This document discusses using a virtual learning environment (VLE) like Moodle to facilitate collaboration and sharing of resources among staff. It notes that staff currently collaborate in disparate ways like email and shared drives, which can result in outdated or disorganized resources. The VLE aims to provide a centralized place for tutors to plan lessons together, share best practices, and design learner-focused materials and sessions for induction and tutorials. Key benefits include easier planning, more meaningful content, and alignment across staff. Issues to address include outdated content and broken links within existing resources. The VLE area was created with LSIS funding and college support to better help tutors with induction and tutorial sessions.

1. Inductions & Tutorials Using a VLE (Moodle) What you need? Lots of People recreating the wheel and no one driving the car!!!! Who am I?

2. Aims and Objectives Boring bit This session will show how a VLE was used as a collaborative interactive tool during staff development to build and develop the sharing of good practice for induction and tutorials. It will also show how learners contributed to the design of their own areas.

3. Question 1 How do you or your tutors collaborate? In small huddles in the staff room In curriculum areas by emails Cross college Off the internet in the staff room while no one is looking (we see you)

4. Question 2 Where do they do this? On shared drives which no one has cleared out since the last OFSTED inspection By email which no one has time to check since last OFSTED or action On Memory Sticks and HDD (External Of Course)

5. Moodle MINT Area Logo and meanings

6. Moodle and supporting ECM Name the outcomes required to meet ECM (at the moment this could change) Focus subject matter in on required outcomes.

7. Question 3 Why support collaborative working? Makes lesson planning much easier. Makes the content more meaning full. Gets every one working in the same direction Supports good practice

8. Issues and areas of concern Out of date resources Broken links and connection to external sources Lacks current details Unrelated to students concerns.

9. Reason for the area LSIS Funding College wide need Induction and Tutorial Staff support needed. Tutors needed support to offer effective tutorial and induction material and session.