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Responding in Testing Times | RSC London | 26th February 2010

Going Further with Higher Education

The view from Kingston CollegeAndrew Williams, Director of ILT Support and Development,

Kingston College

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Kingston CollegeA General Further Education Provider

Business Business andand

ProfessionProfessional Studiesal Studies

Design Design StudiesStudies

Engineering Engineering and Scienceand Science

General General EducationEducation

Sports and LeisureSports and Leisure

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Higher education at Kingston College• 1800 learners

– Nearly 20% all enrolments

• 6 partner HEIs– KU franchise biggest volume

• Curriculum diversity– HNC/Ds; FDs; FYs; BA/BSc

• Benefits– Quality HE experience– Professional development– Learning culture of the

College– Financial health

Top 10 HE Programmes:

1. Extended Degree in Science – Foundation Year

2. BA (Hons) Business Management

3. Extended Degree In Technology – Foundation Year

4. Extended Degree In Computing and Maths – Foundation Year

5. BA in Music Technology 6. BA (Hons) Drama – Acting for

Stage and Media 7. Diploma in Teaching in the

Lifelong Learning Sector8. Foundation Degree Sport and

Exercise Science (FdSc)9. Foundation Degree in Early

Years (FdA)10. Higher National Diploma in

Business and Finance

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Higher Education Strategy

• HEFCE requirement for

all FE providers• January 2010

• Underpinning aims• Widening participation• Progression• Vocational and

professional skills• Distinctive

expertise and success• Diversify income

streams

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Challenges

Staff Students

Soft

Hard

Technologyintegration

Culturetransformation

Flexiblelearning

resources

Personalisedlearning

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Pedagogy Technology

Values

Personalisation under pressure

To consider....

1. What approaches to learning and teaching will to we need to employ so learners are equipped to thrive in a complex and challenging climate?

2. How can technology promote efficient and effective personalised learning?

3. What are the key underpinning values that we need to hold on to during uncertain times?

To consider....

1. What approaches to learning and teaching will to we need to employ so learners are equipped to thrive in a complex and challenging climate?

2. How can technology promote efficient and effective personalised learning?

3. What are the key underpinning values that we need to hold on to during uncertain times?

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Translation into Learning and Teaching strategy

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However...

too often it’s like this...

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What goes wrong?

• Failure to engage stakeholders... but at the same time to be bold and

ambitious• Failure to assign priorities... but also to build in flexibility• Failure to translate vision into targets... and to build in monitoring actions

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Kingston College’s HE Learning and Teaching Strategy

Key principles

1. Versatile, autonomous learners

2. High self-esteem3. Innovation, flexibility,

creativity4. Vocationally-relevant5. Face-to-face contact6. Learner voice7. Harness new technologies8. Flexible curriculum

delivery methods9. Personal planning and

review10.Clear brand identity11.Targeted professional

development12.Strong partnerships

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Outcomes

Activ

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Week

SessionTe

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Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson n

Week 1

Week 2

Week n

The curriculum cube

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Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson n

Week 1

Week 2

Week n

The curriculum cube

Scheme of work

Lesson plans

Coursehand-book

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Modes of delivery

Traditional directed study

Face to face sessions

Structured online activity

Blended learning models

Approaches to blended learning from the JISC-funded KUBE Project (Kingston Uplift for Business) at Kingston College.

Model 1: Online preparation

Model 2: Post-lecture

summaries

Model 3: Complete weekly learning unit

Model 4: Free-standingonline toolkit

Model 5: Online collaborative assessment

Model 6: Scheduled online episodes

Model 7: Self-access resources

To consider....

1. How can blended learning enable HE in FE to survive in the new economic climate?

2. How can the twin aims of efficiency and effectiveness be held together?

3. What strategies practical steps can be taken in order to successfully introduce blended curriculum delivery strategies?

To consider....

1. How can blended learning enable HE in FE to survive in the new economic climate?

2. How can the twin aims of efficiency and effectiveness be held together?

3. What strategies practical steps can be taken in order to successfully introduce blended curriculum delivery strategies?