Presentation delivered by Andy Napier from Action for Children on 23 October in Edinburgh as part of Aurion Learning's E-Learning Masterclass series.

1. ACTION FOR CHILDREN– E-LEARNING
JOURNEY
Thursday 23 October, 2014, Edinburgh
Andy Napier
Learning and Development Consultant - AFC

2. Introduction
• Workforce is made up of
approximately 6,000 staff and 2,000
volunteers who work directly with
over 300,000 children, young people,
parents and carers.
• We run more that 650 services
across the four nations of the UK
working across national boundaries
to provide a range of innovative
services for children in care, disabled
children and young people.
• We support and speak out for the
UK’s most vulnerable and neglected
children and young people.

3. Drivers
• Creation of a central L&D function and a
learning strategy
• Cost
• Consistency of learning experience
• Capacity to release staff to attend training
• Record keeping

4. Content
• Equality and Inclusion
• eFinance Modules – training
precursor to access being granted
• Behaviour Support and
Safeguarding Foundation courses
• Health and Safety suite
development
• Pre-employment Induction

5. Hosting
• No LMS – though investment planned
From
• Aurion Learning hosting Equality and
Inclusion
• Course Source (Learn Direct)
• Moodle
To
• Aurion hosting Equality and Inclusion
• Moodle

6. Moodle – The Learning Site
http://thelearningsite.actionforchildren.org.uk/login/index.php

7. Behaviour Support

8. Diversity and Inclusion

9. Pre Employment Induction

10. Fire Safety Awareness

11. Working with Aurion Learning
• Strategic partner
• Understand Action for Children
and our target audience
• Innovative design brief – IS
constraints
• ‘Flexible’ and accommodating

12. Lessons Learnt
• Innovation within an organisation takes
time.
• Create and share the vision. Accept it may
challenge internal stakeholders.
• Keep stakeholders informed.
• Be ready to respond to the unexpected.

13. What does the future look like?
• Review our learning strategy.
• Expand access to the Moodle to other
audiences, e.g. foster carers and
adopters.
• Identify other ways in which we can
deliver learning via the Moodle
platform.

14. Thanks & Questions