A booklet containing summaries of 12 projects which researched new approaches for teaching English in the post-16 sector. In total, 45 organisations took part. Twelve projects were formed, each consisting of 3 or 4 successful organisations who wanted to work on a similar theme. 440 participants comprising managers, English specialist teachers, vocational subject trainers, tutors, and lecturers were involved in the project.

As more courses move online and tutors deliver more content through webinar style sessions, it becomes vital to understand both the benefits and the barriers of webinar-based lessons. The tools and platforms you have available may put constraints on how inclusive your webinar can be, this presentation accompanies the Making webinars more inclusive which explored some of the common issues and suggest ways to minimise their impact.

How do we motivate and engage learners suddenly faced with learning independently online? This webinar will look at tools that can be used within a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) help to motive and engage learners by adding collaborative activities and gamification. The session will use Moodle to demonstrate features within a VLE to support online learning. The webinar will look at the use of forums, wikis, quiz and badges.

This webinar show how you can take a class presentation (PPT) and quickly adapt it for online use. We’ll look at the inclusion of audio, video and the use of notes to help learners here all the extra information you normally say in class.  We’ll explore how you can combine tools (Nearpod with Skype/Zoom or Teams) to make structured but interactive online sessions using your presentation as a starting point.