A learning platform is a combination of ICT tools and applications that support teaching and learning that can be accessed from the Internet. Think of a large jigsaw of tools and applications that together make a complete e-learning system.
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The Government expects all pupils to have access to a ‘Personalised Online Learning Space’ by August 2008. (DfES Learning Platform Guidance for Schools). The Kent Learning Zone provides a a comprehensive suite of learning platform technologies.
Kent's solution to address these targets is the Kent Learning Zone (KLZ), a Children, Families and Education Directorate (CFE) project being delivered by EIS and funded through the Strategic Technologies Standards Fund Grant.
The KLZ is a web based ‘Communication and Collaboration’ platform that combines familiar Microsoft products, such as Outlook email, Live Communications etc, with the latest Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 technology to create a county wide infrastructure that allows schools to plug in the products that are right for them. This includes virtual learning environments (VLE's), and an increasing range of educational applications.
Instead of teachers sharing activities with colleagues by email, or using portable storage devices, the Kent Learning Zone will offer a whole range of collaboration tools, and online storage where teachers can share work and communicate with each other.
Sharing can be across a school and sometimes between local schools. The combination of an online environment and reliable broadband internet means that all members of the learning community can communicate and share.
Yes! The Government is clear about this and August 2008 is the key date to work towards. KLZ meets all the DfES 2008 target requirements and enhances LA communication.
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