RSCs – Stimulating and Supporting Innovation in Learning
Working closely with NIACE, JISC Advance and other key partners, RSC Northern provides support, advice and guidance to the 12 Local Authority ACL services in the region.
Key areas of support include help with strategic planning, the E-Guides programme, specific e-learning projects, access to resources and the sharing and dissemination of effective practice.
Please contact Paul Miller at RSC Northern for further advice.
Strategic leadership is, according to the 2007 ALI(OfSTED) report, a significant critical success factor in implementing ILT and e-learning.
A major focus of our support is for the development and implementation of organisational strategies for enhancing learning and teaching through technology. The RSC offers a range of activities including structured visits, forum meetings, liaison with partners and a wide variety of focussed events and workshops.
An interactive facilitator training day for college and ACL leaders and forms part of the National Teaching and Learning Change Programme (NTLCP). Its purpose is to provide an introduction to the eQuIP process and resources, which have been designed to increase understanding of the importance of e-learning and technology as a strategic issue, and to encourage significant progress towards harnessing technology in your organisation.
http://www.centreforexcellence.org.uk/?Page=Programmes
Capital Funding Programme for Adult Learning Providers 2008-2009. This programme is managed on behalf of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE). The cost of the programme will be shared between the LSC and participating organisations.
http://www.niace.org.uk/Research/ICT/capital-funding.htm
The E-Guides staff development programme is a thorough introduction to e-learning and the skills required to use technology effectively in teaching and learning in post-16 education.
E-Guides training is delivered on behalf of QIA as part of the National Teaching and Learning Change Programme.
http://www.niace.org.uk/campaigns-events/events/conferences-seminars-training-courses Training Workshops
These workshops are designed to offer e-Guides the chance to extend and refresh their skills, to provide more support with creating your own resources, discovering and repurposing existing resources, and with the delivery of your cascade training programme.
http://www.niace.org.uk/campaigns-events/events/e-guides-plus-workshops-2008-2009
The Excellence Gateway is an online portal for staff in the further education and skills sector packed with resources to support teaching and learning and leadership and management, examples of effective practice and self-improvement, teaching and learning materials, and suppliers of improvement services.
http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=home
Please note The Community Learning Resource website (aclearn.net) is no longer in existence. All content is now incorporated in the Excellence Gateway
The NLN Materials are small, flexible 'bite-sized' episodes of learning. They are not whole courses but are designed to support a wide range of subject and topic areas, including those specially commissioned for ACL (ESOL, Family Learning, Modern Foreign Languages, and Learning to Learn).
The NIACE e-guidelines series provides guidance and support, accessible advice and useful examples of good practice for adult learning practitioners wishing to use digital technology in all its forms to attract and support adult learners.
There are thirteen titles in the series:
http://www.niace.org.uk/publications
Help, advice, courses and extensive resources for adult learners
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/adults/
A wide range of interactive resources including foreign languages.
http://www.channel4learning.net/index.html
New! On the Skills for Life Network website
http://www.skillsforlifenetwork.com/?tok=20
Learners and Tutors can get the best from the Web for their subject with these free online tutorials
Each tutorial offers a step-by-step guide to using the Internet to help with a particular topic. Ideal if you're quite new to the Web, or just interested in these subjects!
http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/acl/
