To mark National Parents Week, Teachers TV is showing a week of programmes (20 - 26 October) exploring relationships between schools and families, and examining ways in which working with families can benefit schools and pupils. These include Involving Asian Families in learning, which investigates three locations successfully engaging families of Asian heritage and helping to improve literacy, numeracy and language skills for the whole family.
The objective of this study is to assess the impact of web 2.0 trends on the field of learning and education in Europe and to see where Europe stands in terms of using web 2.0 innovations in the domain of learning. The rapid growth of social computing or web 2.0 applications and supporting technologies (E.g. blogs, podcasts, wikis, social networking sites, sharing of bookmarks, VoIP and P2P services), both in terms of number of users/subscribers and in terms of usage patterns leads to the fact that the phenomena are also increasingly being used in the educational field and for learning purposes. As it enables different types of learning and teaching settings (formal, non-formal and informal), it is an important driver of innovation in learning.
Play England and government departments leading on play have published guidance which will help transform the design of play spaces in the future.
For anyone with a teenager in their life. Join for parent-to-parent support, informal advice, useful information and a community of other parents dealing with the same issues as you...
C4EO aims to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families in England by identifying and coordinating the evidence of ‘what works’ at national, regional and local level.
Parenting classes, to be rolled out across the country in the next three years, work well but struggle to recruit fathers, the biggest UK study into them has discovered.
We want to recognise everyday heroes who use technology to make a positive impact on the world around them. What's more, you could get support to take your idea further and help more people.
In Jay's view "formal learning" is like riding a bus, while "informal learning" could be paralleled to driving a car or riding a bycicle.
The UK's fatherhood think-tank * Collating the research on fatherhood * Helping shape the government's family policy * Influencing the public debate on fathers * Training family services to be father-inclusive
Welcome to the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners Good parenting is at the heart of children's wellbeing and development. The Academy works to transform the quality and size of the parenting workforce across England, so that parents can access the help they need to raise their children well.
The Campaign for Learning works to build motivation, create opportunities and provide support for learning in families.
This portal helps you find educational evidence from a range of reputable sources using a single search. It is designed for both professional and lay people interested in education.
iglab is a monthly meeting for people interested in contemporary games, especially games that sometimes have the ability to transcend their limits.
Me, My Spouse and the Internet: Meeting, Dating and Marriage in the Digital Age
Shine is a national school festival celebrating and showcasing all the talents in young people
This unconventional massively multiplayer online game merges your web life with an alternate, hidden reality.
Christian Nold is an artist, designer and educator working to develop new participatory models for communal representation.
NML is a research initiative within MIT's Comparative Media Studies program.
Personalisation of Assessment: Prof Stephen Heppell
The key question that this project asks is 'how can community participation in BSF be utilised to move beyond the design of new buildings, to shaping and creating learning communities fit for the demands of modern society?'
Doors of Perception (Doors) is an international conference and knowledge network which sets new agendas for design - in particular, the design agenda for information and communication technologies (ICTs).
Action Network can help you change something in your local area. Get in touch with people who feel the same way and get advice on taking action.
Development projects throughout the world are realising the importance of meaningful community involvement in both the design and management of projects. This web site is designed as a resource for people who want to know more about how to do it, why it needs to be done (and if you need it, how we can help)
Growing numbers of residents are getting involved with professionals in shaping their local environment. This website is an essential starting point for everyone concerned. It provides easily accessible how-to-do-it best practice information of international scope and relevance.
This site aims to provide information about sources of help including organisations, sources of funding, and advice. As it grows it will provide case studies to show how issues have been successfully tackled and give links to research and reports that help explain what works and why. It also aims to provide easy access to government policy documents, which can provide valuable insight into the programmes and initiatives being promoted by government departments and their partners.
The new Together We Can website will point you to help, advice and support and give you the opportunity to share your own experiences with other users. As more people use the site there will also be case studies, forums to discuss topical issues and much more.
Aimed at newcomers and experienced practitioners alike, Participatory Learning and Action is an informal journal on participatory learning and action approaches and methods. It provides a forum for those engaged in participatory work - community workers, activists and researchers to share their experiences, conceptual reflections and methodological innovations.
Our business is social innovation - finding and developing new and better ways of meeting pressing unmet needs. We were founded in 2005, formed from the merger of the Institute of Community Studies and the Mutual Aid Centre. We undertake research to identify and understand unmet social needs and then develop practical initiatives and institutions to address them - in fields as diverse as health and education, housing and cities
The Glass-House works nationally, offering design advice, training and project support to projects focussing on neighbourhoods, housing, public space, community buildings, play areas and facilities for young people.
Methods help us in a variety of ways throughout the service design process and we select and tailor methods to match the projects we work on. We’ve published some of our favourites below.
Directory of Social Change - training and publications for voluntary sector. Esp good on sourcing funding.
Learner voice and technology: 7 to 11
exploring informal education, lifelong learning and social action
Speech at "Britain's Everyday Heroes" Book Launch
Ideaplay is an interactive design innovation kit for young entrepreneurs, developed by design consultancy Engine and the Design Council. The versatile nature of the kit means that workshops can be easily and effectively adapted for secondary school students of all ages.
When it comes to skills, we all have room for improvement
The Make IT Yours “Telling Stories with Words and Images” Project ran between July and October 2007 and was planned by staff and volunteers at Windmill Hill City Farm Computer Centre in Bedminster, Bristol, UK.
This site is a guide for people who want to create community photography projects.
UK condemned for failing to protect children's rights · Youngsters in prison most vulnerable, says watchdog · Government warned to act or face scrutiny from UN
The second KnowledgeBoard community book is out. It is a thing of much beauty. It is a brilliantly edited free book of excellent ideas, tips and tricks about how to share and co-create knowledge between people, written for free by the KnowledgeBoard community members based on their actual experiences.
Bullying, exams and drugs - secondary school pupils reveal their hopes and fears
TIP is a tool intended to make learning and instructional theory more accessible to educators. The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.
Blog by a US museum worker applying principle of Web 2.0 to museum experiences.
This presentation describes an inventory to measure Communities of Practice. It gives background to the theory of CoP and the development process of the inventory
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