The Digital Educators Programme sought to support practitioners to investigate the use of technology to engage and enhance the learner experience and promote use of technology among immediate colleagues.
The project was designed to explore the impact of ‘digital home study support’ on the confidence and performance of learners on our maths and English programmes and the mothers of children in the secure estate. Strategies to improve engagement and enhance the quality of the learning experience on these programmes were largely successful although tutors continued to report that learners were reluctant to take responsibility for their learning and continue with their studies at home. In the secure estate, the parents we worked with were experiencing increasing difficulty in trying to keep up to date with what their children were doing in school, which in turn made visits and maintaining positive family relationships much harder.
A case study exploring a collaborative project between Abingdon & Witney College and Newham College, exploring whether providing students with digital feedback could accelerate student progress, as well as reduce the total amount of marking time for a teacher. The project partners wanted to enable more learners to progress from Level 2 to Level 3 courses by giving staff greater time to plan inspirational, challenging and engaging lessons - whilst at the same time making feedback more incisive and effective.
A case study exploring a collaborative project between Barnet & Southgate College and North Hertfordshire College, exploring why GCSE maths learners were not making as much progress as they could when using traditional written methods of feedback. The project sought to supplement written feedback with digital feedback in order to improve learner engagement as measured by academic outcomes.
A case study exploring whether the use of social media could increase learner engagement and independence for adult Entry 2 - Level 2 Functional Skills and GCSE maths learners at Morley College, and young GCSE maths and English learners at Lambeth College
Digital Feedback was a collaborative project between Havant and South Downs College and Capital City College Group that sought to explore the effectiveness of digital feedback in post-16 education. Research indicated that both audio and video methods positively influence learner perceptions of feedback in Higher Education. This project aimed to begin to build the same evidence base for Further Education by investigating staff and learner perceptions of digital feedback.
An effective good practice case study highlighting a clearer idea of the strategy to develop English and maths through work experience and developing learner’s awareness of opportunities to develop English and maths skills in the workplace
A case study of Huddersfield New College (HNC) who received an Ofsted Outstanding grade and was the first college nationally to receive outstanding grades for all aspects of its work.
An extensive booklet containing a summary and evaluation of the practitioner research undertaken by the North East and Cumbria team including Success North, HUDCETT and Skills Digital as part of OTLA Phase 3.
The Develop Cluster Group worked with the Mitie Foundation who co-produced a Business Challenge Day for their high needs learners. This enterprise day was to inspire and showcase our learners’ capability to prospective employers who could potentially offer work experience or paid work in the future. This zipped file includes the SEND Workforce Development Study Programme project's case study, dissemination presentation and employer leaflet.
