AmplifyFE Insights - key findings
Focus: Commercial innovation
Focus: FE and Skills innovation
Focus: FE & VocTech practitioners
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Emma Procter-Legg, Project Manager
Lynne Taylerson, Lead Researcher
The story so far…
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#AmplifyFE research focus
How can learning technology and digital tools can be designed and deployed to support vocational learners most impacted by the ‘digital divide’.
What key advice can we give to those beginning or continuing an innovation journey in VocTech?
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Key insights viewed through 3 lenses
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Our work building to this point
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Our key expert sources
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Contributors to this work
Key Insights findings were corroborated by our sector consultation
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Sector consultations at diverse events corroborate our Insights findings.
Insights research findings have been shared and consultations on them undertaken at:
Perspectives from delegates at Learning and Skills Research Network (LSRN) Annual Conference, April 2023, on barriers for vocational learners acquiring technology skills
Perspectives from delegates at The Blended Learning Consortium Annual Conference, July 2023, on barriers for vocational learners acquiring technology skills
Perspectives from delegates at The ALT Annual Conference, September 2023, on barriers for vocational learners acquiring technology skills
Perspectives from delegates at The British Educational Research Association Annual Conference, September 2023, on barriers for vocational learners acquiring technology skills
As well as corroborating the key pivotal factors for successful digital skills building from the Insights research, conference delegates expanded on the ‘digital access’ pivotal factor, considering the impacts of family size and situation, regarding:
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Conference delegates also considered what we might call ‘resilience factors’ as having significant impact on digital skills acquisition, beyond simple confidence, and these included:�
Consultations with conference delegates also allowed us to take a ‘deeper dive’ to establish the significance of impacts on learning of these 5 of the pivotal factors.
Delegates were also asked whether they thought the impacts of these 5 factors on learning had decreased, increased or remained the same over the past year in their practice.���
This analysis reveals that all 5 pivotal factors identified in the Insights research were considered to have a reasonably high or very high impact on students’ learning by delegates (at least 3 on an impact scale of 0-5)
The analysis of whether the impacts of the 5 factors have decreased, remained stable or become less pronounced reveals a more optimistic view. �With the exception of ‘time to develop skills’ delegates considered that all factors were lessening in impact on learning this year.
Voices from our sector consultations on best practice for VocTech learning design and deployment corroborate Insights findings�
How is AmplifyFE
accelerating VocTech innovation?
Key findings for commercial design teams
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How AmplifyFE has collaborated with and helped commercial and third sector-based learning design project teams
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Regular expert webinars and podcasts featuring commercial entities and third sector organisations engaging in VocTech innovation showcasing their new designs, eliciting feedback, making contact with key end users
Disseminating expert voices on VocTech design: new best practice case studies from commercial and third sector innovation teams - including use of emerging technologies such as GPT AI
Analysing findings to produce excellent practice overarching findings from commercial and third sector-based innovation teams
Key findings for FE and Skills innovation projects
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How AmplifyFE has collaborated with and helped FE and Skills sector-based innovation projects
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Regular podcasts and webinars featuring successful VocTech innovations from FE and and Skills and Vocational HE providers and practitioners showcasing their expertise and promoting their work to the sector
Disseminating expert voices on VocTech design: new best practice case studies from the sector - including Voctech innovations from vocational professional bodies
Analysing findings to produce excellent practice overarching findings from sector-based innovation teams
Key findings for FE and skills practitioners deploying VocTech with and for learners
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How AmplifyFE has collaborated with and helped FE and skills practitioners in social media spaces
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#AmplifyFE Twitter (X), LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Threads presences post regular updates on sector news and events and amplify practitioners’ voices
#AmplifyFE Twitter (X), LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Threads presences with regular updates on sector news and events
Regular Twitterchats including #AmplifyFE #ukfechat takeovers:�engaging with FE practitioners on digital pedagogy and VocTech in their preferred dialogue spaces
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