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I ahve provided information on my page on this All Together Now site about Hibernai College as an exemplar in online learning If you would like to know more or contribute to a discussion about it, I would welcome this Regards, Peter O'Sullivan
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Minister for Further Education, Kevin Brennan, talks about the importance of further education colleges, both to the local community and to the British economy
October 20, 2009
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A free one-day workshop which will allow you to be in at the beginning of an exciting national initiative which is making recycled computers available to people on low-incomes. You will also hear about "Britain Works", Microsoft's £45 million progr…
September 23, 2009
I have just slotted up a quick interview with Kevin Brennan about his early thoughts on the Calgary World Skills competition and how London can improve upon this when we host the competition in London 2011. I thought it would be helpful for everyone…
September 21, 2009
 

Welcome to All Together Now

Welcome to All Together Now, a chance for you to influence the future of learning across the FE and Skills sector. I want to hear everyone’s ideas and experiences. This site already hosts active discussion groups, a lot of interesting content and many challenging opinions and suggestions. I’m really pleased that so many people have already taken the time to make their views known. So please join in the debate.

It is so obvious that digital technologies are changing our world – how we work, play, organise ourselves, communicate with each other and, most importantly here, how we learn. We have already seen the impact of the internet and the ownership of PCs and laptops in the classroom, library and workshop, and we know they help people learn faster and get better results.

Kevin Brennan MP
Minister for Further Education & Skills

To read Kevin's welcome in full, click here.

Towards a 2020 Vision

Stuart EdwardsWe have now put together some simple statements on where things could be heading towards 2020 and how that compares with evidence of where the sector is overall at the moment. They cover five main areas:


- Content and digital resources
- Blogosphere, social media, web 2
- Provider and workforce capability
- Learner experience
- Employers

Some of us will be starting up specific groups on each of these in the next few days. Some questions we hope to answer include:


•Do you agree with the aspects of a 2020 vision? What would you see differently? Where would you go further? •Do you recognise the 2009 limitations? What would you add or change? • What key actions need to be taken, or barriers removed, to accelerate progress towards a 2020 vision?



Have your say in the 2020 group here.


We will run the discussion over the next two months, gathering your views, feeding these back to the Minister and using them to develop our policy making.


We look forward to hearing from you.


Stuart Edwards, BIS

Forum

Steph Gray

New £20m online learning innovation fund & taskforce launched 3 Replies

Started by Steph Gray. Last reply by Paul Bacsich Jul. 28, 2009.

John Gray

Generator & Colleges

Started by John Gray Jul. 18, 2009.

Peter Rees Jones

How do we make successful models available across the sector?

Started by Peter Rees Jones Jul. 3, 2009.

Blog Posts

Pat Jewett

Using Technology and Social Media as an HR Training

I am just curious if you have seen many successful implementations of HR departments delivering employee training via new technologies like social media. We are creating a pilot social media site for my corporation aimed at providing employees with information about our Medical and Dental insurance, Short term insuranceContinue

Posted by Pat Jewett on October 8, 2009 at 9:11pm

John Popham

Event: - Developing the Microsoft Digital Skills for Citizens Programme - 30th September

A free one-day workshop which will allow you to be in at the beginning of an exciting national initiative which is making recycled computers available to people on low-incomes.

You will also hear about "Britain Works", Microsoft's £45 million programme which aims to get 500,000 people back to work.

The event will take place:

10am to 3:30pm

Wednesday 30th September 2009

at Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 8BH.

Details of the venue can be found here:… Continue

Posted by John Popham on September 23, 2009 at 10:20pm

Bryony Taylor

How do we make the online world less intimidating?

I was struck today by something a friend said to me today about finding the idea of posting on a social network intimidating. I realised that it is a rather intimidating thing to do, to write a blog, comment on a post or even tweet for the first time.

I suppose that joining any kind of online community/social network isn’t altogether different from joining an adult education class or enrolling at a college or university. Many people find this really intimidating, particularly if they have had a… Continue

Posted by Bryony Taylor on August 21, 2009 at 5:00pm

John Popham

Event: Using ICT to Engage with NEET Young People

Digital 20/20 presents "Using ICT to Engage with NEET Young People"

Registrations are now being accepted for this free event for NEETs practitioners.

Date: Tuesday, 16th June 2009, 10am - 3:30pm

Venue: Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield

Register here

Continue

Posted by John Popham on May 25, 2009 at 7:40pm

Tim

Home/School links crucial for developing adult learners

Coming from a very poor area where there is about a 70% unemployment rate, the first contact that the adults have with learning after they have left school is with the local children's centre or the primary school.

All schools must examine how they are working with parents in light of the recent government announcement that by September 2010 all primary, and September 2012 all secondary, schools will be required to offer parents real-tim… Continue

Posted by Tim on May 13, 2009 at 2:30pm

 
 

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