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Learning Platforms:
Strategies for Success
Agenda
• 21st Century Learning – taking up the challenge
Sir Mike Tomlinson
• Using ICT to facilitate change
Rachel Tilden Walker
• Embedding change across a local authority
John Parmiter, Project Director, We-Learn
• The learning journey for Learning Platforms
Rachel Tilden Walker
• Looking to the future
John Connell, Learning Futures Strategist
21st Century Learning
- taking up the challenge
Sir Mike Tomlinson
How can we support our 21st
Century learners?
The goal - to develop young
adults with the 21st Century
skills
• Engaged
• Independent
• Lifelong learners
How can we support our 21st
Century learners?
The pathways:
• Every Child Matters
• Personalising learning
• 14-19 reform
How can technology support this journey?
Using ICT to facilitate change
Rachel Tilden Walker
The ICT target …
“To provide a personalised online learning
space for every learner that can encompass
a personal portfolio by 2007/2008.”
Harnessing Technology
What is a personal learning space?
… publish my
work and get
feedback on it
… find information
that is useful to me
… work with my
friends on projects
for school and fun
… organise and reflect
on my work and other
achievements
… find out how I am
doing and plan my next
learning steps
… search for
resources to help
with my learning
… communicate and
collaborate with my
friends and teachers
A place where I can …
Elements of a Learning Platform
MIS
News
Libraries
Email
Wikis
Smart Card
Assessment
RSS Feeds
Video Conferencing
Alerts
Forums
Content
Resource Finder
e-Portfolio
Blogs
Hardware
Authentication
Chat
VLE
Applications
Connectivity
Interoperability
Making it work …
Individual School
School Cluster/Partnership
Building Schools for the Future
Local Authority Pilot
Authority-wide
Regional Broadband Consortia
National Project
Areas for debate …
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Level of school autonomy
Methods for sharing ideas and resources
Learning from the innovators
Supporting schools through strategic change
Choice versus level and cost of integration
Ensuring value for money
A possible model …
School/Partnership
Local Authority
Local Authority/BSF
RBC