These awards reward all types of learning provider in the FE and Skills sector and seek to identify those across the whole system who are fully confident in the use of technology.

The 2010 awards are now open for entries.

There are seven sector awards, covering the different FE and Skills sub-sectors, which organisations can enter. There is also the Furthering My Learning Award, where learners nominate their learning provider.

Full details on the Becta website

Timeline for 2010 awards

Entry period opens: 9 September 2009
Entry period ends: 19 October 2009
Shortlisted organisations visited by judges: November and early December 2009
Winners and runners-up decided: December 2009
Announcement of winners and awards ceremony: 8 March 2010

The RSC London welcomes the launch of Generator, a tool created by Becta in conjunction with its partners and learning providers across the FE and skills sector, to review the deployment of technology.

Building on our experience of:

• delivering progress reviews in the region

• growing support to senior management

• understanding the broad challenges facing learning providers in the region

your Regional Support Centre is well placed to continue to offer your organisation the guidance and support that will ensure you get the most out of Generator.

For more information simply get in touch:

admin@rsc-london.ac.uk

Leading Innovation: Embracing Technology
20 October 2009
Aston University, Birmingham

Becta and LSIS are hosting a one-day conference on 20 October for leaders and managers who are keen to learn more about how technology can benefit their organisation and its learners. Through this conference, senior managers from across the Further Education and Skills system can learn about the benefits of implementing a technology strategy, hear more about the tools and programmes available to support the development of their ILT strategy, and share their views on the future of technology in FE and Skills.

This conference is free to attend.

To find out more and register your place, please see the attached brochure.

LSIS and Becta e-Leadership Conference (PDF)

The May edition of TechNews contains analysis pieces and selected news stories published on the emerging technologies website  in April and May.  Topics in this edition include Live Streaming and Open ID.
http://emergingtechnologies.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=etn&rid=14189

There is also an archive of earlier analysis pieces organised by title and subject area:

http://emergingtechnologies.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=etn&rid=14130

Generator-Technology Improvement Leadership Tool

Generator, the technology improvement leadership tool for FE and Skills has been launched by Becta. This new online tool is available to all colleges and learning providers in the FE and Skills sector.

Generator enables you to review your deployment of technology – across the whole organisation – for the benefit of learners, employers and management.

http://excellence.qia.org.uk/190947

Generator website

Becta announce the launch of a new Emerging technology area on the Becta website.

At http://www.becta.org.uk/emergingtechnologies you will find:

· articles from the Emerging Technologies for Learning series (with a new article published each month)

· TechNews – with  new content  each week

· key technology trends

· technology research from Becta and elsewhere

· discussion forums

· information on events related to emerging technologies.

The area offers new ways of accessing TechNews including RSS feeds and the ability to compile a PDF document from selected articles.

Becta is running a series of regionally based focus groups offering providers the opportunity to see, try and test out the e-maturity framework prior to its launch in March 2009.

Generator, the technology improvement leadership tool for FE & Skills has been in development throughout 2008. Following extensive consultation across the whole sector, this common framework offers providers a strategic tool which enables them to assess where they are regarding their strategic deployment of technology for the benefit of learners and the organisation.

Providers in London are being offered this one off opportunity to find out more about, and use, Generator on Tuesday 10 February.

You will be able to go through an assessment of your organisation and identify where the application of technology would make a real difference to your learners.

In addition you will be asked to offer your feedback on Generator as part of the on-going consultation with providers.

This is a unique opportunity to be really hands on and test drive Generator before its launch in March

Register your place at www.becta.org.uk/events