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SURF WBL-Way A JISC Project

SURF WBL-Way A JISC Project. Project Director: Mark Stiles Project Manager: Fleur Corfield 6 June 2007 Engage – Work Based Learning. Partners. Main Project Partners Staffordshire University Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology Burton Upon Trent College Stoke On Trent College

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SURF WBL-Way A JISC Project

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  1. SURF WBL-WayA JISC Project Project Director: Mark Stiles Project Manager: Fleur Corfield 6 June 2007 Engage – Work Based Learning

  2. Partners • Main Project Partners • Staffordshire University • Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology • Burton Upon Trent College • Stoke On Trent College • Supporting Partners • Foundation Degree Forward • AimHigher West Midlands • Harvest Road • Foundation Direct CETL • Engineering Council • Portsmouth University • SEMTA

  3. Reuse & Repurposing SURF X4L Validation Issues COVARM SURF WBL Generic WBL Resources Work Based Learning Personalised Access Point SUNIWE SURF WBL-Way Portal and Services Course Description XCRi Genesis of WBL-Way

  4. Issues from SURF WBL • Employers / mentors have no online access to information on employee learning • No easy reference to generic support materials • No centralised information about WBL across SURF

  5. Project Approach • Use Case Driven • Drawing on experience and tools from previous projects • SURF WBL & X4L • SUNIWE • Access for all involved in WBL

  6. Supply vs Demand in FD Development • Fd Applied Technology meets a local demand for highly skilled engineers • Fd Early Years meets the government’s demand for high level skills in the sector • Fd Telecommunications meets the demands of a national employer

  7. Some Models of FD Development • Local employer ‘bespoke award’ • Pathways • National employer

  8. Issues of WBL Development and Delivery • Knowledge and awareness • Cost – time and money • Relevance to the business • Work-based learning and mentoring • Speed of response and validation • Is the Fd a business solution?

  9. Issues of Supporting WBL Development and Delivery • College or University-led • Award leader and Link Tutor • College, University, Workplace delivery • Workbased learning • Approval and Quality processes • Supporting Employer engagement

  10. Tasks • Identify stakeholders • Interview stakeholders • Write scenarios for stakeholders • Create use cases and storyboards for stakeholders based on scenarios • Review portal software • Review institutions systems and data • Develop related portlets, linking to institutional systems • Create missing materials to support scenarios

  11. Where we are • Work with college partners, employers, FDF and SURF started • Links built on existing project work • Scenarios been written and use cases and storyboards started • Blog created by each project partner • Reviews of institutional systems and data taking place • Missing materials being identified

  12. Stakeholders Employers Engaged Un-Engaged Learners Employees Mentors Human Resources Un-Engaged Course Developers Institutional Staff Course Deliverers Course Managers

  13. Comments from Employers • Requests for • Up to date course descriptors & start dates • Progression for Work Based Learning • Case Studies • Learner Progress information • Advice for potential learners and employers • Information on short courses that can be built on • Links to Personnel

  14. WBL Training Opportunities AimHigher West Midlands 2007

  15. Understanding progression routes AimHigher West Midlands 2007

  16. Scenarios • I am an employer with employees on different courses, I want to see what stage they are at and what they can progress to • I am an employer interested in foundation degrees but don’t know who to contact and how much of my time it would involved

  17. Use Cases • Employer view: • Employee learner status & course details • Contact details for colleges delivering foundation degrees • Support documents for foundation degrees • WBL courses linked to the company sector • College events related to employers

  18. If I was a HR Manager...

  19. Your Turn! • Get together in small groups of 4 • We have shown you what we have found employers want: • Does this fit with your experiences? • Have you found other requirements? What are they? • How would you meet those requirements?

  20. Thank you • Contact Information • Fleur Corfield f.m.corfield@staffs.ac.uk • Mark Stiles m.j.stiles@staffs.ac.uk • Project Websites • http://www.staffs.ac.uk/COSE/WBLWAY • http://surfwblway.blogspot.com/

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