Becta Seminars, Wednesday
Becta leads the national drive to improve learning through technology. They do this by working with industry to ensure we have the right technology for education in place. They also work to support the education workforce to make the best use of technology to improve learning. So that every learner in the UK is able to benefit from the advantages technology brings, thereby helping them achieve the best they can.
Each day at BETT, Becta will be delivering a number of seminar sessions.
This session will explore how e-portfolios assist in realising the learner journey and how they can integrate with learning platforms, e-assessment and the developing strategies regarding personalisation. It will explain the current position regarding e-portfolios in government thinking and offer examples of how they have made an impact to learner achievement. Discussions will be invited around how to introduce the concept of learning logs and individual learning plans into delivery methodologies, and will look at the general benefits and issues of introducing e-portfolios into learning.
What would you hope to gain from attendance at this seminar? Do you have your own views about learning logs and individual learning plans? Post your comments to share with the BETT community.
12:45
Evidence of ICT impact and progressDr Vanessa Pittard and Malcolm Hunt, Becta
The seminar will present evidence from the Becta Review 2006 combined with emerging findings from Becta’s 2006-07 research programme, such as Test Beds and the Becta Survey of ICT in FE. The aim is to provide an overview of the progress of ICT developments in schools and colleges in the context of the key themes and objectives of the E Strategy.
What further knowledge and understanding would you wish to take away with you by attendance at this seminar? What is your view about the E Strategy? Join the discussion by posting your thoughts.
14:00
Making use of Becta’s Infrastructure Services Framework AgreementPeter Hughes and Chris Faulkner, Becta
This session will outline the Infrastructure Services Framework Agreement and explore some of the ways that customers can make use of the framework in order to improve the effectiveness of ICT provision in their schools. It will also look at the wide range of advice materials available from Becta to assist customers in using the framework.
How can this seminar help meet your needs in identifying the support required with respect to the Infrastructure Services Framework Agreement? By posting your views you can help shape the debate and the development of the BETT seminar programme in the future.
15:15
Transforming learning – Impact on the Schools sectorNorman Crawford, Assistant Director, Becta
This session will explore how technology can be used to drive forward educational reform in the school sector. Looking at how technology can be better used to narrow the achievement gap and connect with hard-to-reach learners, the session will also focus on benefits to the learner and barriers to achieving system reform.
How can we support the hard to reach learners? What are your views and how would attendance at this seminar aid your understanding?
16:15
Transforming Learning – Impact on the Post-16 sectorChristine Lewis, Assistant Director – E-strategy, Becta & Bob Harrison, Consultant, Becta
This session will explore how technology can be used to drive forward educational reform in the post-16 sector. Looking at how technology can be better used to narrow the achievement gap and connect with hard-to-reach learners, the session will also focus on benefits to the learner and barriers to achieving system reform.
What are the key challenges educators face when connecting out to post-16 learners who have proved difficult to reach? What are your views and how would attendance at this seminar aid your understanding?
