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Shaping the future
Dawn Buzzard, Learning Technology Adviser
Dawn BuzzardLearning Technology Adviser
The Education and Training Foundation
About Us Founded by
Association of Colleges (AoC), Association of Employment an
d Learning Providers (AELP),
Association of Adult Education and Training Organisations (AAETO), operating through the Holex and LEAFEA networks.
The Education and Training Foundation
Strategies to realise transformation
About Learning Futures• £ 1.1 Million sector led
programme• Supporting governing bodies
and boards, leadership teams and managers
• Enhancing teachers’, trainers’ and assessors’ confidence and expertise
Programme Design• Address lessons from past
technology project • Respond to sector think
tank challenges• Outwardly facing
Lesson Learnt• Champions need to challenge &
support• Mentors innovate & bring change• The sector is not used to looking
outwards• Communities take at least 3 months to
build• Expert help led to improved quality• Future programmes should include
instructional design
• Finding innovative effective practice is challenging
• Competition brings ownership• Support for tendering is essential in
attracting new organisations• Action research requires a flexible
approach and acceptance of risk• Employers think differently, be
prepared for this
Core CPD Modules
• Richard Maclachlan, Assistive Technologist/ILT Mentor
• Pauline Pennington, Professional Studies Projects Co-ordinator
Dawn BuzzardLearning Technology [email protected]: 020 3740 8280
Talking technology in exams
Richard Maclachlan, Assistive TechnologistPauline Pennington, Project Coordinator
Using assistive technology to support curriculum accessibility, solving a real problem, removing the need for human readers in examinations.
Talking Technology In Exams
WelcomeRichard MaclachlanAssistive Technologist
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @Sporygog@TTRunshaw
Pauline PenningtonProject Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
The college
Life cycle of a project
• Based on reputation and word of mouth• Identifying previous good practice• Communicating the idea• Sharing ideas• Making decisions• Empowering teams to succeed• Achieving sustainable success
Timeline• Info comes into College - 21st August 2014• Closing date for submission - 26th September 2014• Successful bid notification- 20th October 2014• Programme to be completed - 20th September 2015• Inaugural meeting in London• Monthly Reports • Ongoing project work• Final Dissemination
Project Overview
Resources
Implementation
Impact
Implement a cost-effective solution to providing reasonable adjustments and meeting the support needs of students in lessons and exams.
Project overviewThe aim was to increase accessibility to the curriculum for students who struggled to read standard print, and to foster greater student independence by removing the need for human readers in examinations.
1• Larger numbers of
students taking GCSEs
2• Reading
independence
3• Electronic
resources
1• Innovative practice
to support students with technology
2• Text-to-speech
software
3
• Load2Learn• Existing electronic
documents• Adapted exam
papers• N.I. PDF papers
Doing new things with
existing tools
Resources
TTS Software (Orato) Voices (JISC) Microsoft Word Word documents Adobe Reader / Adobe Acrobat PDF Textbooks (Load 2 Learn) Past papers Exam papers (NIPDF) Laptops / PCs Headphones
Resources
What else?Hardware, training & support
Students Staff
Relationships Training
Implementation
Overview
Who’s involved?• Students• Classroom Tutors• Study Support
– AT– Specialist teacher– ESW (LSA/TA)
• Exams team– Exams officer– Invigilators– Exams administrators
• IT services– ICT coordinator– Help desk/ Technicians
Implementation
• Online videos• Sessions for staff• Ongoing support for
students
Implementation
Training
Collaboration
• Students• Classroom teachers• Education support workers• Specialist tutors / assessors• Assistive technologist• Exams officer• IT staff
Implementation
Potential pitfalls
• Taking Technology YouTube• JISC “making the most of
accessible exam papers”• The little things
Implementation
Impact
Efficiencies 118 individual GCSE English exams took place where computer readers were used.
To provide human support in place of a computer reader in each exam would have required approximately 150 hours of staff time, instead the time for support in place of a human reader during the exam was reduced to approximately 24 hours.
This time does not include prep time prior to the exam. However the challenge of providing support staff and rooms for exams was made much easier.
Invigilator feedback
‘As this was my first experience invigilating with students usingOrato I found it extremely good and it obviously saved a lot ofmanpower. In my opinion it is a very useful program and veryeasy to follow. I would recommend using it to anyone. 10 out of10.’ (AS)
Tutor feedback‘…I have enjoyed trialling the new technology and can see benefits to J. Before using the technology he would struggle to answer 2-3 questions correctly in the assessments. By consistently using the technology, J has gradually learned how to answer all the questions correctly.’ (VF)
Student feedback
‘I used to feel embarrassed, putting my hand up asking for something to be read, but this helps you to be independent.’ (CM)
Independence
‘I don’t think I would have taken up the offer of a human reader. There is a stigma to not being able to read... Being offered a computer reader takes away the embarrassment or the stigma that you require someone to sit with you…’ (MS)
‘I use it for proofreading. I can see where I’ve made an error.’ (DM)
Helping with literacy skills
‘It will read it fluently and so I understand it more.’ (AK).
‘It was quite an odd sensation to be able to sit down and do a task without the burden and exhaustion of having to read and try to understand what the task is.’ (MS)
Student feedback
‘I can use this software wherever and whenever outside of education.’ (MS)
Preparation for future
‘I plan to use it even when I leave college. I’m not going to university, but plan on getting a job, and I think it will be useful to me.’ (CM)
Student feedback
What does this mean for youDon’t be afraid to pilot work like this• Could something like this work in your setting?• Suitable tools• Suitable resources• Experiment and find what best meets your needs
Review the JCQ regulations• Speak to the stakeholders at your own institution• Speak to your learning support staff• Get your IT team involved early
Would you like to know more?• Orato in exams on YouTube• Project overview video with Ann-Marie• Project playlists• JISC website
