I'll start by saying that having meaningful eLearning planning docs in a school is essential - especially these: a vision for eLearning (related to the school vision); an eLearning strategic action plan to help you achieve your vision; a purchase or lease plan which provides a systematic, budget related plan for the acquisition of digital devices; a BYOD framework.
However equally important is individual teachers having a commitment to increasing eLearning in the classroom and beyond. To achieve this teachers need to be given new ideas, they need to see examples and they need demonstrations of how these ideas can be integrated into learning areas. They need to practice and build up their own IT skills. They need to set goals, reflect, share and collaborate.
School leaders need to ask the question 'In order for the school to achieve our eLearning vision and the desired graduate student, what IT equipment and teacher practice is needed?' How will we achieve this?
Achieving eLearning success across a school requires more than the usual eLearning action plan. It requires commitment to teacher PLD (practical ideas, hands-on, skill-building), scaffolding, mentoring, expectation and accountability. Most of all the teacher needs to identify as a learner.
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