The London Borough of Bromley is putting together a paper outlining options and advice for Bromley Schools in the purchase and establishment of an effective Learning Platform.
The best place to start in this process is obviously with Secondary Schools as many are moving down this track already. We have a number of Bromley schools using Moodle while some others are using Learning Gateways (Sharepoint). As you may be aware, the LGFL have endorsed Fronter as a London wide solution. Needless to say the solutions out there are varied and if they have one thing in common is that they are not cheap either financially or in human resource management. I am also concerned that whatever solution or strategy is decided, it is one that best meets the needs of all Bromley Schools.
Before the borough puts out a recommendation, I would be interested to hear if any Bromley Secondary Schools have made a decision on a VLE platform and, if so, what platform do they intend to use, along with the provider.
Any further information or comments would be welcome.
For those schools looking for further advice
Becta have created a section of their website to help planners understand the issues and expectations:
http://localauthorities.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=pf&catcode=ls_pict_06
- What is a learning platform?
- How to use the Learning Platform Services Framework
- Learning Platform Services Framework suppliers
- Funding for your learning platform
- Learning platform functional requirements and technical specifications
