Enriching Teaching

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Enriching Teaching Learning

• Some Free Online Tools Resources

Paul Richardson
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Purpose of the session

• To provide an update on NLN and NGfL
• Show how you can get support from the RSC, and
  others
• Explore some ways of using Moodle

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The National Learning Network (NLN)

• Funded by the LSC (the Welsh Assembly Government
  in Wales)
• The NLN Materials are small, flexible
  'bite-sized' episodes of learning.
• The materials give learners things to do and a
  chance to think for themselves. They are designed
  to be fun. Learners can make mistakes but can try
  again.

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• Since the NLN programme first began in 1999, the
  NLN Materials have grown to nearly 1,000 hours of
  e-learning materials across a wide range of
  subjects from Floristry to Business Studies.
  Spanning the curriculum, they can easily be
  fitted into existing teaching and learning.
• Access to the materials is available through a
  range of portals, depending on which post-16
  sector you are a member of. You can link to these
  portals from this website.

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• The materials were created by commercial
  developers, in partnership with subject matter
  experts and a wide range of colleges and adult
  and community learning experts.
• All the materials have been trialled by tutors
  and students and tested for accessibility at the
  Royal National College of the Blind in Hereford.

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Some examples

• Y Wers - Deialog (Drama)
• Gofal Cwsmer (Twristiaeth a Hamdden)

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• Volume of shapes practice
• Constructing an argument

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• Some user experiences

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Top tips for teachers (1)

• Find out what materials are there, and find short
  'chunks' which are relevant to how you teach your
  subject.
• Become familiar with relevant learning objects
  and know how to use them alongside your own
  materials and resources.
• Link the materials to your schemes of work and be
  aware of the varied ways in which the materials
  can be embedded into the learning process.

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Top tips for teachers (2)

• Make sure they are easy to access and use - check
  they can be accessed from your teaching area.
• Be aware that there may be relevant materials
  apart from those listed under your subject area.
• Study the format of the learning objects and look
  at them as a source of ideas for re-using both
  the learning objects and your current coursework
  in more interesting ways.

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National Grid for Learning (NGfL) Cymru
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NGfL Cymru

• Free resources for FE and schools
• Best Practice area
• Additional Learning Needs areas
• Optional registration
• In excess of 2,500 resources on the site
• Over 12,000 visits by practitioners each day

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Resources

• Create, share and distribute
• For practitioners
• Access point for NLN materials
• Welsh context
• Welsh medium materials
• Flexible resources downloadable
• Many resources suitable for white boards

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Contribute to NGfL Cymru

• The Innovative Resource Fund (IRF) will provide
  direct funding to school/colleges to support the
  development of a wide range of educational
  resources by individuals or groups of
  practitioners
• Average contribution from NGfL Cymru 1000 per
  project.
• More details at
• http//www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/index-new/0-15-0-
  0_innovation_fund.htm

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Some of the criteria for contributions

• The work should
• be part of  a complete unit of work that will
  contribute to a  topic area or theme,
• be part of  a complete section or sub-section of
  a syllabus or scheme of work,
• include attractive interactive elements (e.g.
  using animation, audio, video), which could be
  developed in partnership with NGfL Cymru,

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• The Open University
• http//openlearn.open.ac.uk/
• The BBC
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/
• MIT Physics Lectures
• http//ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFal
  l1999/VideoLectures/index.htm
• MERLOT
• http//www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
• JORUM