The Learning Platform Network is an ambitious initiative to connect and support schools in their use of learning platforms.

Schools improve when they effectively use their learning platform to support leadership, innovative and appropriate teaching and learning, assessment, data management and communication with all members of the learning community.

The Becta Learning Platform Model was developed by a national group who represent schools, LAs and RBCs and the members are Sally Elding – Cambridgeshire Senior Adviser for ICT (Primary), Stephen Schwartz – Croydon ICT Strategy Manager Department for Children, Young People and Learners, Ian Usher – Buckinghamshire eLearning Co-ordinator, School Improvement Service, Alex Rees – Redbridge School Improvement Adviser, Dennis Wyatt – Dudley DGFL Portal Project Manager, Robin Sutton – Peterborough Senior Adviser 21st Century Development Manager, Alexander Findlay – Stockport VLE Development Consultant, Simon Finch – Northern Grid for learning e-learning officer and Dave Whyley – Wolverhampton Headteacher Consultant Learning Technologies,

In addition to the interactive PDF there is also a range of audio, video and text resources and provide further evidence and case studies of school's implementation of their learning platform to support transformational teaching and learning.

Northern Grid is a founder member of the Learning Platform Network, and will support and nurture a regional learning platform network which will integrate with the wider national and international learning platform networks. It is here on the Northern Grid website that teachers and local authorities will share their experiences and challenges for the wider benefit of the regional and national learning community.

The LPN is platform agnostic and materials and support offered will be appropriate for all schools, irrespective of the commercial or home-grown services they use.

Add Yourself to the LPN Map

This map will be useful for all schools and teachers who want to share ideas and experiences with others accross the UK and beyond.

Feel free to add your own location to the map so that others may benefit. You will need to be signed in to a Google Account to add your own location.

View The Learning Platform Network in a larger map

Resources

Research

Institute of Education - School use of learning platforms and associated technologies
Case Study: Primary School 1	Case Study: Secondary School 1
Case Study: Primary School 2	Case Study: Secondary School 2
Case Study: Primary School 3	Case Study: Secondary School 3
Case Study: Primary School 4	Case Study: Secondary School 4 ;
Case Study: Primary School 5	Case Study: Secondary School 5
Case Study: Primary School 6	Case Study: Secondary School 6

Issues - Videos

How do I get started?	What about staff training?
Doesn't it increase staff workload?	What are the main benefits?
How do you afford it?	What challenges might I face?
What about children who don't have home access?	Why should I bother to develop the learning platform?
What about e-safety?

Themes - Videos

Assessment	Personalisation
Collaboration	Pupil Voice
Communication	Transformation
Engaging Parents	Transition
Organisation and Development

Publications

Exploiting ICT to improve parental engagement, moving towards online reporting	Parents as Partners in Learning
Extended Learning Opportunities	Schools and Parents - A New Partnership
"I'm Stuck Can You Help Me?" - A report into parents' involvement in school work at home	Supporting Your Child's Learning

New Resources

20 December 2010

From North Tyneside LA

Shaping Learner Landscapes is a project set up by North Tyneside School Improvement Service to allow schools to explore enquiry based learning over an extended period of time supported by ICT.

Was Evacuation Successful?

From London Grid for Learning

The school Couldn't Run without the MLE

A video recording of the of visionary Headteacher Mark Ducker at Gonville Primary school in Croydon has been made into an LGfL film showing how through strong and clear Leadership Gonville primary school has been transformed by the London MLE.

(A note on copyright and appropriate use of the Becta resources. These materials have been provided on a non-exclusive basis under the new Open Government License and the UK Government Licensing Framework to enable and encourage the free use of government information covered by Crown copyright and database rights. All existing Becta copyright statements are superseded by this provision.)

For further information see:

http://reference.data.gov.uk/id/open-government-licence.

The one exception is any photography or video contained in the material, whilst this can be reproduced in its existing format and for the purpose for which it was designed, it cannot be repurposed in any format or medium.

If you publish/make available any Becta documents you must ensure you include the Open Government Licence attribution with the Becta exception on photography. Details on the attribution are here.)

Questions & Queries?

email Simon Finch at simon.finch@northerngrid.org or on Twitter at @simfin

The Learning Platform Network is on Twitter at @the_lpn

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