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Due to demand, additional dates for Spring 2010 have been added to the E-Guides eCPD training programme schedule:
Manchester:                 19 Jan, 10 Feb, 23 Feb 2010
Birmingham:                2 Feb, 16 Feb, 2 Mar 2010
York:                 [...]

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A BETT-award winning range of interactive toolkits for managers to help learning and skills providers raise standards is now available free of charge from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS). Earlier versions cost more than £500 per organisation.
The Leadership Toolkits comprise a suite of bespoke online, interactive resources tailored to meet the needs of [...]

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The LSIS eCPD programme provides a national structure that organisations in the learning and skills sector can use to raise standards in the effective use of e-learning. Individuals can use it to generate evidence towards recognised national awards, or as part of their CPD requirement from the Institute for Learning.
Right from the start, there was [...]

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The Excellence Gateway has many resources to support CPD, including sections on:
CPD Requirements
Requirements for educators to maintain their professional status.
Using the Excellence Gateway to support CPD
How educators, departments and organisations can make use of Excellence Gateway tools and resources to support and develop their CPD programmes.
Programmes to support CPD
How participation in one or more programmes [...]

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ITQ for Mobile Learning – Information Day
23rd September 2009
Birmingham
Recently e-skills launched a revised version of the user ICT qualification, ITQ and it has a number of units with a focus on mobile technology. LSN have been working with City and Guilds on the new version of ITQ to produce a related qualification, ‘ITQ for Mobile [...]

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NIACE and the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) are pleased to announce a new series of events as part of the E-Guides training programme.
After another successful year of the E-Guides training programme, which has seen the total number of trained E-Guides reach over 2,500, the training programme forms part of the eCPD programme funded [...]

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Nominations are now open for Year 2 of the PDAs eCPD training programme. The next training events start in October.
Important details concerning the training – including how to apply  - can be found on the eCPD Online Learning Space (OLS) at http://ecpd.bdplearning.com/ecpd/how_to_get_involved_pda.php.
Submitting an application form does not guarantee a place on the training. Successful applicants [...]

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New initiative will enhance professional skills of ICT and non-ICT teachers and help to transform ICT-related learning
An England-wide programme to help teachers bring technology more effectively into the classroom has been launched by The Open University and e-skills UK.
Funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), the £5.6million programme will help education professionals, [...]

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The latest case study from our region has gone live on the Excellence Gateway!
Leeds City College: The e-staff development approach
In Leeds City College Thomas Danby Campus, staff development has become e-staff development – instead of being an added option, e-learning is central to the entire approach to continuing professional development (CPD). As well as offering [...]

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The Centre of Excellence in Teacher Training has a good link for information on resources linked to criteria for the Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (DTLLS), including Unit 1 Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS).
As part of initial teacher training reforms, the government created a network of Centres of [...]

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