jisc rsc eastern e learning forum oct 2013 - discover jisc presentation

Discover JISCProject

Maria NearyACL Essex

Bob ReadACER

Background to the project

• Further Education and Skills: Development and Resources Programme;

• Funding for new learning resources, methods and expanding opportunities in post-16 learning across the UK; 

• £1.35 m of funding;

• 32 projects with over 90 partners.

Discover JISC

• Funded by BIS

• Programme managed by JISC Advance

• Project managed by JISC TechDis

• Partner driven project: The partner providers were drawn from across the FE & Skills sector

Partners

East Riding Council Adult services

Karten Network

UK Online Centres

Derwen College

Weston College

Myerscough College

North East Autism Society Thornbeck

East Durham College

ACER

Essex Adult Community Learning

JISC Techdis

– JISC Techdis is the leading UK advisory service on accessibility and inclusion;

– JISC Techdis is one of eight complementary, advisory services which was co-ordinated by JISC Advance, created to provide inspiration and advice to support the innovative use of technology within the education, business and community sectors;

– JISC Advance was a not-for-profit company financed by grants from the UK funding councils for further and higher education.

Objective of the project

The objective of the project is to build a community of excellence in inclusive practice based on a greater understanding of JISC and its resources and the skills to optimise their use and development.

Rationale

Lack of awareness of how JISC resources, services or Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) can be fully utilised to support inclusive learning;

Skills sets of practitioners is variable and may be a limiting factor in the exploitation of digital resources;

Many resources were not created with the FE and Skills sector in mind.

Three Strands

1 – Accessible Technologies/

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

2 – Staff Training Materials

3 – Curriculum Pathways

How we got involved!

Face to Face: Residential meetings

Online Collaboration: Google group

Virtual: 10 weekly 5-minute missions Range of Webinar sessions

Phone: Support from key TechDis staff

Individual: Action plans

• 30 assessors working nationally

• 1:1 workplace visits

• Equine Studies, Animal Care,

Floristry, Business Admin, Customer Services

• contextualised e learning resources that embed L1 & 2 Functional Skills in authentic and motivating ways

KEITS

Create A Safe Environment

Mucking Out

Bedding Materials

• a specialist training provider based in Norwich, Norfolk

• Foundation Learning programmes covering creative arts, media and graphics, music and sports and healthy lifestyle.

• explore use of e learning tools for use in the delivery of Functional Skills sessions at Level 1 & 2

Broadland Council Training Services

• Techdis Toolbox• different types of mind mapping tools• text to speech software• screen casting • QR codes• online sticky boards like Padlet and Lino it • use of Audacity to record & edit audio• converting workbooks into digital resources on the web

Other e learning tools BCTS found useful -

Adult Community Learning Essex

Looked at Accessibility Technologies and Free and Open Source Software to create a bank of exemplars for entry level Foundation Skills learners which draws on the skills, information and techniques explored within the various strands of the project.

Entry Level 2: Literacy

Created a Scheme of Work for use in Entry Level 2 Skills for Life Literacy classes (covering 6 sessions).

Created 6 weekly lesson plans.

Embedded assistive technology and free software identified as a result of the project.

New Website Coming!

A Discover JISC project website is planned to be launched by the end of November 2013.

The site will include:

•Content for Teaching•Teaching Techniques•Case studies from project partners

New Resources

Partner providers have also fed into the creation of new TechDis resources. There are five titles:

•Introduction to Accessibility and Inclusion •Built-in Accessibility •Accessible Documents and Presentations •Delivering Accessible Digital Learning •Assistive Technology in Learning and Teaching

http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/resources