| Bristol
University Interactive Education Project |
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2001 to 2004 some of our leading consultants were Visiting
Research Fellows at the University of Bristol (UK), as part
of the Interactive Education research project, the largest
study of its kind ever in the UK. We developed ideas and
resources for the classroom which were subsequently trialled
in schools and their impact evaluated. The project also
gave us the opportunity to work with other teachers, academics
and software and hardware providers to establish how new
technologies enhance teaching and learning. |
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learned a good deal through participation in this project,
especially in the fields of creativity and multi-modality
in learning, as well as the impact of audio/visual media.
Key to our experience was the realisation that ICT could
make a great contribution to pupil-centred learning and
our subsequent understanding of how this affects the teacher's
role in the classroom. The final report of this project
will be published shortly. |
| Interactive
Education Project website |
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| Gemini
Project |
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Gemini Project is an initiative of a London-based non-profit
organisation who specialise in developing classroom contact
between UK and African schools, and the software platforms
and curriculum projects to support this collaboration. The
ability of Gemini's tools to be used in locations where
ICT facilities are often very basic means that this kind
of vital work is becoming increasingly possible for schools
everywhere. |
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have trialled a number of Gemini projects in schools in
recent years, and the impact has been tremendous. It has
been a joy to see the motivation of teenagers in the UK
to undertake serious discussions on a range of critical
world citizenship issues with their peers in Africa. The
projects have also supported the development of key skills
such as literacy and communication. This evaluation has
been a significant help to Gemini in their efforts to attract
further funding for their work. |
| Gemini
Project website |
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| Synergy
Learning |
| Synergy
Learning is an offshoot of the University of Ulster (Northern
Ireland), which grew out of the university's inability to
find talented software designers in the local community.
The university subsequently decided to develop their own
workforce by offering a range of courses and online tools
to support skills acquisition in multimedia platforms such
as Macromedia Flash. |
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felt that Synergy's excellent tuition tools could be used
to support teachers from all subject areas who want to use
multimedia software in their own work. We have therefore
agreed to run a series of trials which will investigate
what further support (beyond Synergy's online tutorials)
will be required to enable teachers to use programs such
as Flash and Adobe Photoshop in their classrooms. We think
that this project will help move schools towards a greater
use of visual literacy approaches and enrich the learning
experience of the future. |
| Synergy
Learning website |
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| Global
Schools of the Future |
| Imagine
Education has embarked on an exciting number of engagments
in the Far East. As part of the globalSOF consortium, Imagine
Education will support the development of education reform
in Schools of the Future programmes in Singapore, taiwan,
Malaysia and Indonesia. |
| globalSOF
website |
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