Naace Strategic Conference 2007

This session will showcase a variety of initiatives and demonstrate the positive outcomes for learners.

The South East Grid for Learning is supporting a series of interactive curriculum projects that exploit the National Education Network’s ability to develop powerful learning communities.

Collaboration with other regions over the NEN is a high priority and working with museums and other organisations has been adding an extra richness to the emerging online resources for all to share. The Bird Box project provides school sites around the UK with broadcast facilities for nest-box cameras and videoconferencing is linking museum experts direct with classrooms.

Ian Usher, E-Learning Co-ordinator, School Improvement Service, Buckinghamshire CC

This session will tell the story of how one Local Authority started out on the road to using Moodle as a core component of its Learning Platform offering to schools. It will include the requisite technical background as well as lessons learned from both successful and unsuccessful strategies in supporting schools in developing their use of Moodle. It will show examples of practice from primary, secondary and LA levels as well as reflections on the experience of staff and pupils. The rationale behind and implications of not buying into a “commercial” VLE product will also be explained.

Mary Le Breuilly, E-Learning Adviser, Solihull LA

This session will look at how the Authority has developed a shared definition and understanding of personalised learning and the significant role of ICT.

It will look at some practical examples, from learning platforms to e-mentors