Blended Learning

Six Ways Distance Learning Has Changed Education

After surveying 50 schools using distance learning during the lockdown, Glenys Hart analyses the changes - some of them surprising and far-reaching – that are emerging.

13 Dec

Digital Learning

Being Creative At Work And At Home With The Help Of A Great Team

Rachel Hall, MD of Busy Things Limited, shares a personal perspective on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on learning online for primary school children and their teachers

25 Nov

Digital Learning

Lockdown Lessons: Wales – over 9,500 Google Classrooms and over 8,800 Microsoft Class Teams

Bilingual resources and technology across a nation Sal McKeown finds out how Wales has dealt with the lockdown and the digital divide

2 Oct

Digital Learning

Lockdown Lessons: North West. School Achieves 90% Pupil Engagement

It was a challenge to keep pupils on task week after week during lockdown. Sal McKeown got some hints and tips from Simon Howe and David Kavanagh at Ashton on Mersey School

2 Oct

Digital Learning

Learning Lessons In Lockdown

LEO Academy Trust struck lucky when it decided to adopt Google's G Suite for Education as its digital education platform. This is how they did it.

12 Aug

Digital Learning

The do’s and don’ts of remote learning – How AI works and what it brings to the table

Dr Sara de Freitas, executive director of education at Wey Education, providers of InterHigh, the online school, shares her advice on retaining and refining the advantages we have all experienced from online, blended learning during Covid-19.

10 Aug

Digital Learning

Rise In Teacher Confidence Using Edtech – A Key Benefit From Lockdown

New research from Renaissance found consistent communication (31%) and supporting the mental health and wellbeing of pupils (23%) are the biggest challenges to teaching during the phased return. But one lockdown silver-lining is that almost two-thirds (65%) feel more confident using edtech

16 Jul

Digital Learning

Growing Successful Virtual Learners Requires New Teaching Styles

Some schools have adapted to distance learning whilst others have struggled. The secret is not to try and replicate traditional classroom teaching online. John McCarthy, author and former curriculum director of an online school in America , outlines a better way

25 Jun

Digital Learning

Coronavirus: Flipping The Classroom For Home Learning Can Be An Opportunity For Inclusion… Or Greater Exclusion

The current crisis is changing the landscape of education. In the second of our series looking at the impact of Coronavirus on schools and teaching, Professor Amanda Kirby discusses how it could be a blessing in disguise for neurodiverse learners

17 Mar

Digital Learning

Blended learning: Best practice examples from the UK and US

Jared Stein looks at some of the best ways schools in the UK and the US are using blended learning to enhance the learning experience, and shares practical advice on creating effective learning experiences by blending the best of online and face-to-face teaching.

27 Aug

Digital Learning

Online Learning vs. Traditional Learning

While Distance Learning as a concept has been around for years, it is only relatively recently that it has started to gain traction as a powerful tool to both support and enhance traditional education. But could online learning replace traditional learning? We discuss the factors driving the growth in web-based courses - in particular, video technology.

5 Jun

Digital Learning

So what can possibly be wrong with blended learning?

Merv Lebor questions some of the assumptions underlying blended learning programmes…

1 Aug

Digital Learning

Blending for success

A successful blended learning solution should include a combination of workshops, e-learning programmes alongside work-based implementation with support from other learners, facilitators and coaches. Here, Robin Hoyle talks about blended learning whilst addressing how important it is to design and implement the right learning package for your staff members and students.

14 Oct

Digital Learning

Distance Learning And The Athena Project

SAL MCKEOWN visits the ATHENA project to see how video conferencing technology is being used to help pupils who are under-performing.

11 Feb

Digital Learning

Distance Learning And Video Conferencing Can Support SEN

SAL MCKEOWN visits the ATHENA project to see how video conferencing technology is being used to help pupils who are under-performing.

24 Jan