…this was one of the most frequent questions I was asked when I was working as an eLearning Adviser for the North West Regional Support Centre (Sadly no longer with us). You only have to look on Twitter, Google+, Scoop.it, LinkedIn etc., to see FE & Skills stakeholders, doing a lot of talking about: blended […]

The world of Virtual Reality may seem either an expensive possibility for training providers, or a mere gimmick. However with the release of Google Cardboard this offers low cost, immersive ways to engage learners. This device costs under £25 so it is cheap enough to experiment with and with Google reporting that over 1 million devices […]

Roll up, roll up - become an Apprentice, you know it makes sense because everyone says so. Well that rather depends! In my opinion it depends primarily on the quality controls of the Learning Providers, the relationship they have with employers and the skills and dedication of the personnel meeting the needs of all concerned. […]

What does it take to get FE & Skills off the fence? The word on the street, blogs, forums etc. Is that the use of technology to deliver teaching, learning and assessment is not as high as one would believe possible. Now this may come as a surprise to some, what with it being fifteen years […]

For several years my role has been known as an eLearning Adviser, or is it e-Learning Adviser? With or without the hyphen it is an unhelpful title as it means different things to different organisations and to coin a phrase initiated by Craig Taylor several years ago - when are they going to take the […]

…or ideas on how to improve your video presentations. From guest writer Ian Gallacher: In a previous life I ran a film production company in London, starting around the time of film cutting rooms, optical effects, screening rooms in Wardour Street, video was edited on 2" tape and uMatic cassettes - VHS had only just […]

What does the future hold for education? From guest writer Phil Parker. The pace of change in education makes it hard to imagine what life will be like in our schools and colleges five years from now, in 2020. Yet that was the purpose of The Horizon Report 2014 where the views of 850 international […]

During a week of disturbing headlines for education, the article Public Accounts Committee to look at FE ‘financial meltdown’ caught my eye, relating as it does to the ongoing saga of FE college finances. Including a reference to the report by the National Audit Office (NAO), which in July stated that the ‘financial health of the FE college […]

From guest writer: Judy Bloxham. China is the fastest growing economy in the world despite some of the recent economic setbacks. It is a country of new wealth and an odd mix of private initiatives and state control. A country of paradoxes, where all around you see the ubiquitous smart phones, yet long cultural traditions […]

There appears to be an upsurge of interest in the use of technology in blended learning, even I am engaged in a MOOC at this time and whilst it may not be high on the list of staff development for many, I thought it appropriate to refresh my page of ‘tools’  to see if former favourites […]