Reducing workload, increasing access and making complex content 'stick' How, exactly do you ensure that the complex and interrelated concepts within a forthcoming unit of work are understood without simply ‘delivering’ to students? And teach it in a way that is fun and engaging? Danielle Byrne Course Team Leader in Childcare at West Lancashire College reports.
Working/professional learning from home — Number 2 Overcoming barriers to progress The second in a series of four posts looking at ways teachers, trainers and endpoint assessors can use the HOW2 web app to work remotely with colleagues and usefully engage in professional learning from home.
Working/professional learning from home — Number 1. Capturing and Sharing Best Practice The first in a series of four posts looking at ways teachers, trainers and endpoint assessors can use the HOW2 web app to work remotely with colleagues and usefully engage in professional learning from home.
Using HOW2s to support Teacher Training Paula Han is a teacher trainer at Milton Keynes College. In this blog post, Paula reports on how she uses HOW2s to support her in training and supporting teachers to deliver their qualifications.
From 40% in a YEAR to 100% in a TERM — How moving support online increased the capacity to coach and support teachers How can training providers, on a limited budget, support large numbers of teachers and trainers (spread out across the UK?) in developing their pedagogical skills? Ian Harris, CEO of HOW2s, meets Becky Vallely, Quality Improvement Manager for SCL, Education through Sport
Thriving with the diving - Gateway College, HOW2s and the new EIF Gateway college was one of the first colleges in England to experience 'deep dives' under the new EIF. And the first college using HOW2s to be inspected. Ian Harris, CEO of HOW2s, met with Frances Rippin, Assistant Principal at Gateway college, to see how they got on.
Mapping HOW2s to the 2019 Inspection Framework Gordon Duffy-McGhie reveals how well HOW2s map against the 2019 Inspection Framework for England. Gordon is Director of Teaching, Learning and Student Experience at Middlesbrough Further Education College in the North East of England.
Trainers from one of our UK Training Providers share the notes they made, and then shared with their colleagues, while using iReview "It may even avoid the issue of resubmissions (less marking for me hopefully!)" — Sarah
Testimonial from Activate Learning Group Activate Learning have subscribed to HOW2s since 2014. We are currently going through a procurement process with a potential overseas client. This is what Anne Haig Smith from Activate had to say about us when we asked her to be a referee.
Evidencing Impact of training - our journey from 3 to 2 with HOW2s — A Testimonial from Middlesbrough College How do you evidence the impact of the training and support provided to faculty? Gordon Duffy-McGhie from Middlesbrough Colleges explains how they did it and the part HOW2 played in the matter.
Game on with HOW2s Dawn Davis is a sports lecturer in South London. In this article, she draws on 21 years of experience to reflect on her initial reaction to HOW2s, their impact on her teaching, as well as the changes she has seen learner motivation, results and the transfer of learning to the workplace.
From 3 to 2 (and 3rd to 1st Quartile) Gordon Duffy-McGhie, Director of Teaching, Learning and Student Experience at Middlesbrough College explains HOW2's part in their Ofsted journey. And what the inspectors thought of it all.
