An OTLA project by Community Learning Skills at Kent Adult Education Service that investigated how to turn dependent and unconfident learners into empowered learners that recognised their own learning, through the development of appropriate strategies to encourage independence.
An OTLA project by Sheffield College exploring the impact of the explicit delivery of ‘mindsets for learning’ activities on student confidence, resilience and achievements.
An OTLA project by Morley College that aimed to develop a bank of teaching and learning resources for Entry Level 3 to Level 2 Functional Skills English adult students that would embed core English skills, such as reading for meaning and speaking to communicate, with themed lessons on wellbeing and emotional resilience.
This OTLA project by The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea used learner feedback to select, pilot and reflect upon the effectiveness of different active learning techniques for pre-entry level and ESOL learners.
An OTLA project by London South East Colleges inspired by the National Literacy Trust national scheme to boost reading for pleasure, aimed to create a scaffolded approach to reading and writing for GCSE English and Functional Skills learner.
An OTLA project by City Lit exploring whether using the cognitive profiles of English for Life learners could help to improve teaching and learning strategies.
An OTLA project by Bolton College that set out to engage with learners who had the weakest performance using the Accelerated Reader programme; a software assessment that identified areas of development and the reading level.
An OTLA project by Bishop Burton College that aimed to to increase learners’ time spent reading and to demonstrate to them the impact that reading can have on their ability to communicate with the world around them.
An OTLA project by New City College that encouraged over fifty 16-19 year old Functional Skills English Level 1 students to take part in a letter exchange scheme at four different New City College Campuses.
An OTLA project that involved creating a single coherent workbook - around 'Woman in Black' - to motivate students to manage resources and their completed work.
