West Midlands Regional meeting

What’s new from us?

Website refresh

• www.learningpool.com• Simplified design• Improved Navigation• Improved Learning Community• Improved Learning Catalogue • Improved Events

Navigation

• Rollover primary navigation to see secondary pages

• All Learning Pool services in one place• Prices at a glance page • Don’t forget the footer!• Support page featuring 3 red/green boxes

Improved Learning Community

• Introduced points to denote more active users• Earn points for doing different things• Organisations have a profile now too• More improvements coming• Same conversations, groups and members

Improved Learning Catalogue• New page layout• Choose linear or grid view (default)• Thank someone for sharing• Easier to share a resource (blue box)• Easier to print off catalogue (blue box)• Easier to sign up to Modules Focus (blue box)

Improved Events

• Improved layout• Addition of Google map• New home in the footer• See Featured events, search events and events

we’re attending

Want to know more?• Not as bad as Facebook but still a

change!• Sit back and let us walk you through

what’s different• We are shortly going to join our new in

house trainer, Paul McGettigan, for a short webinar

• Today 10:30 to 11:15

Learning Pool Community Day 2011

• Big success, thank you for coming along• Over 100 delegates from all over the country• All presentations available online at

http://www.learningpool.com/lp2011-resources-page/

• Date for diary for Community Day 2012 – Wednesday 3rd October

Customer of the Year Awards 2011 • Most Enthusiastic Newcomer: Wigan Council • Best Community Contributor: Stuart Gilbert, Blackpool Council• Best Use of Learning Pool Technology: Norfolk County Council• Most Aspiring E-learning Graduate/Trainee:

– Aruj Haider, Westminster City Council – winner – Anton Nisbeth – London Borough of Ealing – special mention – Zoe Keens – Basildon District Council – special mention

• Learning Pool Ambassador: – Bill Heasman, Devon County Council– Pete Veasey, Leicester City Council

• Customer of the Year: London Borough of Waltham Forest

New Common Induction Standards e-learning

• Eight Common Induction Standards.• Designed to map to each of the outcomes

identified in the Skills for Care Standards• Addition to our Social Care subscription• Can be bought as a stand alone• For social workers, customer service personnel

and those delivering front line social care services in residential care homes

CIS modules1. The role of the Social Care Worker 2. Personal development 3. Communicate effectively in health and social care 4. Equality and inclusion 5. Principles for implementing duty of care 6. Principles for safeguarding in health and social care 7. Person-centred support 8. Health and Safety in an adult social care setting

Finance Skills e-learning

• Due end October 2011• Produced in conjunction with LG Futures sme• For budget holders and those responsible for

administering budgets• Prices from £3,000 per council for up to 200

learners • http://www.learningpool.com/services-2/fina

nce/

Two comprehensive courses• 1. A Year in the Life of the Budget Manager –

learn about the role of the budget manager, how budgets are set, best practice budget management and preparing for year-end.

• 2. Local Government Finance Explained – learn where a council gets its money from, how it agrees a budget and how it monitors spending.

E-learning for School Governors

About Modern Governor

• e-learning specifically for School Governors• Designed in consultation with experts• Almost 50% of local authorities• c18,000 school governors• Currently 18 e-learning modules

18 modules

• My Role as a Governor• Community Cohesion• Health and Safety• School Finance• School Recruitment Practices• The New Governor• Safeguarding and Promoting Child

Welfare• Admissions and Discipline• Governance of a Church School• Governing Body Health-check

Questionnaire

• Some Governors’ Questions Answered

• Becoming a School Governor• Chairing Governing Body Meetings• Equality and Diversity for School

Governors• School Governors and Writing for

the Web• Is Governor Mark for Us?• Looked After Children• Self-Evaluation and the New

Ofsted Framework

New and Upcoming modules

• School Governors and Social Media

• Role of a Clerk• Academies• Governor Visits

July 2011

Aug 2011Sept/Oct 2011Nov 2011

Pricing

• Group purchase: £89 per school*• Independent purchase: £299 per school• Discounts available based on % schools

subscribing via LA

* we charge LA who then charges schools

E-learning for Councillors

17 modules• Intro to Local Government• Your Role as a Councillor• Code of Conduct• Technology and Change• Getting Started with Social Media• Writing for the Web• Working with the Media• Equality and Diversity• Risk Management

• Best Practice Procurement• Licensing and Regulation• Data Protection• Transformational eDemocracy• Localism Bill• Community Leadership• Public Speaking• Chairing Meetings

The cost savings

• Face to face training costs about 80% more to deliver than e-learning

• By using Modern Councillor elected members are actively helping their council with its efficiency savings

Pricing

• Train up to 100 elected members per council for flat rate of £1,000

E-learning for Third sector

My Learning Pool

• 20% off My Learning Pool until end of October• Introduce your local community and voluntary

organisations to My Learning Pool before 31st October and receive 20% off the subscription fee (normally £25)

• Simply quote LP2011 at the payment stage

Basic online training

• E-learning for:– social enterprises– community and voluntary groups– small charities– anyone involved in civil societywww.mylearningpool.com

£25 annual subscription buys• 27 e-learning courses – Develop yourself x 10 modules– Make some noise x 3 modules– Manage the money x 1 modules– You’re in charge x 13 modules

Affiliate scheme

• Organisations can sell MLP and earn 20% commission

• Visit www.mylearningpool.com/affiliates

Pricing

• Individual £25 • 25+ people £20 per person • 100+ people £15 per person • 500+ people ask us for a better price

Future webinars

• Coming soon:– Setting up Resources and Activities within your

DLE– Authoring Tool Templates– Engaging Learners– Best Practice Instructional Design

Thank you