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Some of the best sites with a range of information, advice, resources and other items, and which don't fit in a single category.
Addprima
An American sie dedicated to Education Information for New and Future Teachers, by Bob Kizlic. The content of the site shows what a prolific author Bob is, and there is much worthwhile content to browse, dowload and try out.Deliberations is designed to act as:
a resource for academic and all other staff supporting learning and teaching in higher education around the world. Material is arranged under the headings of "generic" and "subject-specific" learning and teaching issues, and "other" educational matters.
an interactive forum for participants to discuss and develop ideas, and identify resources that will develop their practice. For further information on the forum see deliberations-forum.
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/deliberations/
The 'Excellence Gateway' - is probably the biggest site for resources etc, for the Lifeong Learning sector. The site draws together a large number of resources from diverse sources and web sites across the sector. This means there are many resources available. Unlike the TTRB however, they aren't critically evaluated, so it is a bit of a challenge to find things which are really useful. There doesn't seem to be a very sophisticated way of searching, and it's bit disappointing overall, but do have a look.
There are good bits at:
- Case studies on good e-practice
- The Teaching and Learning Resources
Starts at: http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/
Geoff Petty - Geoff is one of the best-selling writers and most engaging thinkers about education, and he has a very useful web site with much available for teachers at all levels. The site is at http://www.geoffpetty.com/index.html and is a must to visit.
'Gold Dust' Resources If you teach on teacher education programmes or coach and support colleagues to improve their teaching and learning, these resources are for you.
The resources include a wide and varied range of learning activities, case studies, videos, interactives and more. They can help you to focus on key themes and topics related to teaching and learning and also provide content and examples which can be used directly with teachers across the learning and skills sector.
The resources here are taken from the LSIS Teaching and Learning Programme and were developed with teachers, teacher educators and national education organisations. For further information on using the resources visit Getting the most out of these resources.
Avaiable at: http://golddust.bdplearning.com/
Guide to Effective Teaching and Learning is the result of a standards fund project between Sparsholt College Hampshire and the South East Land Based Colleges. It contains a good deal of useful content.
Infed.org, the site for Informal Learning, is simply one of the best educational web sites around. It's a comprehensive, accessible, absorbing, authoritative and well designed site. In fact it's an absolute gem, with masses of excellent content. The main site sections are :
Make sure you browse, as there is a huge amount on this site. http://www.infed.org/index.htm
The Institute for Learning (IfL) describes itself as 'the professional body for teachers, trainers, tutors and student teachers in the learning and skills sector. By listening to and supporting the needs of our members, we continue to raise the status of teaching practitioners across the sector. We celebrate the diverse nature of the sector, including: adult and community learning, emergency and public services, further education colleges, Ministry of Defence and armed services, the voluntary sector, offender education and work-based learning. We are run by a Council, over half of whom are elected from the membership. Council directs the strategic policy of the Institute, which is managed and implemented by staff.' At: http://www.ifl.ac.uk/
Learning and Skills Network
The Learning and Skills Network (LSN) is an independent not-for-profit organisation committed to making a difference to learning and skills. Good sections on research, publications (including many LSDA publications freely downloadable), and others. At www.lsneducation.org.uk
Learning and Teaching from James Atherton is 'three linked sites exploring learning and teaching in college, adult and professional education'. Excellent throughout, with sections on theory and practice, which are authoritative, informative and thought-provoking. http://www.learningandteaching.info/
DOCEO is one of the other sites, and is described as 'this site contains ideas and supporting material to complement my more focussed stuff. Most of it relates to learning and teaching, based on handouts and lecture digressions developed over the years.'. http://www.doceo.co.uk/
The more 'focussed stuff' is 'about theories of learning in a post-school educational context'. http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~jamesa/learning/index.htm
There is a how to teach section at http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~jamesa/teaching/contents.htm
Teaching and Learning Research Programme - TLRP
One of the biggest programmes of research into teaching and learning has been taking place since 1999, and is due to continue until 2012. The programme has produced many publications and resources, and many are relevant to PCE.
The sections on
- findingsare all very good, with many items to browse and use.
The ten pedagiogic principles produced by the project are really good for debating what teachers think is important about teaching and learning, and are at:
http://www.tlrp.org/themes/themes/tenprinciples.html
Starts at: www.tlrp.org
Teacher training resource bank (ttrb)
The Teacher Training Resource Bank (TTRB) is a three-year project supported by the Training and Development Agency for Schools which aims to:
Make the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) professional knowledge base more easily accessible.
Reference effective practices in all subject areas and across phases.
Increase the quality and range of ITE resources available.
Raise the status of ITE research and knowledge.
Promote and effect change by supporting tested knowledge transfer and adoption strategies.
Provide a personalised support service for teacher educators and those training to teach.
It's aimed at teacher training in schools but there is much relevant content on the site for all teacher training. For example:
Tutors and trainees will find this guide useful in developing a critical approach to searching for education-based material on the web. It was produced by library staff from the University of London's Institute of Education and forms part of INTUTE's Virtual Training Suite.
It complements and follows on from the Internet Detective tutorial that is a more widely based guide to using the web for research.
The Behaviour 4 Learning website aims to ensure that teacher educators and trainees are provided with high quality relevant resources that enable trainers and trainees engage with the principles of behaviour for learning to improve the management of classroom behaviour, enable achievement and foster the emotional wellbeing of learners.
The TTRB is at http://www.ttrb.ac.uk/
Teachers tv has masses to offer, as it can be an excellent source of video which can be shown as long as you have a reasonably fast internet connection.
The web site has a really good video browser to navigate through the extensive library of videos, and content can be streamed or downloaded at any time.
You can also comment on any videos, sign up to desktop alerts, find out what's on TV using our online guide and get more involved with the channel through our Associates scheme. There are 69 Further Education specific videos, but plenty of others you could make use of. http://www.teachers.tv/
Teachmysubject.org.uk 'provides resources for teachers
and trainers in the Learning and Skills sector to use with their
students. They are organised on the basis of the specialism that is
being taught and learned. They are then classified as one of three
types of resource, and as available at one of three levels. There are
hundreds of resources here. They are easily searched and users are
invited to comment on their usefulness. This helps other teachers find
appropriate resources quickly and to make appropriate selections.
http://www.teachingmysubject.org.uk/open/
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