Pre-Implementation
A successful implementation of FPP requires absolute commitment of every member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) of the College. The SMT should consider how to align the ethos of FPP into the culture and values of the organisation.
In particular this approach recommends colleges to consider their state of readiness to embark on FPP. It is a large undertaking and it is recommended that the college considers whether the FPP Guide be seconded or recruited to a full time post. The FPP Guide needs to be fully conversant with the FPP materials and achieving this familiarisation will take some time.
The college should also consider its current ILT culture. To enable any measurement of benefits derived from the FPP the college needs to determine its starting point. Understanding how well, or how little, ILT is embedded into the teaching and learning process will enable the FPP Guide to make important judgements about the nature of early training sessions.
There are some tools available from the National Learning Network partnership to help institutions evaluate their current state:
The National Learning Network Audit -
http://www.nln.ac.uk/selfassessment/fento.aspEmbedding Learning Technologies Institutionally - a JISC project -
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=project_elti
