks and how to manage the change that will inevitably occur as you implement a culture of learning.
Key Learning Objectives:
• Learn the key characteristics of an engaged learning culture
• Why micro-learning is the ideal tool for real culture-shift
• How the science of learning reinforces training and increases ROI
• Why change is inevitable and how to deal with it in a positive way
Welcome to the New Era of Public Health Training: How the Public Health Learn...Communications At NNPHI
On July 14, 2016 we hosted a Dialogue4Health Web Forum about the state of today’s public health workforce and how the Public Health Learning Network (PHLN) is building and sustaining a national system for outstanding public health training.
Leaders from the PHLN’s National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training and regional public health training centers discussed:
The evolution and future of the public health training system
An exemplary public health training course as an example of what the PHLN can do for learners
How training centers are working with health departments to bring the best training and resources together for the public health professional.
Our panelists:
Nor Hashidah Abd-Hamid, PhD, Lead Instructional Designer, Institute for Public Health Practice,, University of Iowa College of Public Health (UI CPH) and the MPHTC
Jennifer McKeever, MSW, MPH, Director, Public Health Practice and Training, National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training (NCCPHT) at the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI)
Mikhaila Richards, MS, Communications Strategist, NCCPHT at NNPHI
Tanya Uden-Holman, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Clinical Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa College of Public Health
Our moderator:
Christopher Kinabrew, MPH, MSW, Chief Strategy Officer, NCCPHT at NNPHI
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The new revenue recognition standard for life sciences companiesEY
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Findings on health information technology and electronic health recordsDeloitte United States
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TMT Outlook 2017: A new wave of advances offer opportunities and challengesDeloitte United States
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Cultural Times - The first global map of cultural and creative industriesEY
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Find out more on ey.com/CulturalTimes
Business Pulse - Dual perspectives on the top 10 risks and opportunities 2013...EY
Business Pulse explores the top 10 risks and opportunities faced by global organizations over the next few years.
Ernst & Young’s Business Pulse report is based on a large sample survey of companies in 21 countries and across various industry sectors.
The report takes the pulse of:
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• Dual perspective on the themes arising from the top 10 lists
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Moving digital transformation forward: Findings from the 2016 digital busines...Deloitte United States
Are you ready for a digital future? Nearly 90 percent of managers and executives surveyed expect “great” or “moderate” digital disruption, but fewer than half say their organizations are adequately preparing. Companies can take steps toward digital maturity, though—without necessarily putting technologists in charge.
To read more and download the full report, visit: http://deloi.tt/2fnahoe
World Economic Forum: The power of analytics for better and faster decisions ...PwC
This document summarizes the key findings of PwC's 2016 Global Data and Analytics Survey. The survey polled over 2,100 senior business leaders across 50 countries and 15 industries about their strategic decisions between now and 2020. The survey found that most respondents believe their strategic decisions will significantly increase shareholder value but that they face limitations in decision-making due to resource constraints rather than limitations in data analysis capabilities. Additionally, the survey found that while companies are ambitious about improving decision speed and sophistication through greater use of machine learning and analytics, they expect to fall short of these ambitions by 2020.
PwC’s Trends in People Analytics report highlights our recently published 2015 PwC Saratoga US benchmark data, as well as the implications for people analytics functions and key trends for consideration.
Putting digital technology and data to work for Tech CMO'sPwC
Tech Company CMOs are uniquely positioned to successfully leverage digital technologies and data to significantly impact business performance. At PwC, we're helping to change the goal of digital marketing from clicks and views to customer experiences designed to generate business performance. Explore how.
The document discusses gauging long-term impact in the social sector. It outlines how SOS CV measures the impact of its programs to ensure effectiveness and quality improvements. Impact is assessed along three components: impact on individuals, communities, and society. Non-financial impact is measured through interviews with stakeholders, while financial impact is measured through social return on investment. A pilot study found that for every €1 invested, SOS CV programs return €4-€6 in benefits, demonstrating their positive long-term impact.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
Transforming student engagement using mobile technologyCapita FHE
This set of slides, from our breakout session at this year's AoC Annual Conference and Exhibition, looks at how institutions such as Portsmouth College are embracing mobile technology to attract, retain and motivate students to achieve more. Discover how mobile initiatives such as Portsmouth’s Curious and Creative Learning project are helping students to engage with their learning and how mobile technology is transforming every aspect of college life.
Find out more at www.capita-fhe.co.uk/advantage
This document outlines a study that assessed the competency of ICT (information and communications technology) teachers in implementing a new ICT curriculum in secondary schools in North Eastern Nigeria. The study aimed to determine ICT teachers' competency in areas like ICT policy, curriculum, pedagogy, technology, administration, and professional development. It also sought to identify obstacles to implementing the ICT curriculum. The document lists the objectives and research questions that guided the study.
This document discusses the use of technology in education in Victoria, Australia. It outlines the Department of Education's strategy to enhance learning through technology. Key goals are to provide computers and internet access to schools, professional development for teachers, and support for integrating technology into the curriculum. An example school's implementation is described, including providing laptops to all staff and networked computers in every classroom. The future of education is discussed, with technology allowing learning anywhere and anytime and preparing students for careers not yet invented.
This document discusses the use of technology in education in Victoria, Australia. It outlines the Department of Education's strategy to enhance learning through technology. Key points include using computer networks for information, communication and collaboration; the internet as a learning tool; and expanding the role of libraries. The document also describes a whole-school approach taken by "navigator schools", challenges faced by teachers, and statewide initiatives like providing funds for new computers and teacher professional development. An example is given of the implementation of technology at Bendigo Senior Secondary College, covering their planning process, network setup, and support for teachers. The conclusion discusses uncertainties around the future classroom environment and skills needed by students and teachers.
This document discusses the use of technology in education in Victoria, Australia. It outlines the Department of Education's strategy to enhance learning through technology. Key goals are to provide computers and internet access to schools, professional development for teachers, and support for integrating technology into the curriculum. An example school's implementation is described, including providing laptops to all staff and networked computers in every classroom. The future of education is discussed, with technology allowing more flexible and student-centered learning.
How we shifted from 1:1 to BYOD: curriculum and business perspectivesNathan Hutchings
The document summarizes a school's shift from a 1:1 laptop program to a BYOD (bring your own device) model. It describes why the school moved to BYOD, including parent preferences for choice of device and ending of funding for 1:1 programs. The school implemented a trial BYOD program in 2013 and fully transitioned middle and high school students to BYOD in 2014. Teachers received training to help students submit work in cross-platform formats and use an LMS. Looking ahead, the school plans to expand BYOD to younger grades, improve infrastructure and content management, and focus their IT strategic plan on student learning outcomes.
2 Case Studies at National Level: 1:1 Educational Computing Initiatives in So...Steve Vosloo
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This document outlines Irving Independent School District's long range technology plan from 2010 to 2013. The plan was developed by a committee that reviewed data on technology needs and standards. The plan aims to provide equitable access to technology for all students and teachers. It focuses on expanding one-to-one computing, online learning opportunities, and technology-integrated instruction. The plan also addresses teacher training, administration/data management, technical support, and annual evaluation of progress.
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The document outlines a technology plan for Mesa Elementary School. The plan aims to integrate technology into the curriculum to support student learning. It includes assessing current technology resources and skills, identifying needs, and establishing goals for infrastructure improvements, teacher training, and using data to monitor progress towards the plan's objectives of enhancing teaching and learning through technology.
The document provides an overview of Malaysia's ICT Literacy program for primary schools. It outlines the program's objectives to equip students with basic ICT skills by the time they complete Year 6. The program is implemented in two stages, with Stage 1 covering Years 1-3 and Stage 2 covering Years 4-6. It introduces new topics each stage like the Internet and webpage design. A teaching guide provides modules to help teachers implement the content specifications for each year's curriculum. The overall goal is to develop an ICT literate generation of students prepared for the digital age.
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The document summarizes MBBC's digital learning program which introduces BYOD (bring your own device) for students. It will be implemented in stages between 2014-2018, starting with Year 4 students. The program aims to prepare students for 21st century skills by teaching with and through technology across the curriculum. Professional development for teachers and a digital citizenship program will support the initiative.
The document summarizes MBBC's digital learning program which introduces BYOD (bring your own device) for students. It will be implemented in stages between 2014-2018, starting with Year 4 students. The program aims to prepare students for 21st century skills by teaching with and through technology across the curriculum. Professional development for teachers and a digital citizenship program will support the initiative.
1. Description of the ICT4RED initiative in rural South Africa for Bridge 12 ...Benita Williams
This presentation gives background about the ICT4RED project implemented in Cofimvaba. It is based on an earlier version of the presentation which was delivered at the Bridge ICT Community of Practice which was held in June 2013.
The document provides a technology development plan for Visionary High School with the goal of ensuring equal opportunities for students to learn in a safe environment using innovative technologies. It discusses focusing on infrastructure, teaching, learning, assessment, and productivity. The plan outlines strategies and timelines for improving internet access, a one-to-one laptop initiative, and professional development for teachers on integrating technology into the curriculum.
The document provides a technology development plan for Visionary High School focusing on infrastructure, teaching, learning, assessment, and productivity. It outlines goals, strategies, responsibilities, funding, and timelines to improve access to technology for students and staff. Key aspects include providing wireless connectivity, a laptop initiative, online learning resources, using data to inform instruction, and ongoing professional development for educators on integrating technology. The plan's implementation and impact will be evaluated periodically to ensure it meets the evolving needs of 21st century learning.
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Communicating effectively and consistently with students can help them feel at ease during their learning experience and provide the instructor with a communication trail to track the course's progress. This workshop will take you through constructing an engaging course container to facilitate effective communication.
Walmart Business+ and Spark Good for Nonprofits.pdfTechSoup
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LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
Temple of Asclepius in Thrace. Excavation resultsKrassimira Luka
The temple and the sanctuary around were dedicated to Asklepios Zmidrenus. This name has been known since 1875 when an inscription dedicated to him was discovered in Rome. The inscription is dated in 227 AD and was left by soldiers originating from the city of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
1. ICT Strategic Plan 2014~2016
Beaconsfield School
‘Learning Today to Meet the Cha!enges of Tomorrow’
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2. Our ICT Vision
Beaconsfield School is committed to blending ICT learning tools with traditional teaching approaches to
enhance student engagement and achievement. As ICT is continually evolving and new technologies
emerging, we as a School will strive to prepare our students with the skills necessary to be capable and
confident digital citizens in the present and future.
We aim to:
• Use a range of ICT learning tools to enhance and extend students learning, particularly in literacy and
numeracy.
• Create a progressive ICT learning environment that integrates current technologies to enhance teaching
and learning.
• Prepare our students with life long learning skills and confidence to meet the ever evolving challenges
of ICT.
• Provide opportunities for staff and students to continually develop their ICT skills.
• Utilise ICT to promote partnerships between School and home by encouraging family and whanau to
actively participate in their child’s learning.
• Promote safe and responsible use of ICT.
• Encourage students to select their use of ICT and apply their skills creatively across the Curriculum to
understand the relevance of ICT in every day life.
• Create an inclusive ICT learning environment that acknowledges diverse skill capabilities and
caters to students individual abilities and next learning steps.
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3. ICT Status ~ Beginning of 2014
Server
• New server installed beginning of 2013.
• Files stored on Teacher Write and Galleries. Files in need of being tidied to be readily accessible.
• Students require PD and individual passwords to store work on Student Write efficiently.
•
Internet
• A total of 4 Ubiquiti access points situated: outside staffroom and Rooms 4, 5 & 6 installed in 2013.
• Applications for SNUP and N4L made in 2013.
• UFB Ultra Fast Broadband installed at the gate, advised to wait for connection.
SMS Student Management System
• eTAP currently used for register of attendance and storage of data.
• Professional Development required to utilise full potential of system.
Infrastructure
Equipment
Teacher Laptops • Apple laptops leased and distributed to teachers end of 2013.
• Professional Development required to use Apple applications for teaching and learning effectively.
Classroom Laptops
• eMachines distributed evenly throughout classrooms. Pod of laptops no longer available due to
resources being depleted by disrepair. Room 1: Prefers use of iPads - laptops not required.
Rooms 2-5: 5 laptops each classroom.
Room 4: Room 5:
iPads
• 36 iPads purchased at the end of 2013. Seven in each classroom and potentially one in the library.
• A high level of support and professional development required to ensure staff are able to utilise
iPads to enhance teaching and learning effectively in the classroom.
•
Belkin Headphone Splitter
• Six Belkin Headphone Splitter devices. One device per classroom and suggest spare is issued to
the library.
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4. ICT Status ~ Beginning of 2014
uBoards
• Three portable uBoard devices are available throughout the School.
• Three uBoard pens are also available, however they are not functioning and may need either new
batteries or replacing. Pens are essential to operate the uBoard as it needs to be collaborated prior
to use.
• Support and Professional Development is required for teachers to utilise the uBoards. This can be
provided by Racheal if there is time allocated during ICT development in staff meetings.
Interactive Touch Board
• Room 5 (previously Room 6) was installed with an ITB and ceiling mounted data projector in the
beginning of 2013.
• Support and Professional Development was discussed with Sitech throughout the purchasing
process and requested on a number of occassions. Another request has been issued and we are
currently waiting for a response.
• When PD is confirmed both Mrs Stephenson and Mrs Carter will attend.
Interactive Whiteboards
Projection Equipment
Data Projectors
• Rooms 1, 2, 3 the Library and Salisbury Room all have ceiling mounted data projectors.
• New ceiling mounted data projectors were installed in Rooms 4 and 5 (previously Rooms 5 & 6) at
the beginning of 2013.
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5. ICT Status ~ Beginning of 2014
Software: Applications for Teaching & Learning
Literacy
• Microsoft: Word, PowerPoint.
• Apple: Pages, Keynote.
• Online resources provided on ‘Learning Zone’ page of Beaconsfield School Wiki.
• Promethean Planet IWB teaching tools.
Numeracy
• Apple: Numbers.
• Microsoft: Excel.
• Online resources provided on ‘Learning Zone’ page of Beaconsfield School Wiki.
• Promethean Planet IWB teaching tools.
Presentation &
Communication
• iMovie, Photo Booth, iPhoto, Garageband.
• Classroom Wiki’s, Website, Facebook, Skype & Microsoft: Outlook & Smilebox.
ICT Beyond the Classroom
Website
• Upgrade initiated Term 3 & 4 of 2013. Majority of information transferred to new format outdated
or misplaced. Designated time will be required to organise and update information.
• School Information and Calendar of Events regularly updated.
• Future Focus: to continue to develop website to ensure it becomes increasingly interactive and
student centered.
Wiki’s
• Continued PD is required to support teachers to maintain classroom Wiki’s independently.
• Regular ICT sessions during staff meetings will ensure Wiki’s are updated on a regular basis.
Facebook • Used as a tool to promote School events and inform community via newsletters and notices.
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6. ICT Action Plan
Strategic Goal 1: Future Focused ICT
Providing resources to ensure our Students experience quality learning opportunities
Links to Beaconsfield School Charter & Strategic Goals
! ! ! ! Strategic Goal 1.2: To fully implement a future focused ICT strategy.
! ! ! ! To continue to sustain and enhance our progress.
! ! ! ! Upgrade the existing ICT infrastructure to create a reliable network through which ICT development can flourish.
! ! ! ! ICT strategic plan implemented & followed.
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7. 2014 2015 2016
• ICT Strategic Plan draft presented to staff
& BoT for input & feedback.
• ICT Vision developed with input from
staff & BoT.
• ICT info presentation for parents: Term 1.
• Consultation with parents: Term 1.
• Strategic Plan reviewed in Term 2 & 4
and reported to BoT.
• Student feedback ~ ‘how iPads help me to
learn’ Term 3-4.
• Student ICT skill continuum developed
with input from staff and BoT.
• ICT Vision & aims reviewed to ensure
relevant to current status and future focus.
• Review staff and student ICT skill rubrics.
• ICT Vision & aims reviewed to ensure
relevant to current status and future focus.
• Review staff and student ICT skill rubrics.
• Develop ICT Strategic Plan for 2017-2019.
Consultation&Guidance
Term One & Two Term Two Term Two
• ICT Info Evening: T1 Tuesday 11th March
Consultation via Newsletter
• iPad Rules: 25th March 2014
Term Four Term Four Term Four
Review
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8. 2014 2015 2016
• Monitor effectiveness of current Ubiquiti
access points to provide reliable access to
internet with increased usage of devices.
• Maintain reliable access to server for
storage of files.
• Review effectiveness of the Watchdog
Net Safe filtering system.
• Monitor progress of SNUP application.
• Monitor progress of N4L application for
connection to UFB.
Potential Challenge:
Ubiquiti access points insufficient for
increased demand with iPads.
• Investigate network capability and security
challenges and solutions for BYOD.
• Review ISP Internet Service Provider for
UFB.
Potential Challenge:
Internet security and storage for BYOD.
• Review shelf life of server and
investigate cloud data storage options.
Potential Challenge:
Initial cost of cloud storage may be significant
due to transfer of data and set up costs.
Infrastructure
Term One & Two Term Two Term Two
• Introduction of iPads has not affected
internet access. Printing demands have
increased as a result of iPads.
Term Four Term Four Term Four
Review
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9. ICT Action Plan
Strategic Goal 2: Teaching & Learning
Integrate e-learning across our School Curriculum
Links to Beaconsfield School Charter & Strategic Goals
! ! ! ! ICT Strategic Goal: Further develop the use of ICT technologies in learning programmes.
Cross curriculum ICT integration.
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10. 2014 2015 2016
• Regular PD in staff meetings.
• Teachers required to investigate & share
quality literacy & numeracy learning
apps aimed at their specific teaching level
to share with staff.
• Begin developing a reference list of quality
learning apps for specific learning levels.
• iPad applications evidenced in teachers
literacy & numeracy planning.
• Pod of 7 iPads per class used by groups to
enhance literacy & numeracy learning.
• Emphasis on using iPads responsibly:
develop iPad rules to be discussed and
displayed in classrooms.
• Storage solution investigated by Dave our
caretaker prior to beginning of Term 1.
Potential Challenges:
Safety and security of devices.
Initial learning curve for teachers as they
become familiar using iPads as a learning tool.
Ensuring use of quality apps to enhance
learning: may incur initial purchase costs.
• Regular PD & sharing in staff meetings.
• iPad applications evidenced in teachers
planning across the Curriculum. Note: our
aim is to apply quality applications within
authentic learning contexts.
• Rules to guide students on responsible use
of iPads reviewed & discussed with
students and displayed in classrooms.
• Staff/student survey: effectiveness of
iPads to promote engagement & enhance
learning.
• Review how iPads are currently being
used & identify strategies to maintain &
improve use as an effective learning tool.
• Investigate BYOD protocol, safety and
storage issues.
• Investigate condition of iPad devices and
class laptops.
• Compare iPads with laptops & investigate
potential to either replace laptops or phase
in additional iPads end of 2016-beginning
of 2017.
Term One Term One Term One
• Server room door, cupboard in Room 4 &
teachers office in Room 5 all installed with
good quality locks to store iPads securely.
Week: 5 Term 1 2014.
iPadsReview
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11. 2014 2015 2016
Term Two Term Two Term Two
Term Four Term Four Term Four
iPadReview
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12. 2014 2015 2016
• Staff ICT skill survey to identify focus for
Apple PD: Term 1.
• PD required to ensure the following basic
applications are utilised effectively to
promote learning: Keynote, Numbers,
iMovie & iPhoto.
• ICT folder developed with notes to
accompany PD sessions as an additional
reference to support teachers skill
development.
Potential Challenges:
Time required to develop skills using Apple
applications.
Regular & sufficient time dedicated to PD &
support for teachers is essential.
• Review staff ICT skill survey to ensure PD
is relevant to teachers current next steps.
• Continue to develop ICT reference folder.
• PD focus: developing confidence & skills a
using increasingly sophisticated apps.
• Maintain WOF of teacher laptops by
trouble shooting any technical glitches &
ensuring updates are made regularly.
• TELA lease ends November 2016. Apply for
teacher laptop lease for 2017-2019
Term One Term One Term One
Staff PD:
• 12 March: Wikis, Smilebox & Keynote.
Term Four Term Four Term Four
AppleLaptopsReview
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13. ICT Action Plan
Strategic Goal 3: ICT Beyond the Classroom
Developing partnerships between School and home through ICT
Links to Beaconsfield School Charter & Strategic Goals
! ! ! ! Strategic Goal 2: To consult, involve, communicate & report to parents, caregivers, students, staff and the wider community.
Belief #3: That successful education involves a partnership between staff, BOT, principal, students, parents & the community.
Strategic Sub Goals: Complete the website development for the school.
Teachers regularly using and updating class ICT communications e.g. wiki pages.
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14. 2014 2015 2016
• Complete update of information
misplaced during 2013 website upgrade.
• Incorporate interactive features: video etc.
• Increasingly child centered content.
• Photo’s and video footage of current
events uploaded on a more regular basis:
this requires footage being sent to
Racheal promptly.
Potential Challenge:
Time is required to develop & maintain
website.
• Review website effectiveness.
• Consult staff, BoT, students, parents &
community for feedback on website &
potential future initiatives.
• Continue to maintain website & develop
increasingly child centered and interactive
content.
Potential Challenge:
Time is required to develop & maintain
website.
• Review current provider and investigate
other potential providers.
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• Request SPF update data and locate lost
information resulting from format update.
Week: 7 Term 1 2014.
• Request Newsletter uploaded onto
website & Facebook by Lynda with
support from Wayne. Week: 6 Term 1 2014.
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• Clear 2013 content of class Wiki’s &
adjust to new classrooms: Beginning T1.
• Regular teacher PD to develop editing
and uploading skills on class Wiki.
• Students trained as ‘Wiki Techies’ to help
teachers update classroom Wiki pages on
a regular basis.
• Wiki ‘Help!’ notes to accompany PD.
Potential Challenges:
Time for teachers to be prepared with
material to upload for Wiki PD sessions.
Regular time dedicated to class Wiki
maintenance during staff meetings essential.
Time released for training of students.
• Teachers confident maintaining class Wiki’s
independently.
• Class Wiki’s updated on a regular basis
including samples of students work,
photographs of current events, iMovie
presentations, links to learning resources
and interactive feedback on students work
from family using Padlet or a similar app.
• Class Wiki’s promoted to encourage parent/
family audience and feedback.
Potential Challenges:
Regular time dedicated to staff and student skill
development is essential.
• Students each have an individual Wiki
page to display their work & promote
interactive feedback.
• Class Wiki pages include a range of
interactive displays.
• Class Wiki’s are used effectively to make
links between home and School by
providing interactive forums for parent
feedback and access to class newsletters,
home learning activities and extension
learning activities.
Potential Challenges:
Regular time dedicated to staff and student
skill development is essential.
Term Two Term Two Term Two
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