Learning Management System and e-learning information
Dear Greenwich Borough Council,
I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible.
Please can you provide information on the following:
1. Does your local authority use a Learning Management System and e-learning provision for employee training?
2. If not, are there ongoing plans to purchase a Learning Management System and e-learning provision for employee training in the near future?
3. What is the name of the Learning Management System (product name) and which company is it purchased from?
4. Provide brief information of the current e-learning courses that are used in employee training.
5. Provide the development themes of the eLearning courses that are used in employee training (i.e. Compliance, Safeguarding, etc.)
6. Value of the current contract, date of commencement and date of expiry.
7. Who is responsible for ensuring the LMS and e-learning provision meets the local authorities training requirements?
If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act, you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.
I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after receipt. I would be grateful if you could confirm that you have received this request.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be happy to clarify what I am asking for, my details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Felicity Bagshaw
Dear Ms Bagshaw
Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations request: FOI-11491
Thank you for your request dated February 7, 2018
Your request will be answered by March 7, 2018
If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely,
Jackie Jago
Head of Corporate Services
Corporate Services
Directorate of Central Services
Royal Borough of Greenwich
020 8921 5044
Room 20 Basement The Town Hall, Wellington Street, London SE18 6PW
www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk
Dear Ms Bagshaw
Freedom of Information request: FOI-11491
Thank you for your request dated February 7, 2018
Our response is as follows:
1. Does your local authority use a Learning Management System and
e-learning provision for employee training?
i. Yes
2. If not, are there on-going plans to purchase a Learning Management
System and e-learning provision for employee training in the near future?
i. N/A
3. What is the name of the Learning Management System (product name)
and which company is it purchased from?
i. Learning Pool
- Reed
ii. Me-Learning -
Blue LMS
iii. J-Zero –sub
contracted by Reed who is RBG managed service provider
4. Provide brief information of the current e-learning courses that
are used in employee training.
i. [1]Learning Pool - [2]A wide
range of eLearning modules including Health & Safety, Leadership &
Management, Personal Development.
ii. Me-Learning -
[3]Safeguarding Children, Young People & Adults at Risk
5. Provide the development themes of the eLearning courses that are
used in employee training (i.e. Compliance, Safeguarding, etc.)
a. Social Care, Safeguarding, Compliance, Health and Safety, Equality
and Diversity, Leadership and Management Development, Personal
Effectiveness,
6. Value of the current contract, date of commencement and date of
expiry.
Please see web link below to access our transparency and open data
webpage.
[4]http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/info/20...
7. Who is responsible for ensuring the LMS and e-learning provision
meets the local authorities training requirements?
We have withheld the information relating to the names of junior staff,
i.e. those who are not of Director or Assistant Director level. This
information has been withheld in accordance with section 40(2) of the Act.
Section 40(2) of the FOI A specifies that the personal information of a
third party must not be disclosed if to do so would contravene any of the
data protection principles. This first principle of the Data Protection
Act 1998 (‘the DPA’) states that personal data must be processed fairly
and lawfully.
Personal data is defined under section 1(1) of the DPA as data which
relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data, or
from that data and other information which is in the possession of the
data controller or is likely to come into the possession of the data
controller.
The withheld information comprises the names of junior members of staff,
i.e. those who are not senior members of staff, such as Directors and
Assistant Directors.
The information you have requested relate to living individuals who may be
identified from that data and therefore constitutes personal data.
The first principle of the DPA states that personal data must be processed
fairly and lawfully. In considering whether it would be unfair to provide
the requested information (names, email addresses and direct telephone
numbers) and whether this would contravene the requirements of the first
data protection principle, we have considered the following:-
Reasonable expectations
We have released the details for senior members of staff only. Junior
members of staff are not in public facing roles or employed at a senior
grade, neither do they play an active role in making decisions affecting
the Council. These staff members are not senior public figures and do not
hold an elected office. The Council does not routinely publish the names
of such individuals. It is on this basis that junior members of staff
would have a reasonable expectation that their identities would remain
private and not be disclosed to the public under the FOIA.
Consequences of disclosure
We consider that disclosure of the withheld information would be contrary
to expectations and therefore unfair, as such disclosure may cause some
distress to the individuals concerned.
However please see below for details of director level:
Penny Gilford
Head of Human Resources
020 8921 6237
[5][email address]
Information on the Council’s senior structure is publicly available at;
[6]http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/downloa...
If you have any queries about this correspondence, please contact me,
quoting the reference number above.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your request, you can ask
for an Internal Review. Internal review requests should be submitted
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are dissatisfied.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision.
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Internal Review procedure provided by the Council. You can contact the ICO
by emailing [7][email address], or by post at Customer Contact,
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
Jackie Jago
Head of Corporate Services
Corporate Services
Directorate of Central Services
Royal Borough of Greenwich
' 020 8921 5044
* Room 20 Basement The Town Hall, Wellington Street, London SE18 6PW
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