E Maturity The Leadership Challenge Punam Khosla And Ian Pritchard

Presented by:

Punam Khosla: Programme Director Leadership & elearning

Ian Pritchard: Strategic Associate LSIS

eMaturity

The Leadership Challenge

• What are e-mature organisations?

• What is the current situation?

• What are the challenges?

• What can we do?

What we will cover

What does an e-mature provider look like?

e-Mature providers are characterised by:

•Technology for learning strategy is led by a member of the senior leadership team, with the full support of the Principal

•Strategy is founded in business and quality improvement

•Innovation supported and encouraged

•Change accepted by staff as a necessary challenge

Becta: Measuring e-maturity in the FE Sector (2008)

e-mature providers …

… keep development areas are in balance

e-mature providers …

… adopt a whole organisational approach

But…

Despite considerable investment in technology, many providers are not e-mature….and some e-mature providers do not maintain their position.

The challenge

Problem: fragmented leadership of technology; support and infrastructure issues

•Some strategies just focused on infrastructure, not teaching and learning

•Within college variation (e.g. departmental) among many colleges

•Workforce capability and CPD

•Most staff likely to see their dept. or colleagues as main source of support

•Part-time staff capability and use relatively low

•Infrastructure

•Access to resources - newer college buildings make a difference

Becta: Measuring e-maturity in the FE sector (2008)

What LSIS is doing with BECTA?

In addition to other e-leadership programmes run by LSIS, LSIS and BECTA are jointly developing and delivering programmes to develop e leadership including:

•Collaborative Leadership Skills and Technology (pilot programmes 2008/9)

•Supporting organisations towards ematurity* (pilot programmes 2009/10)

* Title to be confirmed

Table discussion

What are the main issues for you in order to harness technology to get the maximum benefit for learners and the organisation?

Feedback 1

Feedback 2

The Leadership Challenge Kouzes and Posner

•Model the way

•Inspire a shared vision

•Challenge the process

•Enable others to act

•Encourage the heart

How can we help our organisation to change?

1. Model the way

Establish principles concerning the way people should be treated and the way goals should be pursued.

Create standards of excellence and then set an example for others to follow.

The prospect of complex change can overwhelm people and stifle action, set interim goals so that people can achieve small wins .

How can we help our organisation to change?

2. Inspire a shared vision

Leaders passionately believe that they can make a difference.

They envision the future, creating an ideal and unique image of what the organization can become.

Through their magnetism and quiet persuasion, leaders enlist others in their dreams. They breathe life into their visions and get people to see exciting possibilities for the future.

How can we help our organisation to change?

3. Challenge the process

‘The work of leaders is change. The status quo is unacceptable to them. Leaders search for opportunities by seeking innovative ways to change, grow, innovate and improve.

Leaders also experiment and take risks by constantly generating small wins and learning from mistakes.

Extraordinary things don’t get done in huge leaps forward; they get done one step at a time.

Leaders demonstrate the courage to continue the quest despite opposition and setbacks.’

How can we help our organisation to change?

4. Enable others to act

Foster collaboration and build spirited teams.

Actively involve others.

Understand that mutual respect is what sustains extraordinary efforts

Strive to create an atmosphere of trust and human dignity.

How can we help our organisation to change?

5. Encourage the heart

Recognise contributions that individuals make

In every winning team, the members need to share in the rewards of their efforts

Celebrate accomplishments.

How can we help our organisation to change?

Ensure you are using technology to support effective learning

Instructional strategies and percentage of material retained

Lecture 5%

Reading 10%

Audio/visual 20%

Demonstration 30%

Discussion group 50%

Practice by doing 75%

Teaching others 90%

Research at the National Training Laboratories, Maine, reported by Watson (2004)

How can we help our organisation to change?

How LSIS can currently help…

eQuIP

FE / ACL / WBL eXplorer

ConnecT

Realise

Leading Change for Digital Dividends

Collaborative Leadership Skills and Technology

Excellence Gateway

WBL / ACL / ISC Toolkits

Demonstrating Quality

Thank you for participating

Punam Khosla: Programme Director leadership & elearning

Ian Pritchard: Strategic Associate LSIS