How can the FE and Skills sector best prepare to implement the FELTAG recommendations? These are our slides from a joint Jisc and FE Sussex workshop with college principals, leaders and governors under the auspices of the ETF Learning Futures programme TILIS project, Technology in Learning in Sussex.

1. Technology in Learning in Sussex (TILIS)Workshop, FE Sussex
Martin Hamilton, ArtieVossel-Newman, Adam Blackwood
Preparing to Implement FELTAG

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1. FELTAG mythbusting
2. Taking stock: Where are we now?
3. Opportunities for Colleges
4. What Jisc is doing to help
5. Wrapping up Image CC BY-ND Bryan Mathers, City & Guilds

3. Preparing to Implement FELTAG
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1. FELTAG mythbusting
2. Taking stock: Where are we now?
3. Opportunities for Colleges
4. What Jisc is doing to help
5. Wrapping up Image CC BY-ND Bryan Mathers, City & Guilds

4. FELTAG Mythbusting
“My prediction for September 2015 is we will have lots of
courses that do have the mandatory 10% online provision – but
most of these will be of poor quality, with over stressed
teachers, stability issues with the systems, and the 10% being an
expensive tokenistic gesture that isn’t integrated into the whole
teaching and learning process and culture” – Dave Foord
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Common myths and misconceptions

5. FELTAG Mythbusting
“The FELTAG ‘10% of learning should be online’
recommendation has generated a lot of interest. One of our
recent webinars had over 500 people wanting to understand
more about it and a NIACE poll showed that more than 80% of
providers were not confident that their organisations
understood what the SFA requirements will be for online
learning.” – David Hughes, NIACE
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Common myths and misconceptions

6. FELTAG Mythbusting
“We are not expecting providers to convert 10% of learning
delivery in each programme of study ‘en bloc’ to online to meet a
‘directive’.” – SFA statement
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Common myths and misconceptions

7. FELTAG Mythbusting
“We are encouraging providers to establish a strategy to:
• determine where a greater ‘blend’ of delivery and assessment
types adds most value to a learning programme;
• provide learners with improved access to learning outside the
classroom,
• increase their ability to learn and to assess themselves at their
own pace as well as to develop new digital skills and
networking opportunities to enhance employability” - SFA
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Common myths and misconceptions

8. FELTAG Mythbusting
“We are encouraging providers to establish a strategy to:
• determine where a greater ‘blend’ of delivery and assessment
types adds most value to a learning programme;
• provide learners with improved access to learning outside the
classroom,
• increase their ability to learn and to assess themselves at their
own pace as well as to develop new digital skills and
networking opportunities to enhance employability” - SFA
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Common myths and misconceptions

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1. FELTAG mythbusting
2. Taking stock: Where are we now?
3. Opportunities for Colleges
4. What Jisc is doing to help
5. Wrapping up Image CC BY-ND Bryan Mathers, City & Guilds

10. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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11. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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12. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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13. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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14. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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15. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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16. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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17. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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18. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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19. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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20. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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› Don’t underestimate theVLE!
› But what is the (learning) technology landscape of the
individual FE Sussex Colleges?
–Many technologies have direct relevance to the FELTAG
agenda, e.g. video production, test centres
› What “unofficial” products and services do people use?
› What is the IT and e-Learning capability of the Colleges?
–e.g. skills in particular products and services
› And likewise for students (we’ll come back to this)

21. Taking stock: Where are we now?
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› Don’t underestimate theVLE!
› But what is the (learning) technology landscape of the
individual FE Sussex Colleges?
–Many technologies have direct relevance to the FELTAG
agenda, e.g. video production, test centres
› What “unofficial” products and services do people use?
› What is the IT and e-Learning capability of the Colleges?
–e.g. skills in particular products and services
› And likewise for students (we’ll come back to this)

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1. FELTAG mythbusting
2. Taking stock: Where are we now?
3. Opportunities for Colleges
4. What Jisc is doing to help
5. Wrapping up Image CC BY-ND Bryan Mathers, City & Guilds

23. Opportunities for Colleges: Diffusion of Innovation
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24. Opportunities for Colleges: Open Badges
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25. Opportunities for Colleges: Open Badges
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26. Opportunities for Colleges: Open Badges
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› Versus:

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› Requires building by building survey – specialist tools?
› Cable runs to locations not presently serviced, e.g. corridors
and support pillars
› May need additional/replacement comms cabinets to
accommodate the extra cabling (Cat6 bend radius)
› May need to replace Ethernet switches with Power over
Ethernet models (which may require active cooling)
› Enterprise scale systems typically use wireless controllers –
will need at least two for redundancy
› May need upgrade (e.g. from 1 to 10Gbit/s) if it proves popular
Opportunities for Colleges:Wireless infrastructure

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› Enabled by pervasive wireless
› What does “Your Own” mean?
–Increasingly common to give pupils/students tablets pre-
loaded with apps, content, licenses
–cf. Google Play for Education (NFC setup), Apple Device
Enrolment Programme (factory ship option)
› What if I already have my own?
–Does your College know?
–Your OwnTechnology Survey: www.yots.org.uk
–ONS: “No Internet access in 16% of UK households in 2014”
Opportunities for Colleges: BringYour Own Device

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› Enabled by pervasive wireless
› What does “Your Own” mean?
–Increasingly common to give pupils/students tablets pre-
loaded with apps, content, licenses
–cf. Google Play for Education (NFC setup), Apple Device
Enrolment Programme (factory ship option)
› What if I already have my own?
–Does your College know?
–Your OwnTechnology Survey: www.yots.org.uk
–ONS: “No Internet access in 16% of UK households in 2014”
Opportunities for Colleges: BringYour Own Device

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› FE Sussex already has experience
here – sharing Finance, HR, Payroll
› Could extend to other common core
functions, e.g. server and web hosting
and specific corporate apps
› Potential to exploit cloud services,
but these effectively move IT spend from capex to opex
› Shared services that directly impact on the student
experience, e.g. learning analytics / dashboard?
› Common approach to attendance monitoring, video
production, e-Assessment, lecture capture, e-Portfolios
Opportunities for Colleges: Shared Services

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› FE Sussex already has experience
here – sharing Finance, HR, Payroll
› Could extend to other common core
functions, e.g. server and web hosting
and specific corporate apps
› Potential to exploit cloud services,
but these effectively move IT spend from capex to opex
› Shared services that directly impact on the student
experience, e.g. learning analytics / dashboard?
› Common approach to attendance monitoring, video
production, e-Assessment, lecture capture, e-Portfolios
Opportunities for Colleges: Shared Services

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› Partner with a leading tech firm to
introduce new technologies
–3D scanning/printing “Fab Lab”
–CNC milling
–Autonomous robots
–Telepresence
–Holographics
–Data science
› Opportunities for e.g. Advanced Apprenticeships
› Must have tangible benefits/outcomes
Opportunities for Colleges: Innovator / Early adopter

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1. FELTAG mythbusting
2. Taking stock: Where are we now?
3. Opportunities for Colleges
4. What Jisc is doing to help
5. Wrapping up Image CC BY-ND Bryan Mathers, City & Guilds

34. What Jisc is doing to help: Key FELTAG related actions
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1. Supporting a forum of the further education sector bodies
2. Working together to promote existing student
engagement projects and innovation
3. Engaging employers and learners more directly in
designing courses and programmes
4. Developing training and support for leaders and managers
in use of technology both for education and for efficiency
5. Helping bring together a pool of discoverable online
resources for the sector
6. Creating an FE Online Academy to build digital skills across
the FE and skills workforce

35. What is Jisc doing to help? Pool of online resources
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36. What is Jisc doing to help? Pool of online resources
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2,300 open
educational resources
in Jorum

37. What is Jisc doing to help? Pool of online resources
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2,300 open
educational resources
in Jorum
410 free e-Books for FE

38. What Jisc is doing to help: Infrastructure
› eduroam – free wireless Internet access across FE and
HE providers in 70 countries www.ja.net/eduroam
– Wider “public sector roaming” being explored
› Resilient Janet connections to fully enable the use of
networked and cloud services
› Increased connection speed to 1 Gb/s to improve speed
of use for users and capacity at times of peak usage
› Brokerage of deals for GoogleApps and MS Office365
products – email, calendar, docs, free infinite storage!
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39. What Jisc is doing to help: R&D projects
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40. What Jisc is doing to help: R&D projects
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1. FELTAG mythbusting
2. Taking stock: Where are we now?
3. Opportunities for Colleges
4. What Jisc is doing to help
5. Wrapping up Image CC BY-ND Bryan Mathers, City & Guilds

42. Wrapping up
› There are many free “production grade” services and
resources available to help with FELTAG
› Jisc support for connectivity and eduroam setup, but
college infrastructure may be significant capital spend
› Make sure you understand your own technology
landscape and skills – and where your learners are
coming from
› Pipeline of further advice and support from Jisc, as part
of sector-wide collaboration around FELTAG
› You are not alone!
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43. Wrapping up
› There are many free “production grade” services and
resources available to help with FELTAG
› Jisc support for connectivity and eduroam setup, but
college infrastructure may be significant capital spend
› Make sure you understand your own technology
landscape and skills – and where your learners are
coming from
› Pipeline of further advice and support from Jisc, as part
of sector-wide collaboration around FELTAG
› You are not alone!
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