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Over the last few years the National Learning Network (nln) has been developing a wide range of free e-learning materials for the UK post-16 sector. These materials need to be hosted on a virtual learning environment or other learning platform.

At the WEA Community Grid for Learning we want to provide learners and communities with the best possible access to all the best materials around. For this reason we host nln materials that we feel are relevant and appropriate for our learners. If you would like us to deploy any particular nln materials on our learning platforms, please just drop us a line and we'll see what we can do.

The following information is taken from the NLN Materials fact sheet

What are the NLN Materials?

• Free, interactive, multimedia e-learning resources.
• Small bite-sized chunks of learning, which take about 20-30 minutes to work through.
• Individual sections of topics from a wide range of curriculum areas.


What learning materials are available?
Materials created during the first three rounds of development offer over 800 hours of flexible, interactive learning spread across a range of curriculum areas. A fourth round of development has
recently got underway to create a further 110 hours of learning. These materials will be available
during winter 2005-06. This fourth round is aimed at the adult and community learning sector, but
will also be available for colleges.

Round 1
Available NOW
• Amenity horticulture Level 2
• Art and design Levels 1 and 2
• Business studies Levels 1 and 2
• Floristry Level 2
• General basic education Level 1
• Generic science Level 1
• Hospitality and catering Level 2
• Health studies Levels 1–3
• Hair and beauty Level 2
• Key skills Levels 1–3
• Mathematics Level 2
• Wider key skills Levels 1–3

Round 3
Available NOW
• Basic skills: Literacy Level 1
• Basic skills: Numeracy Level 1 and entry level 3
• Biology with sports science Levels 2 and 3
• Catering Levels 3 and 4
• Construction Levels 2 and 3
• English Level 3 (AS/A2)
• General art and design Levels 1–4
• Geography Level 3 (AS/A2)
• Hair and beauty Levels 2 and 3
• History Level 3 (AS/A2)
• Key skills Level 3
• Maths Level 3 (AS/A2)
• Office administration Levels 1 and 2
• Physics Level 3 (AS/A2)
• Psychology Level 3 (AS/A2)
• Sociology Level 3

Round 2
Available NOW
• Care, childcare and social care Levels 2 and 3
• Construction crafts Level 2
• Engineering Level 2
• Environmental conservation Level 3
• Health and safety Level 2
• Maths for engineering and computing Levels 1–3
• Performing arts Levels 1–3
• Sport and recreation Levels 2 and 3
• Travel and tourism Levels 1–3

Round 4
Available winter 2005-06
• English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) Entry levels 1–3
• ESOL Levels 1 and 2
• Family learning with pre-school children with opportunities for adults to progress to level 2
• Family learning with school age children with opportunities for adults to progress to level 2
• Learning to learn Entry levels 1–3
• Making learning work for you Levels 1 and 2
• Modern foreign languages (generic support) Levels 1 and 2

The materials give learners things to do and a chance to think for themselves – and they are fun. There is plenty of in-built help if learners get stuck, but the materials are very intuitive. Some of the materials include educational games, which enable learning to take place discreetly. The materials also support differentiation and the different learning styles of students.

There are a range of approaches, but each ‘learning object’ contains some new learning (based on one or two learning objectives), a chance to practise and embed the new information, together with some form of assessment to check that the content has been understood and the learning outcome(s) achieved.

To access the materials or find further information visit the NLN Materials web site:
www.nln.ac.uk/materials
NLN Materials Team, Becta, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ
Tel: 024 7641 6994
Fax: 024 7641 1418
Email: materials@nln.ac.uk

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