Successful+Implementation+Guidelines+(SIGs)+and+Sustainable+Use+Goals+(SUGs)

Successful Implementation LMS Guidelines **(SIGs)** and Sustainable Use Goals **(SUGs)** that may be useful in supporting the implementation and on-going development of LMS's

**Successful Implementation Guidelines (SIGs)**
Learning institutions can foster student achievement by providing teaching and learning programmes using LMS’s to support the delivery of teaching materials and encourage collaborative learning. Each institution can: a) develop and implement teaching and learning programmes:
 * SIG 1 **

I. Provide all students with opportunities to achieve for success in all areas of the learning programme. II. Giving priority to student achievement in literacy through enhanced interactions and participation in the learning process. III. Giving priority to development of students ICT skill base, that better prepares them for their future.

b) Through a range of assessment practices, gather information to enable progress and achievement of students, giving priority to:

I. The provision of equitable and varied assessment types, e.g. blogs, tests, quizzes, journals. II. Breadth and depth of learning related to the needs, abilities and interests of students.

a) Develop strategic plans that documents plan implementation of LMS platforms to support student learning;
 * SIG 2 **

b) Maintain an on-going programme of self-review to monitor implementation of the strategic implementation plan;

a) Allocate sufficient funds for initial implementation of LMS platforms.
 * SIG 3 **

b) Allocate sufficient funds to provide on-going professional development for teaching staff in the use of LMS platforms.

Adapted from Ministry of Education National Administration Guidelines: @http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/Schools/PolicyAndStrategy/PlanningReportingRelevantLegislationNEGSAndNAGS/TheNationalAdministrationGuidelinesNAGs.aspx

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sustainable Use Goals (SUGs) **
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Education provided via LMS platforms is at the core of international efforts to achieve economic and social progress: The following goals have been suggested to realise the full potential of learning provided via LMS platforms.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The highest standards of achievement, through LMS programmes, which enable all students to realise their full potential as individuals, and to develop the values needed to become full members of society.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SUG 1 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Development of the knowledge, understanding and skills needed by learners, to compete successfully in the modern, ever-changing world.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SUG 2 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Priority should be given to the development of high levels of competence in literacy and technology.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SUG 3 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Excellence achieved through the establishment of clear learning objectives, monitoring of student performance against those objectives, and programmes to meet individual needs.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SUG 4 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SUG 5 **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">Increasing the participation and success of indigenous peoples through targeted educational initiatives.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Respect for the diverse ethnic and cultural heritage of New Zealand people, with acknowledgment of the unique place of Māori, and New Zealand's role in the Pacific as a member of the international community of nations.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">SUG 6 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Adapted from Ministry of Education National Education Goals: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">@http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/Schools/PolicyAndStrategy/PlanningReportingRelevantLegislationNEGSAndNAGS/TheNationalEducationGoalsNEGs.aspx