Learning Platform
Learning platform allow pupils and teachers to access information and resources within the school or remotely. Learning Platform offers so much than just a communication channel, but also includes online storage and tools for communication and management not just within school, but from outside it too.
The Government’s e-strategy sets the expectation that:
• by spring 2008 every pupil should have access to a personalised online learning space with the potential to support an e-portfolio (provided by their local authority)
• by 2010 every school should have integrated learning and management systems (a comprehensive suite of learning platform technologies).
Learning platforms can vary considerably, but each should provide a range of ICT-based functions:
• Content management – enabling teaching staff to create, store and repurpose resources and coursework which can be accessed online
• Curriculum mapping and planning – providing tools and storage to support assessment for learning, personalisation, lesson planning etc.
• Learner engagement and administration – enabling access to pupil information, attendance, timetabling, e-portfolios and management information
• Tools and services – providing communication tools such as email, messaging, discussion forums and blogs.
A learning platform is therefore not a single ‘off the shelf’ product but a collection of tools that are designed to support teaching, learning, management and administration.
Below, Saint Georges Primary School, Worcester took part in a Learning Platform Visioning Day. Video has been implemented onto Vimeo. Click below:
St George’s Visioning Day from Drew Crow on Vimeo.
