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The Planning and Implementation Cycle

The Ferl Practitioners’ ProgrammeTransforming Teaching and Learning with ILT

Q4.3


The Planning and Implementation CycleQ4.3

Micro level

to Macro level

and back again


Practitioner/individual

Department/faculty/school

Organisation

Region

The amount of detail and the format of the planning cycle will vary according to

where it sits on the micro/macro scale


From micro to macro and back again

Practitionerindividual

Practitioners, department/faculty/school

Organisation

Region

- an ILT activity or session (a lesson, simple content production, compiling a list of web sites, on-line facilitation for a cohort of learners)

- activity involving two or more practitioners, mini-project across one department(a needs analysis, staff development on using a VLE, basic content production for a curriculum area)

- cross-departmental activity, cross-organisation activity, medium to large sized project (roll-out of VLE/intranet, adding an large on-line element to an existing programme, more complex resource creation)

- regional activitylarge-scale project involving two or more institutions (implementing a common Learning Platform across organisations in a region, developing a common programme of learning)


Identify

PlanImplement

ReviewAnalyse

Disseminate


Identify and Analyse

Why carry out the activity? Do you need to research the issues further?Are you clear who your audience are?What are the teaching and learning outcomes of the activity?How does it fit in with your other activities: within your lesson plan, scheme of work, college strategy?

Practitioner(on an individual level)


Organisation

Region

Recommended model a discrete ILT activity;

a mini-project


PlanCan the outcomes of the activity be improved by the use of various technologies?If yes, which technologies would be appropriate?Can you arrange access to these technologies in relation to the activity?Who else needs to be involved?Have you time to prepare for the activity and carry it out?Is there a cost involved?



Organisation

Region


Implement

Do you now have the resources to carry out the activity (physical location, time, learning materials, equipment, software)?

Who else is involved in the supporting or delivery of the activity?

Do you have any back-up plans in case the technology fails?



Organisation

Region


Review and Disseminate

Did your activity meet its outcomes?What worked and didn’t work with regard to the activity?What worked and didn’t work with regard to the planning cycle?What improvements would you make if you carried out a similar activity in the future?What next?



Organisation

Region


Moving from micro to macro



Organisation

Region

Requires more planningRequires more detailRequires more structure

Recommended model a project


Identify and AnalyseWhy carry out the project? What is its major aim and purpose?Do you know who your audience are?What are the teaching and learning outcomes of the project?How does it fit in with other activities: within your scheme of work, the department’s objectives? the organisation’s objectives? regional objectives (if applicable)? Who needs to be involved in the planning?



Organisation

Region


Plan Who is responsible for managing or co-ordinating the project?

What are the roles and responsibilities required to achieve the project objectives?

Who else needs to be involved in the implementation?

What resources are required and affordable within project budget?

Who will write the project plan?



Organisation

Region


Plan What are the tasks and steps required to achieve the project outcomes?

What are the processes that need to be in place? communication pathways? budgets? payments? meetings schedule? sign off procedures? tracking? reporting? evaluation? marketing? dissemination?

Is the project big enough to require recognised methodologies? PRINCE?



Organisation

Region


Implement

What resources do you actually have available on the project?Are the planned steps and processes being carried out? How would you know?Have you any contingency plans in case the project falls behind schedule or projected resources fail to materialise?



Organisation

Region


Review and Disseminate

Did your project meet its intended outcomes?What worked and didn’t work with regard to the project?What worked and didn’t work with regard to the planning cycle?What improvements would you make if you carried out a similar project in the future?What next?



Organisation

Region


Conclusion - three levels of ILT activity

Small sized

activity; single ILT

event, mini-

project

A large sized

activity; large scale

project

Medium sized

activity; medium

scale project

Q4.3

The ultimate purpose of all IL

T-related

activities is to benefit the learner


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