Joint Information Systems Committee 02/06/2015 | | Slide 1 Employer-responsive provision: designing, delivering and supporting flexible learning opportunities JISC Higher Education Academy Centre for Recording Achievement

Joint Information Systems Committee Aims Aims: –Enable JISC, Higher Education Academy and HEFCE-funded projects to share emerging lessons and learning around the use of technology to support the design, delivery, support and assessment of flexible learning opportunities for work-based and work-placed learners; and engaging with employers / professional bodies / other partners in this context –Consult with projects around relevant emerging outputs from projects working in related fields, including the HEFCE funded HE5P project –Through discussion, to develop our collective understanding of the issues in this area and identify potential ways forward 02/06/2015 | slide 2

Joint Information Systems Committee Pre-meeting activities Project showcase and networking All projects have been asked to prepare a poster and short 3 minute video clip uploaded to our YouTube channel 02/06/2015 | slide 3

Joint Information Systems Committee Overview of the day – 10.20: Welcome and introductionsSuite – 11.50: Project showcase and networking Suites 5 and – 12.40: Keynote presentationsSuite 6  Jane Kettle, Senior Adviser, Higher Education Academy  Rob Ward and Janet Strivens, Centre for Recording Achievement – 13.00: DiscussionSuite – 13.50: LunchSuites 2/3 02/06/2015 | slide 4

Joint Information Systems Committee Overview of the day – 14.50: Parallel sessions –Delivering flexible learning opportunitiesSuite 4 –Designing and assessing flexible learning opportunities Suite 5 –Managing employer-responsive provisionSuite – 15.15: Feedback (and refreshments)Suite – 15.30: The Design StudioSuite – 16.00: Reflections, opportunities and policy Suite 6 implications 02/06/2015 | slide 5

Joint Information Systems Committee JISC and employer responsive provision: the vision Lifelong and work-based learners : –Have easy access to appropriate information and guidance –Are well supported both online and face to face –Are able to create and share rich records of their learning and achievements Institutions have: –Well managed and understood processes supported by technology for assessing evidence of prior experience of learning and enabling interactions with employers –Flexible and agile processes that enable them to respond to demand –Integrated customer relationship management, reporting and resource management systems in place and make strategic use of them 02/06/2015 | slide 6

Joint Information Systems Committee JISC and employer responsive provision: the vision Learning opportunities and resources are: –Flexible in the light of learners developing needs –Varied in terms of study hours, course length, attendance patterns etc –Related to the learners own employment context –Described in a structured, standardised format Employers and professional bodies: –Are fully engaged with developing courses where appropriate –Have a culture of staff development, motivated by the need to retain and develop staff –Can easily find out about the learning and staff development opportunities offered 02/06/2015 | slide 7

Joint Information Systems Committee JISC and employer responsive provision: the vision Systems and infrastructure –Support credit transfer, flexible curricula, the negotiation of learner defined programmes and ways of recording achievement Institutional policy –Encourages community engagement and access through the use of open systems and processes 02/06/2015 | slide 8

Joint Information Systems Committee JISC and employer-responsive provision: programmes of work JISC programmes: –Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design –Transforming Curriculum Delivery –Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development –Business and Community Engagement HEFCE projects –HE5P –Higher Education Academy Employer Engagement projects 02/06/2015 | slide 9

Joint Information Systems Committee Transforming Curriculum Delivery Through Technology Aims –Projects to transform the delivery and support of learning across a curriculum area through the effective use of technology, in response to a particular challenge faced by the department(s) or institution(s) involved. Timescales –November 2008 – October 2010 Expected outputs –Descriptions / models of delivery –Rationale for the delivery / support model –Detailed case studies –Evaluation reports –Guidance for institutions / curriculum areas 02/06/2015 | slide 10

Joint Information Systems Committee Curriculum challenges

Joint Information Systems Committee Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design Aims –The 12 projects will be reviewing course design and validation processes and in particular looking at the ways these are supported and informed by technology in order to transform learning opportunities Timescales –October 2008 – July 2012 –Baseline reviews + interim reports + project videos Expected outputs –New/redesigned programmes, modules and sessions –Guidelines on various aspects of curriculum design –New design tools and environments –Development/integration of technical systems and data processes to support the design process e.g. Data/information diagrams, process diagrams, use cases or other models of the new data processes –Institutional case studies, video case studies, etc 02/06/2015 | slide 12

Joint Information Systems Committee Curriculum challenges

Joint Information Systems Committee | Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development Aim is to deliver HE-level learning services, that meet the needs of learners in the workplace, and of their employers. 13 projects (March 2009 – March 2011) building on previous work to implement technologies and processes across the institution to support its strategies All projects will be exemplars to other institutions by demonstrating innovation and good practice, and building knowledge and experience, which can be shared across institutions. Themes: Flexible/Negotiated Frameworks, APEL, eMentoring, CPD learning opportunity Portals, Employer Engagement, Institutional rollout

Joint Information Systems Committee 02/06/2015 | slide 15 Business and Community Engagement – Supporting Strategic Partnerships Strategic services eg Consultancy, CPD; Virtual collaborative facilities External access to knowledge and expertise resources Internal effective processes + Interoperable systems (e.g. CRM); HE/FE KNOWLEDGE & EXPERTISE Research, Education: BCE Strategy BUSINESS & COMMUNITY DEMAND Problem/need or opportunity BCE PRACTITIONERS Facilitation, Relationship and Service Management Productive knowledge and learning partnerships

Joint Information Systems Committee Higher Education Academy Employee Learning programme Programme of work to support the sector to achieve strategic, pedagogic and curricula change with respect to employee learning Networks PVC SIG; Exchange Group – all HEFCE funded Employer engaged projects; Research Network; Stakeholder Group Publications –forthcoming PVC guide for PVCs/middle managers; QA demonstrators; Exchange Group – EE developments Subject Centres EE Facilitation group- online guide/case studies forthcoming ELT Evidence-based Practice Seminar Series 2010 (5) + synthesis by Leeds Met ( ) 02/06/2015 | slide 16

Joint Information Systems Committee HE5P: Higher Education, Employer and Employee Engagement through E-portfolios Key question: “Can e-portfolios support the employer engagement agenda, and If so how?” Led by the Centre for Recording Achievement… Twelve HEIs, two professional bodies and a Lifelong Learning Network… Steering Group (AGR, CBI, HEA, JISC, QAA, Unionlearn, etc)… Outcomes based upon literature and practice review, participant practice, future oriented scenario building, information architecture model… and your feedback! 02/06/2015 | slide 17

Joint Information Systems Committee Publications Open Educational Resources: An update on activities Leap2A: Enabling e-portfolio portability Effective Assessment in a Digital Age –Launching at ALT-C 02/06/2015 | slide 18

Joint Information Systems Committee Twitter tag #jisccdd 02/06/2015 | slide 19

Joint Information Systems Committee Project showcase and networking – 10.35: Have a look around at the posters or videos and identify 4 projects you’d like to know more about – 10.55: First project showcase – 11.15: Second project showcase – 11.35: Third project showcase – 11.55: Fourth project showcase 02/06/2015 | slide 20

Joint Information Systems Committee Parallel sessions Delivering flexible learning opportunities –Lisa Gray and Sarah Knight (Suite 4) Designing and assessing flexible learning opportunities –Rob Ward, Janet Strivens and Judith Smith (Suite 5) Managing employer-responsive provision –Simon Whittemore, Jonathan Garnett and Ruth Drysdale (Suite 6) 02/06/2015 | slide 21

Joint Information Systems Committee Parallel sessions Focusing on the following questions: –What are the issues in this space? –How can technology act as an enabler to address these challenges? –What are your projects doing about it and what do you have to share with others? –Where are the gaps that need filling? 02/06/2015 | slide 22