Spotlight on…. Birmingham Metropolitan College September 17, 2009
Posted by Jacquie Kelly in : Collaborative Tools, Trials, BCE , 3commentsMidland Health Academy (Led by Birmingham Metropolitan College)
The project reported that the development stage had been completed and that all the Midland Health Academy partners had agreed to be involved in the project.
It was decided that Moodle would be used and training has been arranged for all the partners involved. Elluminate has also been chosen as the collaborative tool for the project. There were some problems relating to licences and support so Birmingham Metropolitan College are now making the most of the JISC Advance (what we used to call JISC Services) licence that JISC Netskills manage.
Project partner meetings have also been held and the priorities agreed. Stage 1 consists of online meetings and blogs. Stage 2 involves collaboration and discussion through forums and shared folders, with Stage 3 focussing on workforce development and knowledge exchange. In Stage 4 the project will look at product development, possible CPD modules and other courses developed to meet workforce development needs.
Looking further ahead the project hopes to complete the curriculum mapping of all courses and training offered by the partners, as well as starting to define the progression pathways for NHS staff training and development. The project also hopes to share workforce development plans for the Heart of Birmingham tPCT and build on the successes already achieved.
OK - hopefully you will have noticed that the change in name! Sutton Coldfield and Matthew Boulton College have merged.
