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More completed projects
The list is long and these are just a few examples.

Learning environment

The Learning for Work on-line learning environment was developed initially to complement an advanced skills course in teaching key skills and was extended to complement other training provision through the development of online communities of practice.
The site is build on a Moodle core and through an excellent hosting arrangement is able to house hundreds of individual courses at very low cost.
We are making our own courses available and are developing, hosting and maintaining Moodle learning environments for our clients.

Guides to good practice and provider toolkits
Learning for Work managed the provision of support to training providers under the Key Skills Support Programme, on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

We worked with LfW for almost 8 years on the development of training support materials (Leading from the Top, Marketing Key Skills, Working with Employers, Preparing for the Key Skills Tests) and in co-authoring guides to good practice Working with Employers and The Application of Number.

The good practice guides and interactive CD-ROMs (e.g. Building key skills portfolios and the Initial assessment toolkit) that we co-developed have been exceptionally well received and have been reprinted at regular intervals since their original publication.

Whole Brain Learning

Working closely with education publisher Lernia Ltd., we researched and wrote a programme for schools to develop pupils’ capacity for learning – Whole Brain Learning.

The product consists of detailed lesson plans, illustrations, activity sheets, video and audio materials. The materials are presented as a combination of print and CD-ROM, with separate versions for primary and secondary age-groups.

Moving from print to digital media, we have made the teaching materials interactive and very simple to navigate. Hard-copy can be printed by teachers as required and the increased flexibility enables tailored use in schools.

A brand new version of Whole Brain Learning for Key Stage 2 which, we have also developed, is due for release on CD ROM.

Thinking About Drinking

BNTL Freeway is a major national charity with concerns about teenage alcohol consumption which commissioned us to research and write a classroom teaching pack for primary schools to put across the dangers of under-age drinking.

The product has been distributed to over 20,000 schools in the UK and such was the response that we were asked to produce a further version for primary schools and a new pack on Basic Drugs Awareness.

Key-line

Key-line is a web-based learning resource which we managed for the Key Skills Support Programme. The 1500 Key-line members represented over half of UK training providers, had 24/7 access to information, learning modules and dedicated tutor support through a forum system. In addition we created and sent a regular Members' Mail (news and interest refreshment) by email to all members. We also researched and maintained a library of resources and useful links, all within the site.

National occupational standards - guidance

As well as our work in actually developing National Occupational Standards (which underpin NVQs) we authored a guidance document for standards developers across all sectors in the UK.
It is jointly published by the four regulatory bodies in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.