Next Generation Learning Campaign

This month, Becta (the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency), has launched a new national campaign about putting technology at the heart of learning. The Campaign, Next Generation Learning is about using technology well to make learning a more exciting, rewarding and successful experience for people of all ages and abilities.

The campaign is supported by a website which has three main topic areas focussing on:

Better results - Creating an education and training system that uses technology better to improve performance.

Better ways to learn - How technology can change the way you learn; giving you more control over what, when, where and how you do it.

Better for business - Ideas for improving your organisation by making better use of technology.

The site has checklists for learners, practitioners and businesses, which provide helpful hints on how to utilise technology. You’ll also find advice, tips and resources to help you get the most out of technology.

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Recognising Learner Acheivements - Adult Learners Awards

Do you know someone whose remarkable learning achievements deserve recognition? Then it’s not too late to nominate them for an Adult Learners' Week Award. Making a nomination is very easy and can be done online, but you’ll need to act quickly as the closing date for nominations is 25 January 2008.

EVERYONE nominated will receive a Certificate of Achievement, with the winners being invited to an awards ceremony to also receive a learning voucher.

I’ve seen the walls of thank you cards in our local training centres so why not give one of your learners that extra bit of recognition too? To learners who have overcome the odds to get back into training or education, those little things make a really big difference.

It’s great to see our region promoting our learners achievements too. (Us Midlander’s are keen on learning after all!)

Details of how to nominate can be found in this previous post.

Adult Learners' Week Awards 2008 Now Open

Do you know an adult learner whose achievements could inspire others?
Does your organisation offer a creative programme of learning that reaches out to adults?

If you know someone whose remarkable learning achievements deserve recognition and could inspire others, then why not nominate them for an Adult Learners' Week Award? Participation in Adult Learners’ Week is a great way of making people aware of the learning opportunities that you provide. And, of course, the Adult Learners’ Week Awards, are a fantastic way of recognising the achievements of your learners.

There were some great examples of learner achievements in the West Midlands highlighted in the 2007 Awards which you can learn more about here. I hope that this year we’re similarly able to highlight some of the successes achieved by learners in our region.

Everyone nominated in this years awards will receive a Certificate of Achievement, and the winners will be invited to an awards ceremony and receive a learning voucher.

Making a nomination is straightforward and easy - and can be done online or by post. Click here to nominate online. More information about the awards an be obtained on the web at http://www.alw.org.uk/ or you can get get quick answers to your FAQs here.