noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:14:17 +0100Blogger http://www.blogger.com17125http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/en-usnonoreply@blogger.comhttp://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jo)Mon, 10 May 2010 10:10:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-4690983366891929505As the project is drawing to a close we are now focussing very much on dissemination and this month hosted an internal event for City Lit, Newham 6th Form College and the Study Group. These delegates had made contact at/following Moodle Moot and asked for more details about the Student Portal and the process of how we got there.0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2010/11/april-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jo)Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:05:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-3688591037009897639This month has been all about dissemination. Angela and I both presented at Moodle Moot in London. I talked about the development of the Portal itself while she focussed on how students have been using Mahara.Here are some extracts from the ULCC blog about the event:“Most notable for me were listening to Lewisham College and their Student Portal developments”Philip Butler, Senior e-Learning 0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-10.html14 - March 10noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:49:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-6237314501668856123As the controlled assessment continues we’ve been exploring more ways to incorporate the use of Mahara after Easter.We had always intended for learners to use the CV provision in Mahara to prepare for their work placements and plans are now being put in place to facilitate this. The process for work placements is as follows: EBP/Lewisham College work with employers to find suitable places for the0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-10.html13 - February 10noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:45:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-3684670845642048777Our session with the curriculum teams finally took place on 3rd February – unfortunately I was unable to be there due to a prior commitment but from all reports it went very well.The team were able to feedback on what they had done so far and we were able to demonstrate some examples of good practice from around the College.However it did become clear from this session that the controlled 0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2010/01/january-10.html12 - January 10noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:40:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-3483278612974915041Well Christmas is over and we’re all back at work, keeping an eye out for the snow. Although the college was open throughout the cold days, attendance was down and we had difficulty scheduling our follow up curriculum event - it seemed Wednesday mornings were the best time for the curriculum team but also the day we usually had lots of snow and staff and students arriving late. Finally we 0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2009/12/december-09.html11 - December 09noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:39:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-3431983029677346843There has been a lot of discussion around how the ES Team can contribute to the project and we finally agreed that the best way forward would be to ask the students. The general feeling from the students was that it was important to them to maintain the face the face contact as they generally were discussing personal issues. They did however like the idea of being able to book an appointment 0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2009/11/november-09.html10 - November 09noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:36:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-1503271577966098287Hardware requirements agreed and orders placed, evaluation plan circulated to project team, PDP amended to take into account feedback from the curriculum teams. It has been agreed that the Learning Centre will support curriculum team in the following areas: Work Readiness, CV writing, Communications (with mentor), academic writing and through the use of the diary room for PLTS (March-June).We had0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2009/10/october-09.html09 - October 09noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:35:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-5274469310010795008First meeting of a restructured project team took place this month. This new team is more focussed on those involved with the day to day running of the project to ensure that everyone is aware of the priorities and objectives. At the first meeting we reminded everyone of the commitments that they undertook during the July curriculum event, confirmed any additional equipment requirements that 0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2010/02/september-09.html08 - September 09noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:20:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-5554700411951815525Well, the summer break is over, the interim report submitted and now we need to prepare for the introduction of the portal to learners. The decision was made that the implementation would be cross college so it’s been all hands on deck to ensure we are ready for when the students return. Design of the home page ran a bit late but we finally managed to go live in time for the 14th.Courses for both0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2009/08/july-09.html07 - July 09noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:53:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-8279454055860362560The end of term is rapidly approaching and we need to consolidate our plans for September before the curriculum teams all go off on leave for the summer. During our Admin and Learning days in the week of 10 July we arranged training sessions for the curriculum teams on using Mahara and the PDP and also set up an event for both curriculum and support staff involved in the project.We used this 0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2009/08/june-09.html06 - June 09noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:32:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-3162006846410918048June has been all about progress chasing the pilots and mini case studies that have been taking place this year. The team looking at the different options on video conferencing fed back to us about what they had done (1:1 tutorials, lecture presentations etc) - see the video clip of Sharon Muncie – Programme Area Leader describing what her team have been doing.They made a recommendation of the 0noJune has been all about progress chasing the pilots and mini case studies that have been taking place this year. The team looking at the different options on video conferencing fed back to us about what they had done (1:1 tutorials, lecture presentations etc) - see the video clip of Sharon Muncie – Programme Area Leader describing what her team have been doing.They made a recommendation of thenoreply@blogger.com (Jo)June has been all about progress chasing the pilots and mini case studies that have been taking place this year. The team looking at the different options on video conferencing fed back to us about what they had done (1:1 tutorials, lecture presentations etc) - see the video clip of Sharon Muncie – Programme Area Leader describing what her team have been doing.They made a recommendation of the06 - June 09http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2009/06/may-09.html05 - May 09noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Sun, 24 May 2009 10:10:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-6935588954591534491May’s been quite a busy month for us here at Lewisham. Firstly we had the programme meeting at the Lakeside Centre at Aston University - a really fabulous setting and for once the weather was on our side.It was an interesting day looking at organisational culture and strategies for change, reverse brainstorming, evaluation and measuring change.May also was important for us as the learners got 0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2009/06/april-09.html04 - April 09noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:19:00 +0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-1291621559057533511Learners completed their initial questionnaires this month enabling Bev to gather some baseline data so we can now start introducing the learners to some elements of the Learner Portal and identify the best presentation for September. To find out more see Bev’s Evaluation blog – link on the right of the page.The process of migrating the Diploma course from Blackboard to Mahara is well underway. 0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2009/04/march-2009.html03 - March 09noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:45:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-4360955834538960107Once we had identified the core components we spent a fair amount of time reviewing where we are at the moment and clarifying how the implementation of our Learner Portal would make a difference and enhance the delivery of the curriculum. This gave us a much more focused approach and again helped us to clarify our objectives and develop our workpackages before submitting the final plan towards 0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2009/04/february-2009.html02 - February 09noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:21:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-6730734356925385106Monday 2nd February – the day the draft plan’s due. Looks like I might be working from home today! Along with the snow this month, we also had our first visit from Andrew Comrie – how he managed to get from Scotland to Lewisham on the day the college re-opened amazed me. It was great to meet up with him (eat some more chocolate chip cookies) and get some feedback on the draft plan that had just 0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2009/04/january-2009.html01 - January 09noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:20:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-7009687852012442750The year began well with a launch to the Diploma team during our January learning days. Separate sessions took place reviewing the Moodle facilities with both curriculum and support staff. There’s still a lot of work to do structuring the site but the teams are all enthusiastic and raring to go. We’re looking at how various different technologies can enhance learning and the team were able to 0http://lewishamdiplomas.blogspot.com/2009/04/novemberdecember-2008.html00 - 2008noreply@blogger.com (Jo)Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:09:00 GMTtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3054758196040272189.post-7884496679686699408The project really started to get going after the start-up meeting at the University of Warwick where we got the opportunity to meet staff from other institutions and find out about the different projects. We were allocated cluster groups based on the main project areas of interest and we are working with Kingston College, Kingston/De Montfort University and the College of West Anglia. Following 0