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A Tale from the Borders: the BOLT Project Netwskii
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Simon FitzPatrick
13 March 2014
A Tale from the Borders: the BOLT Project
• Is a team of around 20 staff funded to support staff in Universities and the Skills Sector – Unis, Colleges, Adult and Community Education etc.
• Delivers a range of face-to-face and online workshops• Based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne but runs workshops
across the UK• Training materials public domain• Increasing amount of ‘consultancy’
JISC Netskills
Borders College
• Small FE College in Galashiels• Shared campus with Heriot Watt• Regional influences:• Textile industry• Land-based• Sports: mountain biking
rugby union• E-learning evangelist!
E-learning @ Borders College
• TRANSFORM project 2010:• Working with local SMEs to create relevant online
learning materials• Collaborations with regional FE Colleges
• BOLT project 2012 – Phase 1 Jisc FE/Skills• Creation of toolkit to enable other organisations to
embed e-learning as core
• E-learning ‘team – part-time/seconded• Netskills/BC partnership
Partnership i
• E-learning team inc. Netskills secondee• 1-2 days/week• Intensive CPD program:• Instructional design• Digital story-telling• Augmented reality• Web design• Resource development:• Mountain biking resource• ESOL project
More Jisc enablers
• More Jisc enablers• Relationship with Jisc
The big picture
• Increase the College’s offering through online learning provision
• Improve use of Moodle in order to provide students with a truly interactive learning experience
• Ensure staff are up to date with advances in learning technology in order to allow the College to be market leaders in the field
• Embed e-learning as part of College ‘landscape’
Outputs
• Hints and tips to help tourism providers attract Mountain Bikers
• Effective writing for digital media aimed at local SMEs• Online ESOL teaching through webinars• Using iPads in the classroom• Open Badge integration• Increased use of Moodle and Mahara with more
support available to staff
Outputs
The realities of ‘change management’
People
Ideas
Resources
Communication
The realities of ‘change management’
People What we doHow do we allocate time effectively?How do we interact with other services?
Ideas
Resources
Communication
The realities of ‘change management’
People What we doHow do we allocate time effectively?How do we interact with other services?
Ideas How do we manage innovation? How do we deal with internal processes?How do we encourage staff contribution?
Resources
Communication
The realities of ‘change management’
People What we doHow do we allocate time effectively?How do we interact with other services?
Ideas How do we manage innovation? How do we deal with internal processes?How do we encourage staff contribution
Resources How do we interact with the ICT infrastructure?How do we enable new software?
Communication
The realities of ‘change management’
People What we doHow do we allocate time effectively?How do we interact with other services?
Ideas How do we manage innovation? How do we deal with internal processes?How do we encourage staff contribution
Resources How do we interact with the ICT infrastructure?How do we enable new software
Communication Multiple channels in useFree flow of information essential
The toolkit
• Each of these projects and challenges lead to the development of different sections within the toolkit
• Role specific information• Showcasing some of the skills learned to date• Further iterations to follow
Enablers
• RSC Scotland:• ICT infrastructure• Training• General• JiscLegal:• IPR/copyright• Jisc Netskills:• Training etc.• Jisc InfoNet:• Visioning workshops
Impact
• Permanent e-learning team • Increased staff engagement• Increased external College profile:• South African interest in Open Badges• Oman interest in online Health and Safety• Knowledge transfer – New Zealand and the
Netherlands• Direct input to strategy to embed e-learning
• Working towards a sustainable future• Commercialisation• Potential of exciting projects and future funding
Further observations
• Job not finished!• As ever, change needs to be facilitated at different levels in the organisation• Netskills’ experience uniformly positive• Relationships with Jisc…
