SSC Thought Provokers Skills Academies Initial thoughts on online components Questions to consider

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SSC Thought Provokers - Skills Academies Initial
thoughts on online componentsQuestions to
consider

• The following simple model was created as an
  example of how technologies might support an
  academy. It was put together following
  discussions with a number of SSCs who were
  looking to include a virtual component to their
  Skills Academy proposals.
• NB- Please see notes to slide for a description.
• The second slide lists a number of key questions
  that SSCs have been asking around the Skills
  Academy opportunity. The work based e-learning
  project is investigating how some organisations
  have addressed these questions and will release
  the responses in a series of case studies to
  support SSCs.
• We welcome your thoughts on either the model or
  the questions are they useful or not? What
  other information are you interested in? If you
  want to discuss this further, please contact me
  at
• Laura.Overton_at_e-skills.com

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Example academy components
Employer 1 stop shop to info and resources,
Brokerage, defining need
Business support services
Skills Diagnostics
Skills Delivery
Assessment Accreditation
National standards of excellence Employer defined
frameworks standards
Learning Providers Regionally delivered endorsed
learning, affiliation membership, sharing best
practice,
Virtual Environment , delivery, collaboration
communities of practice, content repository,
market place, facilitate governance
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Key Questions for related academy case studies

• These seem to be the burning academy related
  questions across the network that the WBEL
  project will investigate in a series of case
  studies to support the network
• Who are the stakeholders in this programme? What
  were the engagement strategies for each group?
• What research was done to ensure that programme
  was led by and met employers business needs?
• What competitive research was done to identify
  similar offerings in the market?
• Is the focus on skills development or
  qualification and what is the decision based on?
• How does your programme facilitate delivery?
• Does your programme provide a form of brokerage?
  How does this model work?
• What partners were involved ( eg sponsors,
  development partners, delivery partners etc) ?
  How did you decide to work with partners why?
• What unique value proposition did the SSC provide
  to this process?
• What governance arrangements did you consider and
  finally select? Was technology used to support
  governance?
• Where did technology enhance the programme? eg
  portal interface, skills tools , business tools,
  skills delivery, co-ordination of classroom
  delivery, facilitating communication, governance,
  central repository etc
• What sort of investment was needed up front, both
  from employers and the SSC?
• What overhead is involved, resources, technology,
  facilities?
• How did employers contribute? Financially, in
  kind?
• How does your model  become sustainable?
• What other lessons did you learn that you feel
  would be valuable to pass on?