e-skills: the national response …developing e-skills for inclusion and productivity. michael stark...
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E-SKILLS: THE NATIONAL RESPONSE
…developing e-skills for inclusion and productivity.
Michael Stark
Head of Skills and Workforce Development
Learning & Skills Council
E-Skills Summit, 28 May 2002
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E-skills for inclusion and productivity
1: National strategy for adult skills
2: E-skills for professionals and users
3: E-learning and e-assessment
4: Some big issues.
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E-skills for inclusion and productivity
1: National strategy for adult skills
2: E-skills for professionals and users
3: E-learning and e-assessment
4: Some big issues.
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LSC vision
By 2010, young people and adults in England will have knowledge and productive skills matching the best in the world.
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Percentage of the population aged 16-65 by document literacy level
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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4/5Source: IALS, 1995
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Participation
Participation in education & training within England by age
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
17-19 years 20-24 years 25-34 years 35-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 yearsAge
Population Estimates, 2000 Participation Rates, 1999
70
%
50% 47%
41%
30%
Source: Mid Year Population Estimates, ONS 2000
Participation in Education and Training by Age Groups: Sargant, (2000)
81%
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Adult achievement
Target: to raise achievement for adults
By 2004:
73% to Level 2 (2000: 69%) – up 1.2 million
52% at Level 3 (2000: 47%) – up 1.5 million
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Employer engagement
Target: To raise employer engagement in workforce development
Measure: an index of key indicators
Measured by:self-assessment and survey.
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Workforce Development – LSC and PIU
• Apr 01: LSC created
• Nov 01: Cabinet Office (PIU) report
• Apr 02: LSC Workforce Dev’t strategy (draft)
• Jul 02: LSC strategy & PIU final report – linked to new funding/ entitlements/ regulation /incentives?
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LSC workforce development strategy
• A radical approach to upskilling adults
• Creating a demand-led system:– Focus on employers – productivity and competitiveness– Focus on employees – jobs and progression
• Improving supply and building capacity
• Shared measures of progress.
Download from: http://www.lsc.gov.uk/documents_list.cfm?categoryId=3
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Funding adult learning
• Colleges/other FE - £2 billion• Work-based learning 19-24: £300 million• Adult and community - £200 million.
LSC spends £2.5b through block grant to providers:
But employers spend 10 times as much.
How could LSC spend its money differently to link the two better?
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E-skills for inclusion and productivity
1: National strategy for adult skills
2: E-skills for professionals and users
3: E-learning and e-assessment
4: Some big issues.
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E-skills for professionals and users
• Aims to align vendor and public qualifications• Works with real cases – assesses individual
competence and gaps• Aims to re-align
– qualifications– assessment– Funding
• Links to Microsoft Mouse/ OCR agreement.
LSC and E-Skills UK ICT qualifications project:
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E-skills for professionals and users
• Aiming for large increase in take-up• Firmly within new ICT qualifications
framework• Employer/ employability focus• Develop and disseminate learning materials
(BBC Webwise, learndirect, other)• Reduce costs, improve completion rates,
establish consistency and relevance.
Project to extend Level 2 user qualifications:
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E-skills for inclusion and productivity
1: National strategy for adult skills
2: E-skills for professionals and users
3: E-learning and e-assessment
4: Some big issues.
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E-learning and e-assessment
• National Learning Network (alongside JANET and NGfL)
• 300 hours of excellent learning materials eg– Communications (Level 1)– Management (Level 4)
• Support for employer e-networks eg automotive, finance, health
• Aligning vendor certificates with qualifications
LSC e-learning strategy to support formal and informal e-learning:
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E-learning and e-assessment
• “Paperfree” approaches• Trialing on- and off-line e-assessment• Contextualising basic and key skills testing• Testing within adult apprenticeships• Learning from vendor/ other experience.
E-assessment: NVQs and apprenticeships
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Employer demand
• Viewing training as a derived business need• Measuring / increasing bottom line benefits• Government incentives, loan finance• Company/community learning accounts• Rewarding employer engagement.
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Individual demand
• School 14-19 agenda• Entitlements• Information, advice and guidance• Government incentives – from loan to reward• Demonstrating rates of return• Rewarding achievement.
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E-skills for inclusion and productivity
1: National strategy for adult skills
2: E-skills for professionals and users
3: E-learning and e-assessment
4: Some big issues.
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Six big issues
• Who should pay for e-learning and e-assessment?• How to align qualifications?• Quality / consistency without stifling innovation?• Subsidies without deadweight• Strategic direction within a free market• Measuring and increasing employer engagement.