'Making Learning Work for You'

The Subject E-Learning Workshops programme has been developed to raise awareness of the distinctive ways in which e-learning techniques and content can be applied to specific subject areas. These workshops will focus on topics and subjects that are also supported with materials procured by the Learning and Skills Council o Family Learning o ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) o Modern Foreign Languages o Making learning work for you The series of workshops will take place during the Spring term 2006 – Saturday 18 March 2006 Metropolitan University, Leeds – Saturday 25 March 2006 The Technocentre, Coventry – Saturday 01 April 2006 The I, Bristol The workshops will promote an understanding of: – how e-learning generally can support teaching and learning in the target subject area, – how NLN learning objects can support teaching and learning in the target subject area, the practical issues associated with deploying NLN materials. The ‘Making Learning Work for You’ workshop aims to focus on the broad view of the contribution that e-learning can make to supporting study skills. The event will include early access to the NLN materials covering this topic for use online (or via CD) by you and your learners. Returning to learning as an adult is hard. Often it's the basic study skills and confidence that hold us back. If you work with adults and want to encourage them to develop their personal skills and confidence to become better learners through e-learning then this workshop is for you! The titles are broken down into individual learning objects and include... – Learning with technology – Learning skills – Learning and you – Managing yourself – It's all in the mind – Writing skills – Reading skills Each learning object takes about 20 minutes to work through and can be used in a wide variety of ways. The materials are designed to be used as part of a 'blended learning' experience and you can select small exercises, quizzes, printable worksheets and background information to use with your learners to support your teaching. If you are…  an ACL tutor or manager who wishes to explore effective use of e-learning to support ESOL, Modern Foreign Languages or Family Learning  or a tutor or manager in any subject area wishing to develop learning to learn skills in your provision. …then you are eligible to attend these events for FREE! How to book your place Obtain the support of your Line Manager and send a completed application form to NIACE Conferences and Courses. (Further information on the application form). Please note, returning a booking form does not guarantee you a place on the programme. The booking form is available to download at http://www.niace.org.uk/conferences/TrainingCourses/subjecte-learning.htm or email subjecte-learning@niace.org.uk