This is very good news all round, though we can't exactly hold our breath
'til 2010. If adopted, seems like common sense breaks out & could provide
"easier"access for publibs to engage/join in delivering LSC funded learning
opportunities.

Mind you, the cynic in me thinks that if by 2010 the schools/FE sectors
haven't already firmly grasped this in mainstream, "UK PLC" will already be
in for a very rough ride. So the question is, by 2010, what sorts of "who"
will be out there needing such an approach.

Maybe "they" will get round to realising that "information handling" is also
a key life skill and perhaps a candidate for being considered a basic
literacy component.

Mike

Mike Maguire
Group Librarian S & E Devon
Devon Library & Information Services
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Dawson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 02 August 2002 09:30
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      FW: AS Biss: New Report on learning with new technology
>
> Dear All
>
> A report from the taskforce on e-learning, headed by Steve Morrison, has
> stated that Information Technology should be designated a basic skill
> along with literacy and numeracy, with free computer courses for all.
> The report looked at how to make post-16 learning easier to access, more
> flexible and suited to the needs of individuals using new technologies.
>
> Education and Skills Secretary Estelle Morris welcomed the report's
> contribution to thinking on the future of post-16 education.
>
> The report includes the following recommendations:
>
> *       Information and Communication Technology (ICT) should be
> designated a basic skill by 2010 along with literacy and numeracy. This
> would give everyone access to free courses to improve their basic IT
> skills but focussing initially on 16-18 year olds in full or part-time
> study; those in Modern Apprenticeships; the unemployed and people in
> part-time work.
>
> *       The creation of 'College Online' - an expansion of Curriculum
> Online into the post- 16 sector. This would give teachers and tutors in
> the post-16 sector access to a bank of online learning resources to use
> with their students to help make learning more exciting.
>
> *       National Mentoring Programme with 5,000 additional e-learning
> mentors to support tutors online with a central database at
> www.mentornet.org.uk <http://www.mentornet.org.uk>
>
> *       Development of an online 'careers adviser' - Which Way? To give
> people easy access to advice on the most suitable learning for them
> right the way through to job opportunities.
>
> *       Improvements in work-based learning - small businesses should be
> supported and offered incentives to provide relevant occupational online
> learning. Investors in People UK should include access to e-learning
> opportunities as standard as part of its strategy to engage more small
> businesses.
>
>
> David Dawson
> Senior ICT Adviser
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