by Paul McKean, head of further education and skills

1. Paul McKean – Head of Further Education and Skills
14/11/2017 Jisc’s FES strategic priorities and opportunities to get involved

2. Post-16 technical education reform

3. Sector transformation

4. FES strategic priorities
Jisc will prioritise our FES activity to respond to three core areas of concern
for the sector over the next three years.Jisc support must help providers
understand how our services and products contribute to:
» Quality of provision – improving the quality of learning and teaching
delivery and assessment, creating a more engaging, enjoyable and
successful learning experience, and improving digital skills and
capabilities of learners.

5. » Sector transformation – addressing sector sustainability including
financial ill-health of providers by transforming business systems and
processes to maximise efficiency, finding more effective and efficient
ways of working, teaching and assessing, freeing up the time of the
teaching workforce, and ensuring business continuity.
» Employer-led training – more effective management of work-based
learners, transforming the delivery and assessment of work-based
learning, extending access to learning outside the workplace and
improving the employability of learners.
FES strategic priorities

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7. FES 12 month focus
»Put in place a comprehensive marketing strategy and product (case
study) work flow which raises the profile of Jisc, its expertise,
products and services and the impact Jisc has on its members
» Increased awareness of and confidence in Jisc by sector senior leaders
»Increase members’ take up of the fundamental services (core funded)
»Proactive engagement with members highlighting the value and
benefits of technology and how Jisc or its partners can support
members to embrace technologies effectively
»Maintain strong influencing relationships with UK funders and sector
bodies including supporting the development of digital/edtech
strategies and providing technological guidance on apprenticeship
and technical education policy reform

8. »Maintain and improve the Janet network and associated services
»A well-resourced business as usual advice and practical assistance
offer which provides effective support across all areas includingTEL,
cyber security and infrastructure and delivers demonstrable impact
»Deliver comprehensive support for all colleges going through merger
»Consultancy offer which can adapt to the bespoke diverse
individualised needs of the sector
»Develop an apprenticeship offer
»Invest in and broker access to engaging and interactive digital content
for technical education routes and apprenticeships
»Broker access to systems and services which provide business
efficiencies and shared services
FES 12 month focus

9. » Identify existing products and services which could be delivered on a
self-serve basis and explore how these can be delivered by a single
platform
»Provide comprehensive self-service support offer, which enables
members to efficiently access generic support materials they can use
independently
»Understand fully the sector needs and requirements overseas, both
now and for the future through surveying members, working with
partners such as the Association of Colleges and British Council
»Build partnerships with UK sector bodies and suppliers
»Develop a self-service advice and support offer which can be sold to
non-members
FES 12 month focus

10. » The discovery tool supports individual staff
working in universities, colleges and training
providers to reflect on their digital capabilities
» It presents a series of reflective questions that
relate to the different elements of capability we
have defined
» Questions are quiz-like and non-judgemental
» By answering the questions, staff are made
aware of digital skills they already have and new
ones they might try
» http://bit.ly/digcapdiscovery
» New platform ready for open pilot Dec 17
Digital capabilities discovery tool

11. »Launch new discovery tool in
Dec 17:
»New platform in Potential.ly
»Updated question sets - generic
»New question set for teaching
staff in HE and FE
»Feb 18 – pilot student facing
discovery tool
»New data dashboards
»Pilots run from Dec 17 – May 18
»Pilot plus – closer working with
10 institutions to evaluate tool
& embed digital capability
resources
»Over 60 institutions have
already signed up
»Closing date for participation –
31/10 http://bit.ly/digcaptool17
Invitation to get involved

12. Tracker 2017
74 UK + 10 international institutions
involved
Over 27,000 student responses
In-depth evaluation and analysis
New case studies showing
organisational impact
Findings have had high impact and
sector interest, see
http://bit.ly/tracker17brief

13. Reasons for using the Tracker
»Inform ourselves about the student digital experience
»Gather evidence to support specific actions (e.g. in respect of the curriculum,
student digital support, and/or digital infrastructure)
»Demonstrate that we are engaging with students and responding to their feedback
»Evaluate ourselves – against other institutions (benchmark), or over time (monitor),
or in relation to our aims for a specific initiative/strategy/project etc (evaluate)
»Gain intrinsic value from the project process (e.g. student engagement, other
stakeholder engagement, benefits of working with Jisc/other institutions)

14. What’s new for 2018?
»Factor analysis has identified the questions that are robust
»More customisation options
»Option to send out individualised links to learners, which also provides option
to link with other sources of learner data
»Completely updated guidance and facts http://bit.ly/trackerguide
»Refinement to the question set, including two new questions which we hope
will become users’ key metrics:
› Satisfaction with digital environment
› Satisfaction with digital learning and teaching

15. Next steps and opportunities to get involved
Expert Review Panels
»Help frame headline messages & recommendations
»Student representation + tracker users + partner bodies | sector-
specific but working closely together
»Review summary data | meet (May 2018) | review final report
»No identifiable institutional data will be shared with Panels
»Sign up via online form https://tracker.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/tracker-
panel-2018
Staff tracker
»Complementary to student tracker (& organisational qus)
»Help review & trial draft question set (sign up via jiscmail list)

16. Digital Apprentice project
May – August
» Consultation on draft version of the apprenticeship toolkit for feedback on
gaps and employer dashboards
› Engaged over 100 stakeholders through 15 interviews and 4 workshops
September - December
» Now working with a web design team to redesign the resource as an
interactive web site
» Identification and engagement with pilot institutions (FE & HE) for dashboard
development
October – January
» Exploratory research into higher and degree apprenticeships
» Development of employer dashboards with pilot institutions

17. The Apprenticeship Journey
in a Digital Age: provider toolkit
Roadmap Process view
Technology
View
Exit
About the
toolkit
Mythbuster
Guide
Contributors
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Preparation Planning
DeliveryAssessment
Working
with
employers
Progress
checking,
monitoring &
review
Evidencing
learning
Setting
objectives
& feedback
Learner
support
Designing
blended
learning
Initial
assessment Induction
Staff
readiness
Finding &
taking on an
apprentice
Individual
learning plan
Gateway to
EPA
End Point
Assessment
Organisational
readiness
Home Back

19. FE and skills assessment benchmarking tool
Benchmarking tool with a focus on
assessment for FE and skills
Provides ‘good practice principles’ for
assessment
»Teaching practice and learner support
»Management and administration
With examples at different levels from
‘first steps’ through ‘emerging’,
‘established’ to ‘enhanced’
And templates to aid reflection and
scoring

20. Digital Apprentice project: next steps
Opportunities:
» Volunteers invited for user testing the new web-based toolkit
» Share your experiences and challenges with higher and degree apprenticeships at:
http://ji.sc/apprenticeship_feedback
» ‘Think tank’ workshop for higher/degree apprenticeship providers on the 14th
November, Manchester, register your interest on the survey
Key resources:
» Draft toolkit: http://ji.sc/apprentice-journey-v1
» Guide and case studies: ‘Enhancing the digital experience for skills learners’:
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/enhancing-the-digital-experience-for-skills-learners
» Digital capabilities: http://ji.sc/building-digicap
» Jisc blog: https://digitalapprenticeships.jiscinvolve.org/

21. Learning Analytics for FE
Current Activity:
» Contacting those FECs that had previously expressed an interest in analytics
» Offering opportunity to take part in data pilots
› Core analytics
› Predictions
› VLE metrics
› Push notifications/targets
» Contact Sarah.Dunne@jisc.ac.uk if interested in finding out more
Key resources:
» Ethics/code of practice guide: code of practice for learning analytics
» Jisc blog: https://analytics.jiscinvolve.org/ wp/

22. Find out more…
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Paul McKean
Head of FE and Skills
paul.mckean@jisc.ac.uk
jisc.ac.uk
@MoodleMcKean
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