Overview of activities of College Development Network support agency for all Colleges in Scotland

1. Leading, creating and sharing
across learning

2. CDN Board
Development
Committee
Innovation
Committee
Audit
Committee
HR
Committee
Sector and
Stakeholders
User
Interface
Sector and
external
expertise
Sector and
external
expertise
Sector and
external
expertise

3. Our values

4. Our purpose is to support and
enable the learning community in
the college sector to contribute to the
social and economic wellbeing of
Scotland.

5. We do this through the professional
development of their people,
resources and approaches to learning.

6. Our strategic approach:
LEADING
Spot latest
thinking and
practice
CREATING
Create new
materials and
courses
SHARING
Showcase best
practice

7. Strategy map

8. We work in partnership with:

9. Supported by our
stakeholders:
CDN
Scottish
Funding
Council
Education
Scotland
SQA
Skills
Development
Scotland
JISC
Scottish
Training
Federation
Scottish
Government
Colleges
Scotland

10. How we learn
about the
needs
of the
sector
CDN
Single Points
of Contact
CDN Board
Development
Committee
Innovation
Committee
College
Ambassadors
Development
Networks

11. Our 31 Development Networks

12. Provide:
 Professional
dialogue
and sharing
 Events, workshops and
online discussion
 Addressing current
policy

13. In 2014-15 we:
Engaged with nearly
5,000 college staff
Through 180
courses and events

14. Plus 389 webinars
Saving our delegates 69,828 travel miles
Equal to nearly three times round the Earth.

15. Strategic themes 2015-18
• Governance, leadership and management
• Curriculum, learning, assessment and
attainment
• Development Networks
• Employer engagement and enterprise
• Quality and digital development

16.  Lead the sector on implementation of Code of
Good Governance
 Share sector expertise through
the Senior Leaders programme
 Create a CPD programme for
mid-level leadership.
Governance, leadership and
management

17. Supporting good governance
• Lead thematic workshops and seminars
• Bespoke sessions for individual Boards
• Training and development for student and
staff Board members
• College Board Members Day 2016.

18. Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Education
and Lifelong Learning
College Board Members’ Day 2015

19. Curriculum, learning, assessment
and attainment
 Standards for lecturers
 Lead on developing
sector confidence in
open learning, teaching
and assessment resources
 Support delivery of new and existing
qualifications
 Support good practice in equalities.

20. Development Networks
 Lead through credible steering groups
and full utilisation of technology
 Create opportunities for colleges to
participant in partnership activities
 Share best practice and drivers that
influence and address current
challenges.

21. Employer engagement & enterprise
 Partnership activities to support DYW
 Enhance employer involvement in
curriculum
development
 Share best practice
in employer
engagement.

22.  Increase use of digital
delivery
 Share information and
good practice through
web-based technology.
 Develop further content for the professional
learning platform: Moodle
Quality and digital development

23. CDN LearnOnline: Moodle

24. CDN LearnOnline: key facts
4,264 visits over the
past 3 months
Visits have increased
267% over the last
year
39 registered on PDA
in Inclusiveness
Course – starts
September
350 completed
Safeguarding Course
since launch last
year
85 completed the
Teaching in Colleges
Today course since
launch last year
Materials and pre-
course information
for other events and
courses

25. I have felt supported, encouraged,
pushed and am already feeding some
of this back into work. Thank you.
‘
‘Measuring impact
Emerging Leaders course participant