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CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
An Outstanding Inspection
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
One Amazing College
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Islington
• 33% of school population bilingual• 49% of school population entitled to free school meals• 45% of school students obtained 5 A-C GCSEs• Unemployment about 8% (Greater London 4.5%)• Islington is the 8th most deprived local authority area in England
(4th in London)• 32% of children live in lone parent families (double London
average)• 89% of students from areas of socio-economic deprivation
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Vital Statistics 2004/05
Number of students:
Full-time: 4,881
(16-18): 3,078
Part-time: 13,206
Ethnicity: About 50% black and ethnic minority
Levels: Level 1 – 49%, Level 2 – 16%, Level 3 – 18%
Number of courses: 3,503
No of qualifications offered: 386
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Key Strengths
• Consistently good teaching• Outstanding support• High quality accommodation and teaching
resources• High retention and pass rates for 16-18 year
olds• Successful promotion of equality and diversity• Excellent management and clear strategic
direction
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
First consider the ‘Soft Ss’
•Shared values
•Management style
•Staff culture
•Skills
Then the ‘Hard Ss’
•Systems
•Strategy
•Structures
Determine what will make us successful
for our students
‘Process Management’
How to make us successful
Managing the culture to realise our shared values
Becoming ‘strategic’ and ‘businesslike’
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
The Tools
• Teachers’ console
• 1700 student PCs
• 1:1 ratio PC: staff
“Assistive technology - excellent”
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
College Intranet
“Intranet is well maintained, with good resources to support learning”
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
College Intranet
“Induction is well planned”
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Candi Online Database
“MIS provides reliable data which are used effectively”
“Students’ prior experience and educational achievements are on the Intranet – used for target setting”
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Studentweb home page
“E-Learning strategy is good with clear plans to develop further the Intranet for teaching and learning”
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Studentweb – Learning Centres
• Online Student Induction to Learning Centres
“Sufficient PC access for independent study”
“Resources are very good”
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Studentweb – Learning Centres
• Online Student Induction to Learning Centres
“Easy access to resources”
“Good technical support”
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Studentweb – Learning Centres
• Image Search - SCRAN
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Studentweb - Careers
• Islington e-folio
An on-line version of the Islington Sixth Form College 'Good Website Guide 2005/06' which is researched by Mick Towner, one of the HE Advisers at the College.
“Careers support and guidance is very good”
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
VLE - BTEC National Diploma in Forensic Science
“In the best lessons teachers use ILT effectively”
“Teachers make good use of ILT to illustrate complex information”
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Small-scale E-Learning Development Projects
• To familiarise students with the different keys on the calculator
• The calculator is colour coded i.e. all the number keys are a light blue
• The four basic operators are a darker blue
• The calculator has a screen display
• There is also a help facility ? On the calculator that explains how to use it
Interactive calculator
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
E-Learning Champions
• Role of the E-Learning ChampionThe role of the E-Learning Champion is to encourage/mentor staff to use technology in the management and delivery of the curriculum and to encourage the use of ICT for teaching and learning.
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
E-Learning Team
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Staff Training Materials
• Classroom of the Future – Teachers’ Console
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
The Next Stage – Good to Great
Some planned developments:
• New VLE
• Online enrolment
• Online registration
CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGEInspection – Contribution of ILT and E-Learning
Jane O’Neill | Director of Students Email: [email protected]
Picture Credits
• Slide 1 – photograph of students: Sonia Davda
• Slide 2 – all photographs: James Brittain
• Slide 5 – photograph of students: Sonia Davda
