Why do we need it? Implementing Broadband Linda Tomos Chair, BBC Education Broadcasting Council for Wales.

Why do we need it?Implementing Broadband

Linda TomosChair, BBC Education

Broadcasting Council for Wales

The Legacy

Changing times..

People needed to be pro-active to improve their knowledge base and skill level

Learning perceived to be mainly restricted to institutional regimes

Computer technology largely a scientific number crunching concern

Librarians ‘control’ access to information through proprietary systems

New Challenges..

Access to technology increasingly important to fully engage in daily lifePeople empowered by the Web (although not always to the desired effect)Lifelong learning becoming embedded into every day lifeInformation literacy an essential skill

Meeting the Challenges

Establishing the strategy – Cymru Ar LeinCapturing the needs of usersIdentifying the stakeholdersCreating the infrastructureDeveloping the partnershipsSupporting the players to develop and sustain services

Identifying Needs

Why broadband?

High quality learning services

Interactive e-government transactional services

Community regeneration and capacity building

Driving the Demand

Strategic approach facilitating effective use of the broadband lifelong learning networkBreaking down barriers to creating interoperable services providing seamless access to usersEngaging users through innovative, interesting and relevant servicesRe-engineering organisational partnerships to support e-users

National Grid for Learning

Portal for lifelong long learning initially focused on the needs of schools

Developing high quality bilingual content

Supporting the take up of technology by teachers and mentors

Encouraging the use of interoperable systems and standards

Disseminating best practice on e-learning

Rhwydwaith y BoblPeople’s Network

£6.5m NOF lottery fundingFrom 200 (1999) to 2000 (2003) free Internet access computers in Welsh public libraries connected at least 2MB Oxford Reference Online available to all library members in Wales at home, school and the workplaceAll Welsh public librarians to receive ICT training by March 2004

Culturenet Cymru

Agency to encourage the innovative use of ICT by the cultural sector based on Kulturnet DanmarkCommission new contentDevelop existing content (Gathering the Jewels, Cymryd Rhan)Provide training, support and capacity building for organisations

International Women February 2003

“I find television very

educational. The minute

somebody turns it on, I go to

the library and take out a

good book”…Groucho Marx

BBC Cymru Wales

Digital storytelling

Encouraging a sense of place and community

Helping to learn about technology without the baggage (learn by stealth)

Developing Learning Journeys

Careers Wales Online

Virtual information, advice and guidance environmentEncouraging everyone to reflect on their progression needs Engaging users through interactive games, free storage space for CV. EtcFocal point for employers and potential employees

Linc y Gogledd

Partnership between lifelong learning institutions in North Wales

Access to e-learning services, resources through the Web

Users can be supported via local public libraries

Widening participation in learning

What’s the Potential?

We succeed in widening opportunities for all in WalesWe enable Welsh public services to work more effectively and achieve moreWe make people more ambitious in their expectationsWe encourage people to embrace technology because it gives them tangible benefits

Linda Tomos

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