eSupport for Work-Based Learning in Foundation Degrees Project Director: Prof Mark Stiles Project Co-ordinator: Fleur Corfield

Main Project Partners: Staffordshire University Stoke-on-Trent College Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology Burton College Supporting Partner: Foundation Degree Forward

A number of different documents all covering the same information FE delivering HE courses Feedback from Tutors / employers (through fdf) The Starting Point

Focus Work-based Learning SURF Courses – mainly FDs Supporting the tutor / employer and mentor as well as the learner Generic WBL Resources For use across SURF For submission to JORUM (national repository)JORUM

Creating Materials Issues: –Getting Materials –Employer Access to materials Original Content –Standard Microsoft Tools New Content –CourseGenie, Reload, eXe and Dreamweaver

Why those tools? CourseGenie and eXe both will easily turn standard documents into both HTML and IMS standard materials, eXe is also OpenSource Dreamweaver has been used to enhance the HTML and allow extra interactivity to be included in some learning objects Reload has been used to package the files for JORUM

Accessibility Learning Objects have been created –in HTML, IMS and as standard documents –Style sheets –Limited interactivity

Supporting… …the Learner, Tutor, Employer and Mentor –Negotiated Learning –Mentoring –Award Management and Curriculum Design –Careers –APEL –Communication –Health and Safety –Issues: including Ethics and QA –Personal Development –Key Skills –Study Skills

Outputs Resources come with Tutor Guidance notes In Jorum as: –HTML –IMS Packages –Word / Excel / PowerPoint or PDF documents Reports In Moodle (VLE) for Evaluation and Dissemination

Where next? SURF WBL-WAY JISC Capital Programme Same partners plus Harvest Road Build on SURF WBL to engage employers Build on SUNIWE DeL Pilot Using Web Services to provide individualised, centralised, access to WBL resources held in a repository Create a community of practice

Thank You Contact: For LDI reports and papers see:

Materials created by Staffordshire University Project Co-ordinator: Fleur Corfield

Areas Covered Learning objects by Staffordshire University include subject areas: –Negotiated learning –Mentoring –Careers –Key Skills –Study Skills Created by experienced tutors already supporting Foundation degrees and work based learning

Example: The Learner Agreement

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