Are you a learning provider who wants to implement eLearning across your organisation? YES, then a number of toolkits and services exist that can be used to help benchmark you, and move your (ILT) strategy forward.

We at RSC Northwest, along with the 8 other English RSC, are running Generator workshops as part of the big Becta push to get learning proividers engaged in a self evaluation process.

The...

  • ACL sector has had the eLPS tool for a while now
  • WBL sector likewise the WeLPS tool; we also produced an emagazine to support these providers available at http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/acl/eMagArchive/RSCeMag2008/eLPS_Tool/index.html.
  • other sectors we supported, until the Becta Generator was developed, didn''t have such tools so the team produced separate Generic Tools to aid all our supported learning providers.

Kevin Brace, RSC West Midlands, in his Gabber Blog <http://kev-brace.blogspot.com/> flagged up two other tools that may also be of use to learning providers, when addressing eLearning and self evaulation; they are...

  • The NHS eLearning ToolKit at http://www.elearningreadiness.org/index.php
    This may be an appropriate tool for those engaged with NVQs that possibly lead to NHS employment; and
  • Nga Kiwai Ketev at http://www.nkk.org.nz/kete1.php, designed to be used in the context of face-to-face interaction and support.
    These online resources are structured within five kete, each providing a different perspective on enhancing e-learning capability:
    • Introducing e-Learning
    • Planning e-Learning
    • Designing e-Learning
    • Teaching online
    • Supporting e-Learners and Teachers