How can JISC infoNet help your College?

1. How can JISC infoNet help your College? Steve Bailey John Burke

2. What is JISC infoNet? “JISC infoNet aims to be the UK's leading advisory service for managers in the post-compulsory education sector promoting the effective strategic planning, implementation and management of information and learning technology”

3. How are we funded?

4. Some more about us! 4

5. Tell us a little bit about yourselves... • Using pictures tell us about your College • In particular it would be good to gain an impression of: • Its size • Its physical estate • The size and nature of the management team • What you perceive to be one of its key strengths/assets • What you believe the main challenge it faces to be • Take 20 minutes 5

6. Relevant areas of expertise... 6

7. Overview Project mgt Strategy into action Process review Information mgt Change mgt Risk mgt

8. Strategy into action Identifying, assessing & quantifying external pressures Having a robust and agile strategic framework Knowing your institution, its strengths, weaknesses & current performance Ensuring that strategy is turned into action in an effective and coordinated manner

9. Process Review How Does this Process Benefit Learners?

10. Project Management Direction Project Start-Up Project Closure Track ManagingPhases/Stages Planning ControllingRisks, Issues, Change, Quality Review

11. Change management Appraisal / Trial Awareness Interest Adoption Confidence Gap Motivation Gap Source: Angehrn (2005)

12. Risk management

13. Getting your information under control 13

14. Proven tools and techniques to draw upon... 14

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16. Example 1 – Gantt charts

17. Example 2 - Precedence diagram

18. Example 3 - Fishbone diagram

19. Example 4 – Swim Lanes

20. Innovative methods of delivery… 20

21. Facilitation “Very useful to work collaboratively with colleagues from other teams” 21

22. Demonstrating impact “A very enlightening journey – with joint learning & much food for thought - & practical solutions” “Great to work collectively, new methods of working explored. Great new tools used” “Raised my awareness of management techniques available & increased my ability to communicate complex ideas more clearly” 22

23. Methods of delivery 23

24. But don’t just take our word for it... Maria Chambers Vice Principal, Beaumont College 24

25. Over to you... • Having heard what we can offer and how it has worked in practice we’d like to hear how you think we could help you to help your institution • Each have 6 stickers • Please use them to ‘vote’ for the subjects and methods of delivery you think would be most useful for your institution • Up to you how you wish to allocate your votes... • Use post-it notes to let us know of any other suggestions 25

26. On the flip chart… 26

27. To summarise… what’s in it for you? • Advice, guidance and training that’s relevant to your College • Access to tools and techniques that really work • A creative and constructive space to reflect & plan with colleagues • The opportunity to make a measureable difference • The opportunity to discuss ideas and share issues with colleagues from other institutions • All this for free! 27

28. To summarise… what’s in it for us? • Opportunity for us to engage further with a ‘new’ sector for us • Chance to evaluate the effectiveness of our resources within new institutional contexts • Opportunity to gather evidence of impact for our funders 28

29. Over to you... ImpressionsThoughtsSuggestionsOpportunitiesConcerns 29

30. Possible next steps • Talk to us further (now or soon) • Information gathering within your institution • Workshop? • Interviews? • Surveys ? • Provision of advice, space to discuss & access to tools tailored to meet your institution’s needs • Regional workshop? • Individual workshop for your institution? • Online webinar? • Opportunity for review & reflection • Workshop? • Analysis of impact 30

31. Thank you Steve.bailey@northumbria.ac.uk J.burke@northumbria.ac.uk www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk 31