The Lewisham College 'Making the New Diploma a Success' Project is a JISC funded Curriculum Delivery Project run under the Transforming Curriculum Design and Delivery Through Technology Programme.
This project addressed a key national challenge – the introduction of the new Diploma qualification for 14-19 year olds. In September 2008, Lewisham College started delivering the Higher Diploma in IT, which was augmented with the Advanced Diploma from September 2009.
We introduced a Diploma in IT Portal that brings together a wide range of existing college systems, as well as offering new functionality to provide Diploma stakeholders with a ‘one stop shop’ for all aspects of the course.
Through the Portal we have been able to gather evidence of the impact of the use of technology in teaching and learning to increase retention, achievement, success and progression rates.
By introducing open source approaches the college has achieved yearly savings of over £50,000 in annual licenses (see Cost Benefit Analysis), this has allowed us to build additional functionalities and respond to student needs at a faster rate than we previously could through proprietary systems. We have also seen a reduction of staff time in Campus office issuing students with timetables and EMA reports. Teachers and support staff can now monitoring and track student progress more effectively and Schools and parents can also benefit from timely information on progress and achievement.
We have consistently shared our knowledge and expertise with a range of FE, HE and Work base Learning providers across the sector through various dissemination events including the ‘Vision for the Learner Portal’ to full implementation. As a result of this, we have acted as advisors to providers supporting them with similar projects. We have also made available a range of interactive learning materials, ‘How to guides’ and support documents through our Moodle Help courses.
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