Learning materials
This section contains examples of learning materials produced in printed and interactive formats. In most cases I have written and/or edited the copy as well as being responsible for the graphic design, production and project management.
Peer education programme
The Peer education programme is a set of materials for anyone in the voluntary or further education sectors working with homeless (or ex-homeless) people. The aim of the programme is to support learners in developing and delivering their own workshops to groups of their peers. This can greatly increase self-confidence and communication skills, and has in many cases led participants on to employment, further training or voluntary work.
The pack consists of a ringbinder containing 190 pages of training materials, a trainer's guide booklet, and a CD containing editable versions of the training materials.
My role in the project:
- Graphic design
- Copyediting
- Page layout
- Print-buying and production management
Money Matters To Me
Money Matters To Me is an interactive web site which aims to teach basic numeracy and financial ability by teaching users about day-to-day financial matters.
I researched, wrote and edited the module on debt management, and copyedited the other modules. I also drew up the specification for many of the interactive financial tools, including the interactive budgeter.
(Please note that I wasn't involved in the graphic design or the technical programming of the site.)
Click on the illustration to go to the Money Matters To Me web site.
My role in the project:
- Research
- Writing
- Editing
Target Skills: Level 2 Numeracy
Target Skills is a series of interactive CD-ROMs designed to to help students develop skills, knowledge and understanding in literacy and numeracy; they also tackle some of the new aspects of the adult literacy and numeracy standards and curriculum.
Each module contains a series of explanatory slideshows or animations, follow by interactive practice exercises and an on-line assessment.
As well as being involved in the original learning design for the pilot project, I researched, wrote and edited a module on charts and graphs for the latest Target Skills disc (Level 2 Numeracy).
Click on the illustration to go to the Target Skills web site.
My role in the project:
- Learning design
- Navigation design
- Research
- Writing
- Editing
Conciliation Skills training
These are participants' and trainers' materials for staff attending a training course in conciliation skills for SEN staff, to support them in their dealings with parents of children with special educational needs.
The web site also provides access to a variety of printed materials, including these handbooks, available as PDFs for download.
Click on the illustrations to see a selection of sample pages in PDF format.
My role in the project:
- Graphic design (web and print)
- Navigation design
- Site structure
- Editing and copyediting
- Production
Basically Numbers and Basically Communication
These two packs consist of a set of printed worksheets and projects, together with a CD-ROM containing interactive versions of the same materials.
It represents an early (1997) attempt at multiple media development and production, using Quark XPress for the print development, then repurposing essentially the same pages using Adobe Acrobat, for the CD-ROM version.
Such developments are a still a major interest of mine, but the technologies I would now use to achieve this are very different (e.g. Flash 5, or XML, in combination with Quark XPress and Avenue.quark).
You can see a few sample activities by clicking below; certain features, such as audio, have been removed for this on-line demo version.
My role in the project:
- Graphic design
- Interface design
- Print production
- Programming.
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