‘Appy TogetherA partnership to boost numeracy

through technology

Kevin Campbell-WrightProject Officer (Digital) NIACE

@KevAtNIACE

March, 2014

NIACE

The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) is an independent charity which promotes adult learning across England and Wales. Through its research, development, publications, events, outreach and advocacy activity, NIACE works to improve the quality and breadth of opportunities available for all adults so they can benefit from learning throughout their lives.

First, here’s a little story

How do you feel?About your mulitplication skills?

How do you feel?About your reading skills?

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I’m can’t do maths

At school, I hated maths

Thing is, I don’t need to know maths for what I do

PIAAC Report 2013

• Britain did not do well for adult literacy and numeracy

• People with better numeracy had on average:– Better health– More chance of employment– Better Wages

Maths

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www.maths4us.org

www.maths4us.org

TechnologyFamily LearningLearning At WorkOffender Learning

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Learning Maths Online

• Everyday Finance• Pay & Wages• Managing Your Money

• Everyday Maths• Numbers in Food• About Time

• Helping Children with Maths• Helping Adults with Maths• Learning Maths

www.mathseverywhere.org.uk

Technology

• Technology, when applied right, has a real impact FD 100

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• Technology is NOT the innovation – innovative approaches to learning & teaching SUPPORTED or ENABLED by technology is the innovation

• Technology for learning needs to be put into an everyday context – using your own devices, in your own place. Mobile, BYOD, Mobile, BYOD

Technology

• FELTAG and ETAG• Announced yesterday• Recommendation:

– By 2015 10% of publically funded FE & Skills learning should be delivered online

– By 2017 50% of publically funded FE & Skills learning should be delivered online

Conclusions

• Technology is going to happen• Technology needs to adapt to a situation• When there’s a major learning issue, we

can’t sit back• There are different areas of expertise

when it comes to learning...pedagogy, delivery, technical etc - we can all try to tackle it in our own way alone...or all tackle it in our own way together.

• We’ll always appy together!

All stories end.....

Kevin Campbell-Wright

kevin.campbellwright@niace.ac.uk

@KevAtNIACE