Technology4Learning

My current role as Learning Technologies Coordinator, is a non-teaching role and I am charged with assisting Staff with integration of technology into previously traditional classroom structures. This is my second term in this role.

I have contact with all Staff who ask for assistance.  My specific responsibilities, this year, also involve demonstrating the capabilities of Microsoft SharePoint Portal and it’s associated Scholaris Learning Management System.

Also, I have recommended and the College has purchased some new software to enhance the use of Tablet PCs. 

With this context in mind I have decided on a “grass roots” approach to the learning contract, in that my observations to date indicate a widespread reluctance to accept change and we are not making full use of the technology that is available. So I am going to start from basic principles and attempt to discover what the learning culture of the College is, what methodology has become ritualised into daily life, and to demonstrate that technology can facilitate current practice, rather than necessarily replace it. My four immediate learning goals therefore are; 

1.       To learn how to identify and analyse current pedagogy.

2.     To investigate how technology is currently employed.

3.     To design learning guides and implement Staff workshops.

4.     To improve communication about the issues involved by developing an Staff ICT Blog and or wiki