Digital ACE Policy Guidance Materials

Our Digital ACE Policy guidance materials aim to provide the ideas and prompts that providers need to consider when adapting their current policies or developing bespoke policies for their online and/or blended learning provision. Not all elements will be relevant to all services, so the materials provide a framework of ideas for providers to consider.

Digital Policy Guidance document

Click to download our Digital ACE Policy guidance materials as a Word document here.

Alternatively, you can view a pdf version of the Policy Guidance Materials here. Note that the hyperlinks won’t work in this pdf version.

Annexes

Click on the below links to download our customisable annexes. These are available for you to ‘adopt and adapt’.

Annex 1 – Carrying out a need analysis

Annex 2 – Checklist for implementing your digital policy

Annex 3 – Southend Adult Community College Digital Mission and Values

Annex 4 – Sutton College of Adult Education Digital Strategy 2020-2023

Annex 5 – Further examples of visions and policy goals for digital ACE

Annex 6 – Barnsley Adult & Family Learning’s Acceptable Use Policy Agreement for internet & email

Annex 7 – Thurrock Adult Community College’s Learner Digital Entitlement

Annex 8 – Southend Community College Video Conference Policy

Annex 9 – ACL Essex’s Remote Learning Policy – Policy implementation for ACL Learners

Annex 10 – Southend Community College Guidance Note for staff on working from home

Annex 11A – ACL Essex Remote Learning Policy – Policy implementation for ACL staff

Annex 11B – ACL Essex’s Remote Learning Policy (in full)

Annex 12 – Southend Adult Community College Safeguarding Policy Addendum

Digital Policy Webinar

Digital Policy – YouTube Tutorial

Access the recording of our Policy webinar here.

Access the slides from our Policy webinar here.

How to Draft a Digital Policy

Ros Parker talks us through how to draft a digital policy. The session covers identifying what is important to include in your policy, actions needed to implement it and considering capturing the impact your policy is having and when you should review it.