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Senior Management Training and Support in e-learning within the offender learning and skills sector
Project Status : Current
The three-year Learning and Skills Council (LSC) e-learning programme provided a starting point for engaging leaders within community based adult learning in the e-learning agenda. Past activities have included dissemination of the opportunities available via the LSC e-learning programme, e-awareness events for leaders and comprehensive support for providers in the production and development of an organisational e-learning strategy.
In 2005, the LSC focused its resources on providing the offender learning and skills sector (OLAS) with e-learning opportunities and NIACE co-ordinated some of these activities on behalf of the LSC. In 2007/08, OLAS senior managers were offered three main opportunities:
 | The chance to attend initial regional e-learning awareness workshops running throughout August and September 2007; |
| The offer of free e-consultancy days where personalised support is being offered to managers working within the English regions to develop or review their e-learning strategies specifically to address the unique requirements of the OLAS sector, to be completed by July 2008. |
| An invitation to attend a national OLAS policy conference that took place on 1st April 2008. |
The overall aim of the project was to kick-start the process of engaging leaders working in offender learning and skills in the e-learning agenda and encourage the effective use of ICT and e-learning.
The objectives included:
| Raising awareness of leaders, senior managers and policy makers within offender learning and skills regarding the strategic nature of ICT and e-learning; |
| Examining the factors involved in developing and reviewing an e-Learning Strategy; |
| Exploring the issues involved in implementing e-learning. |
All aspects of the project except for the e-consultancy work were completed by March 2008.
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