Ayrshire College Foundation Newsletter Issue 4 | Page 8

Inclusive Learning Promoting access and inclusion through technology The C-Reader pens allow the College to promote inclusion, develop students’ independence and enhance access to support and guidance through the use of technology. All of the C-Reader pens have been out on loan to students this session. Students have been using the pens regularly in class and at home and feedback has been extremely positive. Live Chat The Live Chat facility is available for students to use as a means of communicating with Inclusive Learning, Student Services, the Learning Resource Centre and Learning Technologists. The software has now been installed on Moodle and the link will be added to the College website over the summer. Staff will monitor the number of students who use Live Chat through reports which are built in to the software. Student Services Installation of MDM server in order to better improve the usage and maintenance of iPads The funding is being used to install a Mobile Device Management System which will enable full remote management of the class sets of iPads which are bookable from each Learning Resource Centre. Having this system will enable Learning Technologists to access and control multiple devices at the one time. The funds requested will cover the cost of a year’s licence for 20 iPads per campus. Student Services The use of drones in education The drone will enhance learning and teaching provision as well as emulate the increased use of this technology in industry. This will contribute to improved learning and teaching by adding a different element to some subjects. The solution went live on the 8 December 2017 with an initial test bank of 40 devices in order to test the functionality. The remaining devices were added March 2018 so we now have all Learning Resource Centre bookable iPads on the system, and we have also extended the coverage to include Inclusive Learning iPads which the advisors use for completing PLSPs with students. We are seeing major cost and time savings from the ability to remotely update both the iPad operating systems and apps, as well as the ability to add new apps remotely. We are also able to easily remove saved photos etc. remotely without having to access each iPad. We are now gathering feedback from curriculum colleagues and students regarding the use of the iPads since the system went live in order to quantify any benefits to learning and teaching. The drone arrived on the 15 May 2018. We have already had representatives from NATS based at Prestwick Airport visiting the College to provide guidance on its use. We have been working with Health & Wellbeing colleagues to begin the creation of a Policy and Operations Manual which are required for us to fully utili