This project responded to a reduction in tutorial support time and enrichment activities available to young people, and a widening range of needs to meet, by looking to ensure that tutorial content could be delivered anywhere and would be available at any time the student needed it.
The college sought through this project to find ways to integrate new methods of teaching to animate learning of theory in the technology and construction department. The solution adopted was to use video in learning and form staff into a community of practice to support each other in of use of video in teaching.
Engaging learners in a non-traditional classroom environment such as a PC based area can prove to be difficult unless learners are clearly directed and engaged with materials relevant to their course area. This project explored how to address attendance, engagement and achievement of learners during supported independent study (SIS).
This project developed the MyCampus online virtual campus to allow students with learning difficulties and disabilities the opportunity to engage with current learners. The National Star College is a residential college and the current web resource did not sufficiently engage prospective learners in a way which met their needs, particularly in providing an interactive information resource.
This curriculum project aimed to enable learners to create work with one device, regardless of location, and make the learning environment to be more recognisable to a modern day learner, using a medium they are more familiar with. This would in turn improve learners' retention of information and ultimately enhance the learning experience.
This project addressed an identified need to update and develop new learning materials and ways of communicating appropriate both to the students and to the rapidly changing field of Digital Literacy, with a particular focus on ESOL students, assisting them to effectively communicate online and create a positive online presence. The project also looked at how to develop staff skills in this area.
This case study shows how Kendal College looked to increase the amount of good and better teaching by developing new learning materials based on Augmented Reality (AR) technology, to support improvements for staff who are graded at 2 or below through the Teaching & Learning Observation process or who are new to teaching.
This project sought to capture evidence of learner satisfaction and achievement easily, efficiently and anonymously using very portable digital voting handsets. This would overcome a number of issues with written surveys and evaluations and offer portability and the potential to save money. The project also explored collaboration between organisations with different delivery models.
For some time the college had been keen to integrate the capturing, storing and dissemination of teaching sessions (audio and video) into the normal working practices of its staff. This project explored the available technological solutions as well as the values and attitudes of practitioners to the concept of recording classroom practice and how such values changed following trial runs.
This project aimed to increase the use of the public library by adults with learning disabilities, to increase confidence in using the library’s IT systems, enabling access to information.
