Materials
- Shape, Style and Nature
All
modules will be supported by online learning materials which can
be viewed through any internet browser. Materials will be provided
to individual teachers on compact disc, and in paper form for
teachers not yet confident or competent to access digital material.
As
well as producing and commissioning its own materials as described
above, the partnership is prepared to invest in commercially produced
material and to commit currently held resources to the project.
Investment
in commercially produced material would include the following:
Direct
Training Material - ICT Skills
Material produced by ICL, Microsoft, CBT and Ivy Software is,
or will shortly, be available to the partnership by virtue of
normal ICT courseware investment.
Exemplar material is available at the following sites:
 ICL
CBT
Ivy
Software
ECDL
Training Material
Direct
Training Material - Pedagogy
Material produced by commercial sections and partners of the High
Education sector, such as the Open University and Anglia Multimedia,
will be purchased to support the delivery of the programme.
Exemplar material is available at the following sites:
Open
University
Anglia
Multimedia
BBC
Indirect
Training Material - Courseware and Software for Evaluation
Material produced across the industry for use in the classroom
- from CD-ROM encyclopedias to language learning courseware and
subject specific clipart folders - will be kept in stock and used
with individual teachers and learners.
Exemplar material is available at the following sites:
Pearson
Dorling
Kindersley
Commitment
of currently available resources includes the following:
Direct
Training Materials - ICT Skills
Materials currently exist from the Further Education National
Consortium, CIA Training and NEC to deal with threshold ICT skills,
and this material can be used under licence. Material also exists
within the partnership that can be used and/or adapted to deliver
ICT skills in the appropriate manner.
Exemplar material is available at the following sites:
Further
Education National Consortium
CIA
National
Extension College
Direct
Training Material - Pedagogy
Resources currently used in the teacher training environments
within the partnership will be committed in the period from November
1998 for reformatting into a consistent delivery format.
Indirect
Training Material - Courseware and Software for Evaluation
Courseware and software that has been developed by the partners
will be contributed to the partnership as part of the jointly
held library of e-resources.
This includes:
- Welsh
(beginner level) multimedia CD-ROM
- GCSE
Maths (revision) multimedia CD-ROM
- GCSE
English (full delivery) online learning resource
- The
Mumbles Train CD-ROM
Examples
are available from Dr. K.M. Palmer on request, and will be supplied
online (through passwords) or on CD-ROM.
Accounting
for Teachers' Priorities
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