Leadership in ICT and parental involvement

04 October 2007 to 05 October 2007
Birmingham, UK

Peer Learning Cluster or other group

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Background

The sixth PLA in the Cluster on ICT was hosted by BECTA (UK) around the theme ‘Leadership in ICT and Parental involvement’. 

 

The purpose of the PLA was to:

 

  • Learn from the UK strategies and from other PLA countries how to achieve leadership in  education and parental involvement through ICT
  • Exchange experiences in order to promote change, improvements, and progress.
  • Discuss and develop amongst peers five key challenges for promoting leadership in ICT and parental guidance.
  • Discuss the future of the PLA and how best to ensure that the PLA format and the chosen topics are useful to the member, and that the PLA's result in concrete policy impact and follow-up activities once home
  • Suggestions for topics for the next PLA and the cluster group.

Description

Key lessons from the PLA

 

The PLA fulfilled the objectives of being stocktaking, exchange and learning exercise.

The discussion focused in particular on the policy impact of the PLA activities.

 

Main themes to direct future PLAs:

 

  • Evidence leading to concrete messages to the policy makers. Use input from relevant large studies and reports into large scale evidence and impact and formulate clear, concrete guidelines for the policy shapers and makers;
  • Reaching out and including at-risks groups taking into account the developments in social networking;  
  • Forward thinking on the role of ICT to enable innovation for future generations.

Action points:

  • Continue discussion on the future - How would we like to take as a step forward?
  • Compendium of Good practice: each member was asked to provide updated information for the future Compendium of good practice in e-learning.

For further reading, see:
Knowledge System for Lifelong Learning