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    • Teaching ICT KS3

      Teaching ICT KS3

      This course is designed to support you in carrying out a project in KS3 in an aspect of teaching ICT. It is supported by a range of resources and activities to provide ideas and stimuli for the project. You will plan, carry out and reflect on the project with the guidance of a facilitator and in discussion with others.

      Course

      12 hrs

    • Website development skills and application

      Website development skills and application

      This course explores the stages in the development of websites from client brief to final delivery. It is relevant to all IT and ICT courses at Key Stages 4 and 5 that include website and web page creation, and use of multimedia.

      Course

      10 hrs

    • TESS-India: All India Resources (in English)

      TESS-India: All India Resources (in English)

      The TESS-India Open Educational Resources (OER) comprise 105 units aimed at pre- and in-service elementary and secondary school teachers (Teacher Development OER), and 20 units for school leaders (School Leadership OER). The OER are available in multiple versions for use in a range of linguistic and cultural contexts. Here you will find the English language versions.The key principles of practice that underpin the participatory pedagogy of the TESS-India OER are detailed in ten Key Resources. The video resources complement the OER and show teachers using the principles of practice in a range of authentic Indian classrooms.

      Material

      10 hrs

    • TESS-India: के हिंदी संसाधन (All India Resources in Hindi)

      TESS-India: के हिंदी संसाधन (All India Resources in Hindi)

      The TESS-India Open Educational Resources (OER) comprise 105 units aimed at pre- and in-service elementary and secondary school teachers (Teacher Development OER), and 20 units for school leaders (School Leadership OER). The OER are available in multiple versions for use in a range of linguistic and cultural contexts. Here you will find the Hindi language versions.The key principles of practice that underpin the participatory pedagogy of the TESS-India OER are detailed in ten Key Resources. The video resources complement the OER and show teachers using the principles of practice in a range of authentic Indian classrooms.

      Material

      10 hrs

    • TESS-India: Assam Resources (in Assamese)

      TESS-India: Assam Resources (in Assamese)

      The TESS-India Open Educational Resources (OER) comprise 105 units for classroom teachers in elementary and secondary schools (Teacher Development OER), and 20 units for school leaders (School Leadership OER). The OER are available in multiple versions for use in a range of linguistic and cultural contexts.

      Material

      10 hrs

    • TESS-India: Bihar Resources (in Hindi)

      TESS-India: Bihar Resources (in Hindi)

      The TESS-India Open Educational Resources (OER) comprise 105 units for classroom teachers in elementary and secondary schools (Teacher Development OER), and 20 units for school leaders (School Leadership OER). The OER are available in multiple versions for use in a range of linguistic and cultural contexts.

      Material

      10 hrs

    • TESS-India: Karnataka Resources (in Kannada)

      TESS-India: Karnataka Resources (in Kannada)

      The TESS-India Open Educational Resources (OER) comprise 105 units for classroom teachers in elementary and secondary schools (Teacher Development OER), and 20 units for school leaders (School Leadership OER). The OER are available in multiple versions for use in a range of linguistic and cultural contexts.

      Material

      10 hrs

    • TESS-India: Madhya Pradesh Resources (in Hindi)

      TESS-India: Madhya Pradesh Resources (in Hindi)

      The TESS-India Open Educational Resources (OER) comprise 105 units for classroom teachers in elementary and secondary schools (Teacher Development OER), and 20 units for school leaders (School Leadership OER). The OER are available in multiple versions for use in a range of linguistic and cultural contexts.

      Material

      10 hrs

    • TESS-India: Odisha Resources (in Odia)

      TESS-India: Odisha Resources (in Odia)

      The TESS-India Open Educational Resources (OER) comprise 105 units for classroom teachers in elementary and secondary schools (Teacher Development OER), and 20 units for school leaders (School Leadership OER). The OER are available in multiple versions for use in a range of linguistic and cultural contexts.

      Material

      10 hrs

    • TESS-India: Uttar Pradesh Resources (in Hindi)

      TESS-India: Uttar Pradesh Resources (in Hindi)

      The TESS-India Open Educational Resources (OER) comprise 105 units for classroom teachers in elementary and secondary schools (Teacher Development OER), and 20 units for school leaders (School Leadership OER). The OER are available in multiple versions for use in a range of linguistic and cultural contexts

      Material

      10 hrs

    • TESS-India: West Bengal Resources (in Bengali)

      TESS-India: West Bengal Resources (in Bengali)

      The TESS-India Open Educational Resources (OER) comprise 105 units for classroom teachers in elementary and secondary schools (Teacher Development OER), and 20 units for school leaders (School Leadership OER). The OER are available in multiple versions for use in a range of linguistic and cultural contexts.

      Material

      10 hrs

    • TESS-India: Enhancing teacher education through OER MOOC

      TESS-India: Enhancing teacher education through OER MOOC

      This is a six-week, task-oriented MOOC that focuses on how to select, evaluate and use Open Educational Resources (OER) to help support quality in teacher education. Teacher development is a highly complex process and there are many different ideas about the best way to prepare and support quality teachers.This MOOC was designed for teacher educators and was successfully run as an online course on another platform. It is now on OpenLearn Create so that you can work through the material at your own pace. You may be working in a university, teachers’ college, local resource centre or other teacher-education setting, or as a Headteacher or other senior member of staff supporting the teachers in your school. Whatever your circumstance, we hope that you will all find ideas and OER that you can use with teachers to improve classroom teaching and learning processes. This MOOC is also in Hindi as an archived course here: https://www.edx.org/course/enhancing-teacher-education-through-oer-Hindi-oecx-tess101x 

      Course

      30 hrs

    • Inclusive Teaching and Learning

      Inclusive Teaching and Learning

      This course focuses on what it means to be an inclusive teacher. The underlying assumption is that all teachers have a responsibility to develop and use inclusive practices. This will benefit all leaners, including those with a specific need.

      Course

      16 hrs

    • TESSA: Making teacher education relevant for 21st century Africa

      TESSA: Making teacher education relevant for 21st century Africa

      The course looks at ways of supporting teachers and teacher educators in developing new approaches to teaching.

      Course

      16 hrs

    • TESSA : Vers une formation appropriée des enseignant.e.s pour l’Afrique du 21ème siècle

      TESSA : Vers une formation appropriée des enseignant.e.s pour l’Afrique du 21ème siècle

      Le cours examine les moyens d’aider les formateur.rice.s d’enseignant.e.s et les enseignant.e.s à développer de nouvelles approches d’enseignement.

      Course

      16 hrs

    • TESSA: Teaching early reading in Africa – with African Storybook

      TESSA: Teaching early reading in Africa – with African Storybook

      Welcome to Teaching early reading in Africa, a course that introduces you to active teaching approaches that you can use to teach early reading. You will have the opportunity to practise new approaches in your classroom in a structured and supported way. We hope this course opens up possibilities for your teaching and gives you the confidence to experiment with new approaches. It provides ideas and tools that will enable you to become more expert in the field of early reading.

      Course

      24 hrs

    • Apprentissage et enseignement inclusifs

      Apprentissage et enseignement inclusifs

      Le premier de deux cours qui aident les praticien.ne.s à développer des pratiques pédagogiques inclusives. Il permettra aux participant.e.s de se constituer une « boîte à outils » de compétences, de connaissances et de ressources qui leur permettront de créer des salles de classe vraiment inclusives. 

      Course

      16 hrs

    • Ensemble vers une école inclusive

      Ensemble vers une école inclusive

      Bienvenue dans le cours Ensemble vers une école inclusive. Ce cours met en évidence les caractéristiques d'une école inclusive. Il prend comme point de départ le fait que l'enseignement inclusif est la responsabilité de tou.te.s les enseignant.e.s, et pas seulement de celles et ceux qui ont bénéficié d’une formation spéciale, et s'appuie largement sur le " modèle par vagues " de l'UNICEF pour l'éducation inclusive. Il s'appuie sur le cours Enseignement et apprentissage inclusifs et se concentre sur la "vague 2" du modèle d'intervention par vagues, en aidant les participant.e.s à développer des attitudes, des systèmes et des processus qui soutiennent une approche collaborative de l'inclusion.Le cours est axé sur la pratique et la réalisation de tâches, ce qui permet aux participant.e.s d'appliquer de nouveaux concepts à leur propre enseignement et de réfléchir à leur pratique avec d'autres participant.e.s. Les tâches sont largement basées sur l’expérimentation, productives et collaboratives, bien qu'il soit possible d'assimiler les nouveaux apprentissages et d'appliquer les idées exposées à des situations concrètes.Le cours s'adresse aux chef.fe.s d'établissements, aux enseignant.e.s du primaire ou du secondaire, ainsi qu'aux formateurs et formatrices  d'enseignant.e.s dans les écoles normales ou les universités, ainsi qu’aux encadreur.e.s pédagogiques en charge de la formation professionnelle continue des enseignant.e.s en exercice. Pour suivre ce cours dans les meilleures conditions, Il est préférable d'avoir étudié au préalable le cours Apprentissage et enseignement inclusifs  qui s’appuie sur la vague 1 du modèle d'intervention par vagues de l’UNICEF.

      Course

      16 hrs

    • Count me in! Inclusive WASH in Ethiopia

      Count me in! Inclusive WASH in Ethiopia

      This new module aims to raise awareness of the reasons why people can be excluded from access to WASH and promotes changes that could secure all people’s rights to water and sanitation.

      Course

      10 hrs

    • WASH: Context and Environment

      WASH: Context and Environment

      This module provides essential background for WASH studies by exploring the interconnections between people and their environment, and the science that underpins that relationship.

      Course

      30 hrs

    • Urban Water Supply

      Urban Water Supply

      This module sets out options for water supply, primarily in urban settings, and considers opportunities for improvements and innovation in service delivery and management.

      Course

      30 hrs

    • Urban Sanitation and Solid Waste Management

      Urban Sanitation and Solid Waste Management

      This module describes the challenges and opportunities of liquid and solid waste management and the benefits of an integrated approach to waste management.

      Course

      30 hrs

    • Urban WASH: Working with People

      Urban WASH: Working with People

      This module focuses on the social, cultural and behavioural aspects of WASH service improvements and highlights the need for participation by all stakeholders.

      Course

      30 hrs

    • Ethiopia’s One WASH National Programme

      Ethiopia’s One WASH National Programme

      This module explains the rationale, scope and procedures of Ethiopia’s central policy document for improvement in WASH facilities throughout the country.

      Course

      30 hrs

    • OpenWASH Trainers' Handbook

      OpenWASH Trainers' Handbook

      This Trainers’ Handbook provides advice for anyone who is planning to use the OpenWASH modules.

      Handbook

      2 hrs

    • About the free badged courses from the Social Partnerships Network

      About the free badged courses from the Social Partnerships Network

      Introductory video about the Social Partnerships Network badged courses and about our research.

      Material

    • Supporting children's development

      Supporting children's development

      SPN course Supporting children's development is a short course advising how the development of children can be supported. The course covers ideas surrounding development and learning, behaviour, special needs and disabilities.

      Course

      15 hrs

    • Introducing practical healthcare

      Introducing practical healthcare

      SPN course Introducing practical healthcare is a short course which introduces the basic healthcare assistant role and healthcare practice. The course covers the healthcare assistant role, working with patients and colleagues, healthcare practice and duty of care.

      Course

      15 hrs

    • Caring for adults

      Caring for adults

      SPN course Caring for adults is a course for carers, paid or unpaid, which looks at aspects of caring for adults in a range of settings including residential care, community and family caring.

      Course

      15 hrs

    • Taking part in the voluntary sector

      Taking part in the voluntary sector

      The SPN course Taking Part in the voluntary sector is a short course for people who are new to working or volunteering in the voluntary sector or those who might be looking to enhance their knowledge and skills in order to improve their career progression.

      Course

      15 hrs

    • Planning a better future

      Planning a better future

      SPN course Planning a better future is a short course for anyone considering changing jobs, wondering how to move up the ladder or return to work after a break, and those who might be looking to aspire to better things.

      Course

      15 hrs

    • Starting your small business

      Starting your small business

      SPN course Starting your small business is a course for individuals who have recently set up a small business, are considering setting up a small business or are considering self-employment as a career option.

      Course

      15 hrs

    • Evidence Planning

      Evidence Planning

      DIY Learn - Evidence Planning tool

      Course

      2 hrs

    • SWOT Analysis

      SWOT Analysis

      DIY Learn SWOT analysis tool

      Course

      2 hrs

    • Business Model Canvas

      Business Model Canvas

      DIY Learn - Business Model Canvas tool

      Course

      2 hrs

    • Building Partnerships Map

      Building Partnerships Map

      DIY Learn - Building Partnerships Map tool

      Course

      2 hrs

    • Problem Definition

      Problem Definition

      DIY Learn - Problem definition tool

      Course

      2 hrs

    • Theory of Change

      Theory of Change

      DIY Learn - Theory of change tool

      Course

      2 hrs

    • Question Ladder

      Question Ladder

      DIY Learn - Question ladder tool

      Course

      2 hrs

    • Personas

      Personas

      DIY Learn - Personas tool

      Course

      2 hrs

    • Creative Workshop

      Creative Workshop

      DIY Learn - Creative Workshop tool

      Course

      2 hrs

    • Fast Idea Generator

      Fast Idea Generator

      DIY Learn - Fast idea generator tool

      Course

      2 hrs

    • Trainers' Handbook

      Trainers' Handbook

      DIY Learn - Trainers' Handbook

      Handbook

      2 hrs

    • Teacher Policy Development Guide - English

      Teacher Policy Development Guide - English

      The Teacher Policy Development Guide has been designed to support governments and other stakeholders in the development of evidence-based national teacher policy.

      Course

      26 hrs

    • دليل إعداد السياسات الخاصة بالمعلمين

      دليل إعداد السياسات الخاصة بالمعلمين

      .صُمِّم دليل إعداد السياسات الخاصة بالمعلمين من أجل دعم الحكومات وأصحاب المصلحة الآخرين في سبيل وضع سياسة قائمة على الأدلة للمعلمين على المستوى الوطني

      Course

      26 hrs

    • Guide pour l’élaboration d’une politique enseignante

      Guide pour l’élaboration d’une politique enseignante

      Le Guide pour l’élaboration d’une politique enseignante est destiné à aider les gouvernements et autres parties prenantes à élaborer une politique enseignante nationale éclairée par des données probantes.

      Course

      26 hrs

    • Guía para el Desarrollo de Políticas Docentes

      Guía para el Desarrollo de Políticas Docentes

      La Guía para el Desarrollo de Políticas Docentes se ha concebido para brindar apoyo a los gobiernos y otras partes interesadas en el desarrollo de políticas docentes nacionales con base empírica.

      Course

      26 hrs

    • Keeping Volunteers Safe

      Keeping Volunteers Safe

      COVID-19 had and continues to have a profound effect on all aspects of peoples lives, including volunteering and volunteer programmes. Keeping Volunteers Safe is a short course developed by Volunteer Scotland with support from the Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership which reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on volunteer programmes. The course sets out a series of questions and considerations drawn from Volunteer Scotland discussions with volunteer managers as a way to help volunteer practitioners to examine how they will respond to COVID-19. The course is a work in progress, changing as the context changes, and is not prescriptive about what to do and what not to do, instead, it encourages practitioners to reflect on what is appropriate in their context. 

      Course

      10 hrs

    • Introducing leadership in voluntary organisations

      Introducing leadership in voluntary organisations

      This free course provides an opportunity for people who work within voluntary organisations, as paid employees or staff, to develop energetic, practical and thoughtful leadership practice. Approximately 15 hours; Introductory level After studying this course the learner will be able to: • approach leadership in a more energetic and thoughtful way • discuss approaches to leadership in relation to a number of pressing concerns relevant to voluntary organisations • practise leadership in a more robust way, through drawing on some key practices • offer a critique of dominant approaches to leadership in relation to cases from the voluntary sector • discuss and reflect on leadership in the voluntary sector in relation to ethics • articulate a form of leadership rooted in practice between diverse groups of people and contexts.

      Course

      15 hrs

    • Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

      Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

      This free course helps learners to reflect on and develop collaborative leadership practices that will make a difference. Approximately 24 hours; Intermediate level After studying this course the learner should be able to: • describe the context and need for collaborative forms of leadership • describe the range of different leadership identities suggested by collaborative settings and the power relationships implied in these identities • plan and think about the challenges of leading collaborations • experiment with a range of practices of collaborative leadership • practice collaborative leadership in a more robust way • offer a critique of collaborative leadership in relation to its potential and limitations for leadership of voluntary organisations • discuss and reflect on collaborative leadership in the voluntary sector in relation to power.

      Course

      24 hrs