Links and resources
Organisations supporting e-learning
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ALP (Association of Learning Providers)
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ALT (Association for Learning Technologies)
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Becta (British Education Communications Technologies Agency)
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CEL (Centre for Excellence in Leadership)
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DCSF (Department for Children, Schools and Families)
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DIUS (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills)
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e-skills UK
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IfL (Institute for Learning)
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JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee)
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JISC RSCs (Regional Support Centres)
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LLUK (Lifelong Learning UK)
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LSC (Learning and Skills Council)
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LSN (Learning and Skills Network)
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Netskills
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NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education)
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QIA (Quality Improvement Agency)
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TechDis
ALP (Association of Learning Providers)
(http://www.learningproviders.org/)
The Association of Learning Providers acts as the voice of independent learning providers
throughout the United Kingdom. The majority of its 400 members are private, not-for-profit
and voluntary sector training organisations. Membership is open to any provider committed
to quality work based learning (WBL) and it includes over 50 Further Education colleges
involved in WBL.
Work-based e-learning website (http://www.elearningproviders.org).
ALP hosts the Work-based e-learning website. This website supports those working in the
work-based learning sector wishing to make effective use of e-learning and ICT to increase
their business outcomes and improve the learner experience.
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ALT (Association for Learning Technology)
(http://www.alt.ac.uk/)
ALT is a professional and scholarly association that seeks to bring together all those with an
interest in the use of learning technology. ALT aims to facilitate collaboration between
practitioners, researchers, and policy makers, and to spread good practice in the use of
learning technology. Furthermore ALT contributes to the development of policy and supports
the professionalisation of learning technologies.
Becta (British Education Communications and Technologies Agency)
(http://www.becta.org.uk)
Becta is a UK agency which supports all four UK education departments in their strategic ICT
developments. The Becta website provides information, advice and dialogue relating to ICT
in education for the schools and FE sectors. From case studies and examples of good
practice to practical guidance on using ICT within the curriculum and for administration, the
Becta website keeps you up to date.
CEL (Centre for Excellence in Leadership)
(http://www.centreforexcellence.org.uk/)
CEL’s remit is to foster and support leadership improvement, reform and transformation
throughout the sector. CEL has developed the ConnecT and Realise programmes, which aim
to support the development of e-learning strategies.
DCSF (Department for Children, Schools and Families)
(http://www.dfes.gov.uk/)
The DCSF is responsible for improving the focus on all aspects of policy affecting children
and young people, as part of the Government’s aim to deliver educational excellence. It
focuses on the significant challenges of raising standards so that more children and young
people reach expected levels, lifting more children out of poverty and re-engaging disaffected
young people.
DIUS (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills)
(http://www.dius.gov.uk/)
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) brings together functions from
the former Department of Trade and Industry, including responsibilities for science and
innovation, with further and higher education and skills, previously part of the Department for
Education and Skills. It is the role of the department to raise participation and attainment by
young people and adults in post-16 education and learning, and to tackle the skills gap
amongst adults, particularly equipping people with basic literacy and numeracy.
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e-skills UK
(http://www.e-skills.com/)
E-skills UK's mission is to ensure the UK has the skills it needs to compete in the global
economy. E-skills UK brings together employers, educators and Government to address
together the technology-related skills issues no one party can solve on its own. It provides
advice, services and programmes that have a measurable impact on IT related skills
development in the UK.
IfL (Institute for Learning)
(http://www.ifl.ac.uk/)
The IfL is the professional body for teachers and trainers and student teachers in the learning
and skills sector. By supporting the professional needs of their members they strive to raise
the status of practitioners across the sector, including adult and community learning, further
education and work-based learning.
The IfL has been named by the government as the body which will award the ‘licence to
practise’ as Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) status to all new teachers entering
the sector from 2007 (see (http://www.successforall.gov.uk).
JISC (Joint Information Systems Council)
(http://www.jisc.ac.uk/)
JISC's activities support education and research by promoting innovation in new
technologies and by the central support of ICT services.
JISC RSCs (Regional Support Centres)
(http://www.jisc.ac.uk/rsc)
JISC RSCs (Regional Support Centres) exist to advise the learning providers of designated
sectors to realise their ambitions in deployment of Information and Communications
Technologies (ICT) to achieve their organisational mission. The network of JISC Regional
Support Centres operates as a national service responsive to local needs through a strong
sense of local ownership.
LLUK (Lifelong Learning UK)
(http://www.lluk.org.uk/)
Lifelong Learning UK is the Sector Skills Council responsible for the professional
development of all those working in community learning and development; further education;
higher education; libraries, archives and information services; and work-based learning.
(Since January 2005, LLUK has taken over the work of three former national training
organisations, FENTO, PAULO and isNTO, together with the NTO responsibilities of
HESDA.)
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LSC (Learning and Skills Council)
(http://www.lsc.gov.uk/)
The LSC is a non-departmental public body that began work in 2001, taking over the roles of
the former Further Education Funding Council and Training and Enterprise Councils.
They are responsible for planning and funding high quality education and training for
everyone in England other than those in universities. The LSC have a national office in
Coventry and nine regional offices overseeing the work of local partnership teams throughout
the county.
LSN (Learning and Skills Network)
(http://www.lsneducation.org.uk/)
The Learning and Skills Network (LSN) is an independent not-for-profit organisation
committed to making a difference to education and training. The LSN aims aim to do this by
delivering quality improvement and staff development programmes that support specific
government initiatives, through research, training and consultancy; and by supplying services
directly to schools, colleges and training organisations.
Netskills
(http://www.netskills.ac.uk)
Netskills is a training and staff development service with 14 dedicated and expert staff based
at Newcastle University. It was set up in 1995 and provides training across the UK. Netskills
is partly funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
NIACE (National Institute of Adult Continuing Education)
(http://www.niace.org.uk)
NIACE aims to represent the interests of adult learners, and of those who make provision for
them, at all levels and wherever adults learn. Its membership is drawn from all sectors of
post-compulsory education and training, and NIACE works within and across sectors.
QIA (Quality Improvement Agency)
(http://www.qia.org.uk)
The Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) has been set up to spark fresh enthusiasm for
innovation and excellence in the learning and skills sector. The QIA are leading the challenge
to those involved in teaching, learning and training to lift their performance and implement
the government's reforms for learning and skills.
E-Guides training programme 2007 - 2008
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Excellence Gateway
(http://excellence.qia.org.uk)
The QIA hosts the Excellence Gateway, the online service for post-16 learning and skills
providers and the new home for Learning and Skills Web and Excalibur. Here you will find
examples of good practice, self-improvement, suppliers of improvement services plus
materials to support teaching and learning
TechDis
(http://www.techdis.ac.uk)
TechDis is an educational advisory service, working across the UK, in the fields of
accessibility and inclusion. TechDis aims to enhance provision for disabled students.
TechDis is a JISC-funded service (Joint Information Systems Committee).
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