July 2006xxxxx Building Capacity and Communities of Practice for HE in FE Mark Stone, HELP CETL Director Higher Education Learning Partnerships Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning Supporting & Developing HE in FE Contexts Institute of Historical Research, London 27 th June 2006

July 2006xxxxx The University of Plymouth Colleges [UPC] context 15 yrs growth and achievement Largest UK HE/FE partnership [19 Colleges & 7,000 HE students] Excellent quality reviews Strong student retention & planned progression record Major Widening Participation successes

July 2006xxxxx The UNIVERSITY and its Partner Colleges PLYMOUTH Exeter Camborne Barnstaple Taunton Torbay Exmouth Newton Abbot Jersey Bridgwater Brixham Truro Helston Penzance Cannington Tiverton Minehead Culdrose Falmouth Liskeard Bodmin Dartmouth Dartington Okehampton Bicton Saltash Sidmouth Schumacher Duchy Redruth Weymouth Bristol Bude St. Austell CORNWALL COLLEGE ST AUSTELL COLLEGE DUCHY COLLEGE TRURO COLLEGE PENWITH COLLEGE RN SCHOOL OF METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY RNAS CULDROSE HIGHLANDS COLLEGE - JERSEY NORTH DEVON COLLEGEEAST DEVON COLLEGE PLYMOUTH COLLEGE of ART & DESIGN PLYMOUTH COLLEGE OF FE ESTOVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE RN HYDROGAPHIC SCHOOL HMS DRAKE SCHUMACHER COLLEGE DARTINGTON COLLEGE of ARTS BRITANNIA ROYAL NAVALCOLLEGE SOUTH DEVON COLLEGE EXETER COLLEGE BICTON COLLEGE SCHOOL of MARITIME OPERATIONS HMS DRYAD SOMERSET COLLEGE of ARTS & TECHNOLOGY CITY of BRISTOL COLLEGE FALMOUTH COLLEGE of ARTS Associated Partner College Accredited Partner College WEYMOUTH COLLEGE JOHN KITTO COMMUNITY COLLEGE

July 2006xxxxx Capacity building approaches Working together to improve the student experience by: developing and recognising staff enhancing infrastructure and resources sharing good practice, through: –dissemination –collaborative research & development –promoting scholarship and research

July 2006xxxxx Key participation opportunities 1.Staff secondments 2.Student involvement 3.CPD & Fellowship Awards 4.Development Activities 5.Communities of Practice 6.External collaboration 7.Dissemination & recognition 8.Knowledge Management

July 2006xxxxx 1.Staff secondments 4 x College & 5 x UPC/ University secondments so far e.g. Barry Smith Curriculum Area Manager for Leisure, Tourism & Sport at Cornwall Business School within Cornwall College is working as a CETL Community of Practice Developer Learning from College perspective and experience/s

July 2006xxxxx 2. Student involvement Student Union links inc Management Board Working with CETL Award holders Participation in Development Activity or CoP work as paid researchers and evaluators Working in publication and dissemination teams e.g. targeting the NUS conference or providing advice on ‘student friendly’ dissemination strategies

July 2006xxxxx 3. CPD & Fellowship Awards 20% of the annual budget Continuing Professional Development Awards [CPD] - £3,000 Fellowship Awards - £10, Holders from 1 st round Holders from 2 nd round Building a cohort and cadre Bidding for other awards

July 2006xxxxx CPD Awards Awards to facilitate academic and support staff in work that will enhance their professional development The majority of the CPD Award should be spent on personal development Work done should be aligned to UPC Communities or Development Activities

July 2006xxxxx Fellowship Awards Enhance the quality of learning and teaching for a Subject Forum Develop materials or ideas that can be applied by colleagues more widely to enhance the student experience Result in scholarly outcomes including publications or conference presentations < 20% of the Award should be used for personal development

July 2006xxxxx 4.Development Activities The Development Activities [DAs] are work packages targeted at taking forward the strategic mission of UPC Development Activities along with the work of CETL Award holders have been grouped within a Community of Practice [CoP] framework

July 2006xxxxx 5. Communities of Practice - CoP The CETL is working to support new and emerging communities to research their practices and to share & disseminate activities & learning materials within the region and beyond The aim is facilitate both groups and networks to become more effective physical and virtual communities Technological tools

July 2006xxxxx Emerging subject & thematic CoPs HELP CETL Award Holders Subject Forums [x 8] - scheduled Infrastructure support Blended Learning Work Based Learning Theory into Practice Interdisciplinary Trading Zone Partnership Management & Leadership

July 2006xxxxx Alison Banks - Fellowship Award Examining the potential for part time FD provision in hospitality in the real life work place context through employer engagement [building on the experience of Barry Smith at Cornwall College & linked to the Blended Learning CoP]

July 2006xxxxx Blended Learning CoP activity Collaborative Curriculum Design in Tourism and Hospitality: A shared development activity covering FD and University stage 1/2 collaborative flexible curriculum design Subject Convener in Sport: a trial to take forward the working of regional partnership Subject Forums - RLOs

July 2006xxxxx Pedagogic underpinnings of CoPs Schulman, Wenger and Huber in developing communities of practice University of Wisconsin Colleges approach Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Boyer and the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

July 2006xxxxx 6. External collaboration Other HE/HE consortia in HE Academy [HEA] Subject Centres e.g. HLST / Escalate / ADM+ [event] Foundation Degree Forward Other national / international projects e.g. Enhancing Teaching-Learning Project [ETL] Other CETLs - e.g. RLO

July 2006xxxxx 7. Dissemination & recognition Recognising existing and developing expertise & excellence Building capacity in educational research and scholarship Facilitating the sharing and dissemination of knowledge, experience and outputs Redress problems of providing appropriate rewards and recognition for HE in FE

July 2006xxxxx 8.Knowledge Management Design & build The specification The available technology Comparisons Purchase and customise Tomoye Ecco Microsoft SharePoint

July 2006xxxxx Key Contact Chris Smart HELP CETL Operations Manager