Optional Learning

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Overview

Developing digital learning materials offers you an opportunity to enhance your students' learning whilst at the same time improving their digital literacy through the simple process of working with your digital resources. There is a recognised issue around poor digital literacy across many different groups in society and any exposure to working in a digital environment is better than none at all.

A digital first approach

One method that you might want to consider when developing learning materials is to ask yourself the question "Can I make that digital"?" If the answer is yes then you should consider doing it.

The obvious advantages of the digital first approach

Digital learning materials and resources have a number of specific advantages over more traditional approaches. These include:

Being able to easily utilise materials and resources in your own classroom that have been developed by experts
The development of scheduling and planning skills
Accessing school/college work at a location, device and time that suit
Supporting individual student needs and personalising learning
The development of evidence based learning and teaching

Digital materials and resources are ideal for providing evidence and because by their very nature the way learners interact with them can be easily measured and that information then visualised.

Click on next to see real life digital examples and the benefits they might offer you and your students.