Purchase DiDAfolio with your eLCs....
DiDAfolio is provided by OPEUS Technologies Ltd - an Approved Retailer and Approved Content Provider for Curriculum Online.
This means that you can purchase DiDAfolio with your e-Learning credits (eLCs).
What Are eLCs?
Curriculum Online is central to the Government's drive to transform teaching and learning in schools by improving access to ICT for all pupils. Here's how eLCs fit in....
The Government has set aside substantial funds for your school to spend on resources in the form of eLCs (eLearning Credits). The money is distributed from central Government via LEAs to individual schools, which decide locally how to spend it*.
Every school has an appointed eLC budget holder (eg your head, head of department, Bursar or ICT coordinator). All teachers are invited to recommend resources for purchase.
By April 2006 schools will have received 330million in eLC money. In addition a further 125 million has been allocated over the next two years; 75 million in 2006-07 and 50 million in 2007-08 will be ring-fenced and only available for spending on Curriculum Online approved products and services.
eLCs in a nutshell
- What are eLCs? Money set aside for your school to spend on resources. Resources are generally defined as items of educational software designed to support the teaching of the curriculum in England. They cannot be spent on hardware such as computers or projectors.
- How much money? 330million between 2002/3 and 2005/6.
- Which schools? Funding is available for all Government-funded nursery, primary and secondary education, up to and including Key Stage 4.
- Where's our money? Your school should be receiving funds already. Check with your eLC budget-holder or LEA.
- How is the money allocated? For further details on eLC money, and how it is allocated, click here
- When do we have to spend our eLCs? All Standards Fund grants must be spent by the end of the academic year (31 August) to ensure their effective use. If the money has not been spent by the deadline, the DfES will reclaim the money from LEAs so it can be redistributed to other areas. In practise "spent" means that schools must have either placed orders for resources or paid for ordered resources by 31 August. If an invoice is yet to be received and/or paid prior to 31 August, then the expenditure should be recorded as "committed" in the school accounts. The outstanding invoices can then be paid after 31 August.
If you have any other questions about Curriculum Online or our range of e-Learning credit eligible products, please contact us.
