HMIE has launched a new publication on information and communications technology in learning and teaching via the website of Anderson High School in Shetland.

In preparing the report, called ‘Improving Scottish Education: ICT in learning and teaching’, HM Inspectors visited pre-school centres, primary, secondary and special schools, colleges, and community learning and development centres, as well as a number of education authorities.

The report finds that Scottish education has made great progress in building capacity for the increased use of information and communications technology (ICT), with ICT increasingly seen as a natural part of good learning and teaching.

Mention is made of the MFLE website on pp. 23 and 46 of the PDF document:

Learning and Teaching Scotland (LT Scotland) was playing a very important role in making available to learners and teaching staff a very wide range of online resources from its comprehensive website that covered almost 30 online services, ranging from Early Years Online to National Qualifications Online. Of particular note was the area of the website that focused on modern foreign languages, the Modern Foreign Languages Environment (MFLE).

A number of communities of practice had evolved round the wide range of subject associations linked to secondary education. Many of these associations had websites that had useful resources for teachers and a few supported discussion forums. Many teachers found these sites of particular value in identifying useful online learning and teaching resources and in promoting discussion of learning and teaching issues in their subject area. Of particular note were the website of SAGT for geography and the MFLE area of LT Scotland for modern foreign languages. The Masterclass community of trained ICT champions was hosted on the LT Scotland website.

It also spotlights some significant investments in ICT, including Glow, the national intranet for Scottish schools; improvements in infrastructure and bandwidth; and the supply of more equipment and software. Together these investments have provided Scottish education with great potential to enhance and enrich learning and teaching.

The report notes that learner and teacher confidence and competence in the use of ICT have both increased.

Visit the Anderson High School website to read the full report.

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