Thanks to Roger for his comprehensive response which sets the scene .

 

To be as brief as possible:

 

The Procurement Framework aims to be a list of approved SUPPLIERS who can provide a complete service built to the school/LA statement of requirement.

 

It can’t be a list of approved products as no one product fulfills the Functional Requirements, (the aim of the functional requirement at another level is to promote interoperability by seperating the functional requirement from the tech specs.)

 

What Becta would say is that any school/LA’s should reflect on what they currently do, and plan what they want to do, using tools like the Learning Platform functionality Matrix:

http://matrix.becta.org.uk/GMATRIX_998079_67683388/1163410508335/rebrand/matrix/index.cfm?matrix=136&forcenew=yes

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rather than looking at what products and technology will let them do , and having to adapt their way of working and teaching.

 

I’m on the periphery of the main project, and am contributing to a sub project looking at successful implementation, I don’t know all the answers but as one of the VLE list admins felt I should try and put the Becta view forward. Happy to chat on phone if it helps.

 

Rob

 

 

 

 

Rob, can you clarify what you mean by “the Procurement Framework is about approving suppliers NOT Products”.  As I understood it, both from the person from BECTA I spoke to at an RBC meeting in July, and from two VLE suppliers who I have been talking to, it is the product that you are approving.  If you are not helping us at school to identify ‘best product’ then what is the framework for?

 

Jo Bannon

Online Community Coordinator

 

Paul

I believe there is a commitment to ensure suppliers on Framework will know with time to prepare for BETT, if that helps.

 

More importantly it has to be remembered that the Procurement Framework is about approving suppliers NOT Products.

The components of any Learning Platform Procurement exercise will be determined in discussions between schools/LA’s and suppliers to meet the school/LA’s Statement of Requirements.

 

Rob

 

 

 

Does anybody know where I can find details of BECTA’s current standing on Learning Platforms and which VLE’s have passed their “Functionality Matrix”

 

Regards,

 

Paul Williams.

Richmond School,

NorthYorkshire.