This will be your first content page – note this page will fade in from the Title page Children and Young People's Palliative and Complex Care Programme in Partnership with CELE (Centre for Excellence in Learning Enhancement) Sustainability through: Lessons Learned from the Development of an Online Programme Professor Jane Coad, Lead for CYPPCC DH programme Professor Lynn Clouder, Director of CELE Paul Hammond, Learning Technologist

DH £30m in West Midlands

Awarded as a region over 55 projects and £4.5 million Over £1.4 million to Coventry University across a programme of 7 projects Supported by Acorns Children’s Hospice and one with West Midlands Ambulance Service Included: 1.Two projects focused around developing an e- learning approach to meet needs of staff caring for this group of children and their families 2.An evaluation of the West Midlands DH projects 3.A paramedic decision making tool 4.A long term ventilation training needs survey 5.A series of learning events (Steering group; launches) 6.With Birmingham Children’s Hospital – a communication tool kit for CYP with learning disabilities Outcomes!

Our Team Project support – Marie Krumins, Adam Moore, Nicky Ashley, Suzanne Hilton, Dave Guest, Matt Dyer, Gail Williams, Sheetal Gohil

E-learning A suite of seven E-learning modules have been designed to provide learning focused on improving the lives of children with palliative and complex care needs and their families To be delivered to wide range of health, social care, education professionals and lay people

t Bespoke software development is expensive The Negatives Time consuming and complex process Delays – Stop/Start development Expertise may be lost Loss of control/ownership Short working life

t A better way? Separate the content from the technology Create a content 'player' or 'engine' Externalise the assets – Video, Audio, Images, Text Develop a re-usable standards compliant template Content not needed in advance

t The Technology Flash HTML XML TextImagesAudio

t The Challenges Dynamic software requires high level programming More thought required at planning stage Recognising an opportunity to make re-usable object Compromise – one size fits all

t The Joys Re-usability not re-invention Sustainability – simple to edit Productivity – frees up resources Builds a library of RLOs Learner familiar with functionality

Acknowledgements Author of presentation: David Widdas Contributors: Jane Coad Richard Flint Kerry Gaskin Daiseikh Ruparelia Children and Young People's Palliative and Complex Care Programme in Partnership with CELE (Centre for Excellence in Learning Enhancement) Thank You For further information go to: