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What we do David Sugden is the proprietor of Village e-Learning Consultancy. He started his work in Further Education as a Chef - Lecturer, teaching all levels of cookery to all ages of student. In 1996 he discovered the Internet and began to incorporate web technologies into the development of learning materials. He learned basic html and developed web pages for his students to access as required. His 'fish' web was touted by many as exemplary. In 2001 he was commended by FERL for his work. The following year he was the runner up for their ILT Practitioner of the year award. Also in 2002 he received the LSDA Practitioner award for 'The use of new and emerging technologies' - mainly for his work with SMS texting.

He holds an MSc Multimedia and Education

Until September 2005 David had been the e-Learning Manager at Dewsbury College (now part of Kirklees College) in West Yorkshire, where he was a leader in all aspects of e-Learning staff development. He is now self employed as the proprietor of Village e-Learning Consultancy, working in all areas of e-Learning development and training, for a variety of clients - large and small.

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FENC In September 2002 the National Learning Network (NLN) set out to recruit up to 30 'ILT Mentors' and David was chosen as one of the first cohort.  Since that time, he has toured the country (mainly the North) evangelising the use of ILT (now known as e-Learning) on their behalf. He has worked with many of the regional and national organisations set up to support e-Learning. He is still working with BECTA to promote the use of e-Learning and NLN materials in Wales.

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David has an
MSc in Multimedia and Education,
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Certificate in Education
both from the University of Huddersfield

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Since 2002, David has worked with various national bodies, either directly or in an advisory capacity:

  • Discussion group at FERL - Managing ILT and Inspection (2002-2003)
  • Contributor to FERL Practitioner's Programme - 2003
  • Contributor to BECTa's 'Paving the way to excellence in e-Learning' publication and video 2004
  • Specialist contributor to ALTIS for Hospitality and Catering (2003 -2004)
  • Regional Chair, Yorkshire and Humberside - NILTA. (2003 - 2005) resigned September 05
  • Project steering group at DfES - The effect of ILT in F.E.
  • Programme Manager - Hospitality and Catering materials for FENC
  • Member - ALT-FEAC (current)
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David has spoken about e-Learning at many prestigious venues and occasions:

November 2002 - Bringing kids ‘alive’ with ILT at -
The annual FERL conference - Hinckley
November 2003 - The use of SMS text messaging at -
The annual FERL conference - London
December 2003 - Leading the way with ILT at -
The SFEU annual Conference - Stirling
 September 2004 - m-Learning - what's the fuss?' at -
ALT-C 2004 - Exeter University - see abstract
November 2004 - m-Learning and 'Acc-e-Lerator' at -
The Post 16 e-Learning Conference - Manchester
April 2005 - m-Learning, the use of PDAs - see plaudit
Said business School - Oxford University
April 2005 - m-Learning, the use of PDAs
ALT Workshop - York University
September 2005 - 'Exploring the physical frontiers of e-Learning'  at -
ALT-C 2005 - Manchester University
October 2005 -'Innovative practices with m-learning in Further Education'  at - 
Handheld Learning 2005 - Goldsmiths College
November 2005 -'The use of m-technologies to 'include' (and how they can 'exclude')'  at - The Post 16 e-Learning Conference - Manchester. see session plan
January 2006 - 'Effective Practice with Mobile Learning'  for - 
JISC 'Effective Practice' event  - Aston University - see feedback
March 2006 - 'Effective Practice with Mobile Learning'  for - 
NIACE Conference  - Birmingham International Conference Centre
June 2006 - 'Re-craft and Repurpose’ for
 DYSG e-Learning Conference - DVLA Conference Centre, Swansea
June 2006 – ‘Accessibility and Inclusion - 'an introduction' for
 DYSG e-Learning Conference - DVLA Conference Centre, Swansea
September 2006 – ‘Stop and Think – the accessibility of mobile learning’
 at - ALT-C 2006 – Heriot Watt University - see abstract   
ALP e-Learning conference - Magna Science adventure centre, Rotherham
October 2006 – ‘with Alistair McNaught - accessiblity by another name’
NIACE e-Guides conference - East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham
 March 2007 – ‘making Web 2.0 work for you and your learners
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  In November 2004, David presented two day-long e-Learning workshops for the JISC Regional Support Centre in Northern Ireland. These were aimed at Hairdressing, Beauty Therapy and Holistic Therapy tutors in the Further Education sector.  Whilst in Belfast, he also presented a general e-Learning workshop for the Belfast Institute. 

As a result of this event, David was asked back to present again, over two days in February 2005.  This time his audience were lecturers of Hospitality and Catering on day one and from all across the college on day two.  This second workshop was 'Avoiding Death by PowerPoint'.

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  Throughout the three years that David had been an NLN ILT Subject Mentor, he worked closely with all the Northern Regional Support Centres, none more so than the RSC North West, then based in Blackpool. They are now based in the University of Lancaster and the mutually beneficial relationship continues.

Over the years he has helped them with the delivery of their regional ILT events. His workshops have included:

  • Summer Conference - Aintree Race course June 2008 (Free-Stuff)
  • + Blackpool - Web2.0 + stand - June 2007
  • + Chester Race course - Mobile learning - Summer conference 2005
  • Christmas Fayre - tools, techniques and technologies - December 2005
  • ILT in hospitality and Catering
  • ILT in Hair and Beauty
  • m-Learning - gadgets and gizmos
  • Effective use of ILT
  • ILT for Specialist Colleges

Over the summer of 2007 David and a small team of colleagues carried out a Scoping Study on the RSC Northwest's behalf, on regional work based learning.
Early in 2008 Village e-Learning Consultancy helped out again with a major piece of research into H.E and ITT in the Northwest.

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  David has had a long and close relationship with the Regional Support Centre in Yorkshire and Humberside (based in Leeds). His first involvement was back in 2001 as a further education 'practitioner' asked to help in their support of the original Laptops for F.E. lecturers scheme.  At that time he was becoming known as 'The Fishman' and being asked to present his fish web in Grimsby - must have been quite amusing to someone! (The fish web contained underpinning knowledge requirements for the preparation and cookery of fish, required by NVQ level 2 - with extras for levels one and three) catering students. It included images, videos, hyperlinks and text).

Throughout 2008 David worked with the RSC-YH on a major project to implement and support inclusive technology projects throughout the region. These projects support(ed) the RSC view that:
 

The challenge in engaging people with disabilities in learning has always been in ensuring that the learning is accessible, inclusive and meets the very diverse needs of the group. By using technology, these issues can be addressed head on. See: http://inclusivity.rsc-yh.ac.uk/

The work continues during 2009

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David's relationship with the Yorkshire and Humberside RSC has always been close and he has helped them on a many occasions: Some examples have been
  • ILT for Caterers (several occasions)
  • ILT for Hair and Beauty (also many times)
  • How we implemented ILT here
  • Blended Learning
  • Motivating students with SMS
  • Project support (see above)

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  Since becoming an NLN Mentor in September 2002, David has worked with the RSC Northern team on a number of occasions.

For example, he helped Alistair McNaught (now of TechDis) to present a Hair and Beauty event on their behalf in Hartlepool and has represented them as part of BECTA's ICT Test Bed project in Bishop Auckland.

He presented a session on the effective use of Interactive Whiteboards (again in Hartlepool) for them in February 2006  Later that month, he presented a day's workshop on Mobile Learning.

Over the summer of 2008, David worked with the RSC-Northern WBL advisor to prepare and present a series of workshops designed to deliver a basic understanding of ILT.

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In my recent Shock of the Old post (8 April 2005) I highlighted how impressed I had been with the creativity and interactivity of the other speakers, but one presentation in particular caught my attention, i.e. The use of PDAs to support learning by David Sugden of Dewsbury College and John Whalley - National Learning Network mentor. David Sugden has also explored accessibility issues and PDAs in his TechDis article Using PDAs with Learners.

To date, I've eschewed involvement with PDAs. I've even mentally rolled my eyes as colleagues pulled out their flashy boxes as I made a lightening entry in my retro pencil and paper-driven pocket diary whilst they were still struggling to start their device up. But David and John's presentation sowed the seeds for what was to come. These guys came armed with a bundle of PDAs which they issued around the audience, so strike one for instant audience participation. Strike two came in the form of a description of their work in environments where there is no internet access but where the 'loaded' or 'refreshed' PDAs provide students with resources they wouldn't get otherwise. They even managed to play a video (sort of) on their bog standard PDAs.

Professor Derek Morrison 06/06/05

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  We have presented workshops at both of the last two RSC Southwest summer conferences. In 2007 David was asked to step in to present a workshop when an equipment supplier found himself double-booked. The title: Gadgets and Gizmos.

This was such a success that he was asked back for 2008. Title: ILT for the insane. We have a further booking for June2009!

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  Doing the job I do, it is essential that I keep up with changes to tools, tips and technologies so that I might myself pass these on to colleagues. In this section, I will endeavour to let readers know just what sort of things I've been listening to, reading or attending - with a view to showing that even trainers such as myself learn something new every day. I'll try to write this bit in a bloggy sort of way - I'd love to know if it works or if you find it interesting - please let me know.
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There are really no course to go on for this sort of thing, so I've pretty much learned what I know from personal research and discussions with colleagues. Even so, I have to admit that I learn just as much from participants of the sessions I deliver. I have tried to share what I learn on my blog (e.g. see and 2nd March 2007).

I am also researching the innovative use of such sites and the problems the cause (are perceived to cause?). There is much debate about the appropriateness of learner use, especially with school age learners, but I have views which contradict this. The BBC has a number of pages discussing safety online (see 10th March 2007)

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I have had a long interest in Learner Response Systems. These go by many names but put simply, they are voting systems used to instantly capture views and answers from learners. Because I can get commission for the sale of the Optivote system I begged them to let me pop along to Otley where eInstruction (the manufacturers) are based for formal training. Up until I went in March 2007, my knowledge was self-taught and quite ancient. Because of my prior knowledge the training was really effective, I learned more than I imagined I could and now have a confidence that will eventually seep through to training programmes I deliver.

I'm currently researching the pedagogy behind such use, with an idea to prepare and present a workshop on such use.

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There is much activity in national circles with the support of e-Learning. Having said that, there is precious little funding to accommodate the requirements of staff development. I am therefore endeavouring to keep track of what moves are taking place with a view to using the information I find to inform others.

Both Ferl and AClearn are destined to become part of the forthcoming QIA 'Excellence Gateway'. This is a much vaunted but not yet seen site which will become the be all and end all of government supported web sites aimed at improving teaching and learning. It remain to be seen if it will be effective or not. In the meantime, I have found out that both Ferl and AClearn will remain active for the foreseeable future, as the content migrates to the new site. The NLN materials have already migrated to a temporary site and I was on the ball with that change, informing readers of it on 20th February 2007. There are other moves afoot - which I am trying to keep a close eye on.

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The LSC are now funding learners who are held at Her Majesty's Pleasure. Offender Learning is now part of their overall commitment to learners.

On September 4th, I went to Birmingham to learn more about the Offender Learning and Skills service, prior to working on a project which will support senior managers in the prison and probation service.

OLAS