Future Learning

Dissemination of outcomes of e-learning initiatives within Adult and Community Learning

[Plenary Presentations] [Background & Aims] [Audience] [Programme]

Plenary Presentations

The following three plenary presentations are PDF files. (PDF help)

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Background & Aims

The Government has identified the need to provide the whole of society with the skills they need to benefit from the information age. However, there is a significant risk that people without information and digital skills will not be able to take advantage of the benefits offered by new technology – employment, lifelong learning opportunities, access to information, competitive prices and opportunities to get involved with democracy.

Many Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and e-learning developments are underway across higher and further education, specialist colleges, prisons and Adult and Community Learning (ACL). These initiatives are demonstrating the potential of e-learning to improve provision, widen access, improve the digital skills of individuals and contribute to overcoming social disadvantage. Adult Education is clearly moving forward in its understanding and application of e-learning, but there is still some way to go.

The conference, overall, aims to disseminate the findings of a number of the e-learning initiatives that have taken place within Adult Education, as well as looking forward and exploring the future role of technology.

The conference aims to:

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Audience

Policy makers, managers, teachers and tutors, and researchers working with adult learners within:

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Programme

This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.

Workshop Listing

Workshop 1 Escape to continue: Online learning and offender education (Cancelled)
A summary of the findings around offender views and experiences of e-learning, based on the results from the 'Overcoming social exclusion through online learning’ project. National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)

Workshop 2 Online learning for Adult and Community Learning
An opportunity to find out more about the practical workshops developed by Netskills to enable E-Guides and AC practitioners to learn how to locate, use and create online learning resources. Netskills

Workshop 3 The use of mobile technologies in teaching and learning
Disseminates the outcomes of a large European funded mobile technology project, managed by the Learning and Skills Development Agency, and involving a number of partners, including CTAD. Cambridge Training and Development (CTAD), a member of the Tribal Education group

Workshop 4 The e-government agenda and the digital divide
Businesses and governments alike promote new technologies for the benefits they will bring. But many people, mostly those already poor or socially disadvantaged in some other way, cannot or do not have access to these technologies and the opportunities they bring. This workshop explores the issues involved in and some of the possible solutions to the digital divide. The British Educational and Communications Technology Agency

Workshop 5 Online student learning and Moodle
The Open University has started a new programme worth nearly £ 5million to build a comprehensive online student learning environment for the 21st century. The development, which hopes to be fully operational for February 2007 courses, will see the largest use of Moodle in the world. This is your chance to find out more about this massive undertaking. Open University

Workshop 6 RARPA and Technology
Recording learner progress and achievement in ACL. Examples of how technology can be used to record learner progress and achievement in Adult and Community Learning.
National Institute for Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)

Workshop 7 One approach to creating and sharing digital content (Cancelled)
An outline of the work of I&DeA’s e-learning service, which brings local authorities together to create, share and access e-learning targeted at local government. I&DEA

Workshop 8 The learndirect approach to e-learning within prisons (Cancelled)
As part of its overall IT strategy, the government is expecting the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) to make full use of new technology within prison education. learndirect is well placed to reach the 200,000 offenders currently within the criminal justice system who do not have a Level 2 via secure web-based learning. You can learn more about its contribution to prison education at this workshop.The University for Industry’s learndirect

Workshop 9 Online learning for inclusion? Students' experiences and perceptions
Online learning is seen as one way for marginalised or excluded members of society to overcome barriers to accessing education. How might online learning address exclusion from learning and wider society? What do students say about learning online? This workshop will provide the opportunity to briefly explore the ways in which online learning can enable inclusion; and some of the experiences and perceptions of one group of online students will be discussed. National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)

Workshop 10 e-learning from the learners’ perspective
An introduction to the results of a JISC-funded scoping exercise into e-learning from the learner’s perspective and an introduction to the LEX project (the learner experience of elearning) that followed it, which is currently investigating learner motivation, perception, and interaction with other learners and tutors with regard to e-learning'. Oxford Brooks University

Workshop 11 Chocolate makes the world go around
Come on a journey of discovery and forage around the online one stop shop for ACL support, and pick and mix your chocolates along the way The British Educational and Communications Technology
Agency

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Also in June 2006...

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