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1. Dr Chris Yapp
Chris_yapp@hotmail.co.uk

2. Margaret Mead
“We must educate our
children in what no one
knew yesterday, and
prepare our schools for
what no one knows yet.”
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3. What do we mean by IT?
From To
iT It
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4. IT is both..
 A cause of change
 Social, economic, political
 A means of effecting change
 New processes, virtual organisations, integrated supply
chains, work redesign..
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5. So which is it?
Learning
Learning
Technology Technology
VLEs A Vygotskian/Steiner/
Wikis Montessori/choose a guru/
Blogs Learning platform
Podcasts
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6. Sir Claus Moser
“Education is unique in public
expenditure in that it is
both the cause and
consequence of economic
progress”
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7. 3 Roles for IT
 Automation  Automate
 Information  Informate
 Transformation  Transformate
Example: Multiple Choice Questions

8. Automation
 Take paper-based forms and put them on a computer
 Randomise questions to reduce copying/cheating
 Computer marks for teacher

9. Informate
Student
Question Answer A Time B Time C Time Total Correct
1B B 37 A 75 C 47 1
2B D 66 B 55 B 39 2
3C E 71 C 44 E 55 1
4A B 64 E 98 B 28 0
5D D 41 C 55 C 54 1
6E E 40 E 42 E 37 3
7D B 65 D 55 D 42 2
8B B 37 B 63 B 44 3
9A D 77 D 75 D 36 0
10 C C 35 38 C 41 2
Total 5 533 5 600 5 423 15
Personalised Feedback to students about performance
Group feedback to teacher

10. Transformate
Student
portfolio
All
Assessme
nts
Database

11. MIT90s paradigm
External
People and
environment
Roles
The
Management
Strategy IT
Organisation
Processes
Organisation
Design
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12. MIT90s paradigm
External
environment
People and
Roles
Organisational
The
Management
Strategy Culture IT
Organisation
Processes
Organisation
Design
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13. 5 Levels of Transformation
Degree of
Transformation Scope Redefinition
Transformate
External Network Redesign
Internal Informate
Process Redesign Revolutionary
Evolutionary
Internal Integration
Automate
Source: MIT
Local exploitation
Extent of benefits
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14. So the Real Impact of IT is...
 Blurring boundaries...
 Changing Scale  Personalisation
 New roles
 Changing Scope  New Skills and
competencies
 Flexibility and Agility
 Integration...
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15. What does this mean for schools?
 IT cannot be justified on
pedagogical gains alone
 Schools and
communities
 Rethinking the Teaching
Professions
 Rethinking Curriculum
 Rethinking Assessment
 Rethinking Inspection
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16. The Vertically-integrated Organisation
CEO
Staff Ops
Customer
Finance Personnel
Service

17. Shamrock Organisation
Source: Charles Handy

18. Community Learning Networks
Office
Schools Libraries
NETWORK Home
And
Colleges
Schools
Community
As the hubs
And
Of Colleges
Connected
Learning
CommunitiesCultural Leisure
centres Centres
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19. Let me tell you a story....
First day at school...
Parental learning contract

20. Purposes of Education
 Personal Growth
 Social Cohesion
 Economic Performance
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21. A Virtuous Circle
Economic
Performance
Personal
Growth
Social
Cohesion
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22. Toffler’s Third Wave
Size of
Information
Economy
KNOWLEDGE
Industry
Agriculture CAPITAL
LAND Time
1970
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23. The Changing Pattern of Education
Traditional Phases
Education Training Work Retirement
Lifelong Learning
Education
Training
Work
Retirement
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24. Our Choice as a Society
 Ask what kind of society technology progress will
create
Policy-technocrat approach
And/Or
 What kind of society do we want to create utilising
technological progress
Think Tank approach
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25. A hypothesis?
 Learning always has been and always will be a
personalised experience
 It is the organisation of education that has been
impersonal
 The impediment has been economic scaleability
 Technology is making personalisation achievable
at scale
The art and craft of the
teacher has been to
balance the needs of the
learner and the system

26. IT and Globalisation
 Minimum skill set for a living wage rising
 Demand for low-skilled workers falling
 Rate of change of skill needs increasing
 State budgets under pressure
Increased demands for creativity, innovation, design and
personal/inter-personal skills
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27. The Inherent Tension
Transmitting the best from generation to generation
Vs
Preparing for the Future
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28. Vision and Values for the Systems
of Learning
 Filling the empty mind
And/or
 Lighting a fire

29. Learning on Demand
 Personalised, mass-customisation
 User-driven quality
 Teamwork-oriented teaching and learning
 Exams and Qualifications?
 Administration built-in not bolted-on to teaching
and learning processes

30. Raymond Williams
Education for..
 Understanding
 Adapting to change
 Authorship of change

31. Schools beyond Level 2…
 Artist in non residence
 CPD in staff room linked to HE
 SAELN
 E-twinning
 E-homework/support
 Automated MCQs
 E-Portfolios
 SMS reminders
…
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32. Understanding Processes
Activity
Administration
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33. (Over) Simple Example
Prepare Deliver Test
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34. Key lessons
 All stakeholders have associated processes
 All processes have administrative component
 Schools primary purpose is Teaching and Learning
 BUT>>>Parents, Governors, Govt, LA, Community,
Employers
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35. How efficient/effective are
schools?
 Time Budgets
 Per pupil costs –
phone, printing, postage,management,…
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36. So, my challenge..
 How would teachers/schools describe the processes?
 Level 3 and 4 schools?
 “Shamrock” schools
 Maximising resources to prime purposes
 Schools as Action Learning Hubs
 Which metrics to focus on?
 Ruthless automation of admin
 Focus on time budget
 Beyond school boundaries
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37. School Governance
Head of School
Head of
Head of
Teaching Head of Head of
Staff
and Assessment Resources
Development
Learning
Head of
Community

38. For Schools to be Learning
Organisations…
 Teacher as lifelong learner
 Teaching roles increasingly diverse
 Learning as a social experience
 Teaching as a research-based profession
 Teaching and Learning team based
 Rich assessment systems for teachers and learners
 Personalised curriculum for teachers and learners
 Focus on social inclusion
 Globalisation/ localisation of learning

39. Thank You!
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