Vital started out in July 2009 as a government funded project to enhance 'ICT teaching' in state funded 5-19 education in England. Vital's remit covered ICT, IT and Computer Science as specialist subjects, as well as the use of digital technology across the curriculum. The Open University (OU) developed Vital until the end of March 2013, when Jisc Advance took over the Vital brand and website.
Please note: These resources are hosted on this site as a record of the Vital project. The courses and resources in this project have not been updated since the project ended and none of them have course completion tracking set up or a Statement of Participation.
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Blogs: skills for subject specialists
Starting with the basic principles of blogs and blogging, this Secondary course looks at their use within education and how they can be used to improve teaching and learning.
Course
20 hrs
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The Open University under Creative Commons - 3.0 International
Teaching ICT KS2
This course is designed to support you in carrying out a project in KS2 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
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The Open University under Creative Commons - 3.0 International
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
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The Open University under Creative Commons - 3.0 International
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