BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE The Stages VLE of Implementation When is something implemented? Installed? Up and running on the network Advertised? to staff College news letter Used by a few Staff training to all Used by many At what level? How integrated is the usage? Is there a forward momentum established? A programme of progress in VLE usage Accurate answers to these questions

Implementation of the college VLE Make it available Make it secure Get staff hooked Give them vision Give them good examples

Implementation of the college VLE Make access easy but safe? Links from the staff intranet In a regular environment Not too far away The location of the VLE should be covered in all basic staff training on the subject…

Implementation of the college VLE Make access easy but safe? Login checked from background database All staff automatically enabled to login Bulk uploads for staff and students We uploaded through an text file over 2000 logins at the start of the year

Implementation of the college VLE How do I get staff hooked – interested in the VLE? Personal contact - Growing from the grass roots Get the IT interested people together Give them quality time to succeed The students will begin to ask for it Prepare a talk on the VLE based around what you’ve achieved with the few people who are already onboard Course materials uploaded Internet links to good sites Online testing - assessment Video clips and audio files Get the talk nice and tight, no waffle, and make it visual…

Implementation of the college VLE How do I get staff hooked – interested in the VLE? Support from the top Staff Training for all academics – organised & lead by section heads, authorised by SMT A proper booking system that records when, where, who turned up follow up with questionnaire software ? The questionnaire needs to identify where people feel they are at with the VLE not where we think they are once the training has finished. People are as competent as their confidence…

How do I get staff hooked – interested in the VLE? Give them reasons to go there: Essential information for induction time Student computer room rules Student resource information presentations

How do I get staff hooked – interested in the VLE? Give them Reasons to go there… Useful information Computer Centre Link Education Links Media Resources: SCRAN Virtual Training Company Login and general access is through the VLE PC Security issues

Implementation of the college VLE Giving them Vision Practice PR College Magazine Regular Updates Interview staff who are using it… Put it into video media Questions asked are: Why use the VLE? What advantages does the VLE give you in teaching? Is using the VLE very time consuming? Does the VLE aid you in the maintenance and delivery of your course? Is the VLE difficult to learn? Have you ever lost work or resources on the VLE? What is the niftiest thing the vle can do for the students? Do you know all that there is to know about the VLE?

Implementation of the college VLE Giving them Vision Open up a variety of training sessions Staff training talks at different levels spelt out clearly What will this lesson cover… (point by point) What prior knowledge will you need… What should you leave the training session being able to do… Manuals created to follow Video resources explaining how to do things Online On Disk

Implementation of the college VLE Giving them Vision The Full Multimedia Approach Specialist Areas in a Modula form on digital video What gives your college/university its particular flavour?

Implementation of the college VLE Giving them Vision The Full Multimedia Approach What can you capture of those practicals? How can the information be presented? In what forms can is be given to the students and staff? reinforcement assessment – quiz modular – SME advertising How can it be used for other purposes How can the VLE join up with other hardware media? PDAs out in the field part of a course open days Interactive whiteboards Audio digital recorders There’s no such thing as a catchment area when you have a VLE

Implementation of the college VLE Give them Good Examples Show what can be done In the VLE Links from the front page

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