ELLI is a research-validated on-line learning profiling tool developed at
the University of Bristol. Tested among 100,000 people globally …
it profiles the learner, it sets the improvement agenda, it inspects and
measures progress, it creates the conditions for lifelong learning
ELLI begins by creating a single page Spidergraph of the learner’s learning proficiency according to 7 dimensions.
ELLI captures a student’s imagination by enabling them to see themselves as learners. The results inspire them to set about re-shaping the way they learn, to create change.
ELLI gives students the courage to take ownership of the process of improving their learning profiles by giving them a simple language with which to pursue a voyage of discovery.
ELLI is unique … it sets the agenda and inspects and measures progress as changes unfold.
DISCOVER HOW THEY BEHAVE
AS LEARNERS
Students are introduced to ELLI’s 7 dimensions, the new language of learning. They familiarise themselves with their own behaviour pattern.
KICK-START THEIR OWN
PERSONAL LEARNING JOURNEY
Student and teacher design the learning journey together under student direction. The student begins to take ownership and to use the language of learning.
FIND THAT THEY CAN PLOT
THEIR PROGRESS
An unfolding love of learning nurtures creativity, strengthens resilience and attacks any underachievement
PERSONALISE THEIR SUPPORT
AS TUTORS TO EACH STUDENT
Encourages focus on building of Individual learning capabilities and employability skills
FOCUS TEACHING PRACTICE BY
USING ELLI’s REPEAT ASSESSMENTS
Repeat assessments at intervals allow reshaping of both teaching and student learning journeys
BETTER ADVISE EACH STUDENT
ON LIFE CHANCES and CHOICES
Reveals student character and idiosyncrasies that inform and enhance career advice
EMBRACE THE ‘HOW’ ALONG
WITH THE ‘WHAT’ OF LEARNING
Design curricula that give students opportunity to stretch and develop learning proficiency
EVIDENCE GROWTH OF EACH
STUDENT’S LEARNING HABITS
Use evidence of student growth in self-regulation, resilience confidence and independence
SELECT NEW STAFF TO FIT THE
SCHOOL’S LEARNING CULTURE
Determine employability dispositions, enhancing future contribution with personal CPD
ELLI is an acronym, an affectionate reference to it’s root, the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory. It is made up of self-assessment questions using the same multiple choice answers ranging from ‘Not at all like me’ to ‘Very much like me’. Questions are randomised so that students don’t learn how to answer but answer each question honestly an authentically.
The ELLI Spidergraphic profile prompts students to talk about their learning and assists their teachers in tailoring student study so their students consciously use the language of the 7 dimensions.
Both students and teachers become fascinated by the story that each profile tells.
This student exhibits a strength in Resilience, disposed to persist and keep on trying whilst also, to a more limited extent, being aware of what she trying to accomplish and to learn.
However, the student does not yet understand why she needs to learn, does not know how to use her personal resources such as her imagination, what she has already learned. She struggles with knowing how and when to work independently.
The University of Bristol research discovered that the learning profile is also responsive to the circumstances of the immediate environment (home or classroom) and is sensitive to both relationships and social challenge.