Come the Revolution…
It’s been a while since my last blog post and since then we’ve had a revolution!
I’m talking, of course, about “The Learning Revolution” white paper from DIUS on Informal Learning. Most of you will have read it and formed your own opinions on it, so this isn’t the place for me to pass comment on the paper itself. However, this is the place for me to examine how this affects your future plans, with particular reference to technology.
The paper has been widely publicised in terms of joined up working between the Thrid Sector and Local Authorities and the £20million “Learning Transformation Fund”. A good example is John Denham MP’s piece in MJ about the paper.
What’s been less well circulated is the use of innovation and technology in the paper. There’s a whole chapter on it and there are constant references to “finding new ways” of teaching and learning. What’s more, there are grants of £100,000 available to drive this change, with even more of offer for exceptionally innovative projects.
There is a definite government agenda here, and technology is clearly in it. But what for the traditional ACL projects – is there anything there for them?
A friend of mine remarked that this would be an excellent opportunity for local authorities to demonstrate their ability to work as a cohesive and inter-agency organisation – and the bid can fund them to do so.
I’m working closeley with DIUS at the moment to get the latest information and, for providers in the Yorkshire & Humber area, there is a webinar coming up, the results of which I’ll blog here. But in the meantime, ensure you read the paper, the bid paper and, when thinking of innovative projects, think outside the box. Sir Ken Robinson’s TED TALK on innovation and creativity in leanring may be an inspiration for it.
Happy bidding!
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