London Grid for Learning 10th July 2007

1. London Grid for Learning10th July 2007

2. Agenda Fronter and the London MLE for the future Roger Larsen, Managing Director, Fronter Experiences from pilot training (june-july) Ingun Vagli, Training Manager, Fronter Academy Implementation of the London MLE Malcolm Edmunds, Education Manager, Fronter UK

3. Founded in Norway in 1998 • 2,500+ schools in Europe with 2,5 million users • Approx. 75 colleagues in 8 countries • Three times winner of the European seal of Excellence for ICT in gold • NCSL talk2learn since 2003 • Becta approved Learning Platform Services Supplier The Fronter Company Mission: Provide easy to use tools for learning and collaboration on the web .

6. Implementation process • 1. Order request by school / LA • 2. Order confirmation by LGfL • 3. Service User Agreement signed • 4. SMT session & LA involvement (change management) • 5. MIS integration & setup • 6. Training of two school users • 7. Follow up workshop

7. http://londonmle.net

8. Two yearly releases December:Fronter X1 …where X is the year,and 1 and 2 is the releasethat year. June:Fronter X2

9. Fronter 72 (June 07) • Web Parts for Microsoft Sharepoint Portal • RSS feed • Internal ”Intellisearch” • SMS messaging • Attendance registration

10. Web Parts for Microsoft Sharepoint Portal

11. RSS feed out from Fronter

12. Fronter 73 (September 07) • Fronter Integration System • External content search (SRW) • Child interface • Dynamic page designer • 8 e-learning modules for self training

13. Comprehensive MIS integration Direct using IMS entreprise and eportfolio Indirect using Schools Interoperability Framework

14. External content search...

15. ...from within the learning platform Live demo

16. Child interface

17. Fronter 81 (December 07) • Parental portal • Peer review • Shibboleth • Pan London content archive • Portfolio school to school transfer

18. Other on-going developments • Dynamic interfaces (drag’n’drop, etc) • API and re-factoring • Customer portal

19. Future…?

20. 1.generation 2.generation 3.generation 4.generation 5.generation 1994 1997 2002 2005 ??? WEBWeb pages &home grown systems LMSLearning Management Systems MLEManaged LearningEnvironment CWE CollaborativeWorkingEnvironment PLE Personal LearningEnvironment "homemade"systems Lifelong eportfolio Web desktop &rich applications Standardpackages Integratedsolutions Learning Platform History

27. Building Schools for the Futurewith a £50 pure web-pc? Only a web browser running Fronter andadvanced web applications Is this computing for the Future?

28. Experience from pilot trainingIngun Vaglid

29. The pilot • One week – 29 schools – 7 trainers • 5 - 9 on each course, admin and teacher • 1 day admin • 1 day teacher training

30. Courses and help • ”Train the trainer course”– to become Fronter trainer (4 days + 1) • ”LA courses” – to handle to top admininistrator role and to be familiar with the functionalities for teachers and students (2 days) • ”School training” – teacher and admin training (2 days) • Additional courses • E-learning courses (9 x 20 min courses) • Documentation • Support – 9am to 17pm, and email

31. Monthly courses • ”Train the trainer course” • first week in every month • refreshment day once per month • ”LA courses” • every second week • ”School training” • every week • Additional courses • on request • Training plan: fronter.com/lgfl

32. Implementation of theLondon MLEMalcolm Edmunds

33. London MLE SMT Workshops 20 pilot schools visited so far Visits were judged either good or very useful Most developed a clear implementation plan Some schools requested that a product demonstration be included in the future as some staff had not seen the London MLE All the schools liked the 1 to 1 approach of the meetings All schools appreciated the presence of a MLE Consultant All schools agreed to provide case study materials

34. Thank you for listening!