• To understand what e-learning is – and what it is not
• To demonstrate how to use e-learning to differentiate and raise levels of performance among individual and groups of learners
• To review qualifications and content that might be used with different college groups
• To demonstrate how colleges can use e-learning without ‘busting the budget’
• To demonstrate how staff can access e-learning to support their own development and that of their students
  

10.00 Demystifying e-learning

• E-learning within the government’s agenda for performance improvement
• Using e-learning with and differentiating it from other forms of learning
• Using e-learning to develop skills and knowledge in your students that will be relevant to the workplace
• Developing an effective platform for e-learning

11.15 Coffee

11.30 Demonstrating e-learning

• A review of e-qualifications and progress in e-assessment
• Linking learning materials to subject and personal needs
• Working through content - a practical demonstration
• Benefits and pitfalls of e-learning
• Evaluating the learning experience
  

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Developing a strategy for e-learning

• E-learning as part of blended learning to raise levels of performance and achievement
• Investment and resource requirements
• Quality issues
• Critical success factors

14.30 Getting staff started with e-learning

• Linking e-learning to staff development
• Developing ICT skills through e-learning
• The college at the heart of e-learning communities’

15.30 Next steps, summary and close