Guide to ELLI online

This guide contains a summary of :

• description of ELLI
• how to use it
• what to do with it
• how to get help
• a checklist of things that have to be done

What is ELLI?

ELLI stands for the Effective Lifelong Learning Inventory. It is designed to find out how learners perceive themselves in relation to seven dimensions of learning power. An ELLI profile will provide information about how a learner or a group of learners are doing on the seven dimensions of learning power:

This ELLI profile can be used diagnostically by the learner and by the teacher. It will help both focus on areas for development and change

ELLI is a questionnaire which is a learning experience in itself. It will challenge the learner to think about all sorts of aspects of learning, which they may or may not have been aware of. It is usually introduced to learners as part of a more general focus on getting better at learning.

Where to begin?

A. Preparation

• Get informed about the objectives
  How ? visit the website pages especially www.ellionline.co.uk/about.php and www.ellionline.co.uk/administration.php
• Get yourself and your students registered
  How ? ask your school administrator to provide the ELLI team with details of your students (they get this information from the SIMS system - or equivalent). Ask the ELLI team for your unique Login ID.
• Check all your students are registered
  How ? Login in to ELLI Online (at www.ellionline.co.uk/login.php) and from the menu goto 'Check Classes'

B. Implementation

• First, plan a class session when your students will do the online survey.
  This will probably mean booking a computer suite (you'll need one computer per student) for about 45 mins: 15 minutes explanation and 30 minutes for completing the survey. Note that some students are much quicker than others and that older students are quicker than younger ones, in general !
• Then, before the above planned session, login yourself and print your students' unique Login ID's.
  How ? From the menu choose 'Check Classes'. Print the page showing the logins (Each student login is a number and a password).
  Note 1: You may wish to use scissors to cut the page into strips, one strip for each student.
  Note 2: Students are identified only by initials and dob.
• At the start of the planned session prepare your students.
  How ?
  • Explain the purpose
  • Provide each student with their Login ID
  • Tell the students to open an internet browser window (ideally Internet Explorer like IE5) and type into the address bar http://www.ellionline.co.uk
  • Students should select the link 'ELLI Online Login'
  • On the login page students enter their ID number and password and press the 'Log In' button.
  • Students then follow the instructions.

C. Classroom management tips

• You can monitor student completions if you have access to a computer
  How ? Once you are logged in with your ID and Password, from the menu choose 'Monitor'.
• Support students with weaker literacy skills
  How ? Ask some older students to read questions to the subject students or Read the questions aloud yourself or Plan for two sessions with half the class in each session
• Check that when students have finished they press the 'Save my answers' button which is at the bottom of their survey page.
• Students can see which radio button matches their response to each question/statement by allowing the mouse cursor to rest over each button. A small balloon appears on the screen with the meaning of the button. Try it here: