Estelle Morris, minister of state at the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE), said the project will let teachers benefit from lesson plans and activities that have proven track-records in other schools.
The idea is that traditional, classroom-based teachers are replaced by online education gurus. The new model would see students become customers of education, able to attend school whenever it suits them, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The hope is that teachers and students will now benefit from the links they'll have from today. A broadband fibre network built to connect primary and secondary schools in London is a welcome step forward, both in terms of upgrading our educational...
The system is based on Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit and enables coursework to be filed electronically, so that teachers can access it easily and review a student's progress by looking at their coursework history.
Civica chief executive Simon Downing said he believes both programmes have the potential to "transform the educational environment for the benefit of students, teachers, schools and parents". Two UK local authorities have signed managed service...
The skills shortage could be set to take a turn for the worse if an early year drop in the number of students applying for postgraduate IT teacher training courses continues. The latest figures show students applying to do a Post Graduate...