Over summer 2020 The West Partnership launched a significant initiative to develop online learning materials. The initiative is called West OS – for West Partnership Online School.
What is it?
West OS is a collaborative, teacher led response to feedback from learners. It seeks to improve outcomes for learners by providing teacher led lessons online which can be accessed at a time and place of their choosing. The aim is to promote equity by ensuring access to excellent learning experiences regardless of circumstances, including challenges which prevent full time attendance.
In the initial development phase, West OS aims to achieve its goal by producing and collating short, quality assured video lessons covering all elements of the 3-18 curriculum.
There is significant potential to develop West OS to facilitate a wider range of ways to deliver the curriculum and enhance the learning experience for all learners.
Watch this video to find out more: https://youtu.be/1ISoRWPxvUw
Get involved – a call to action
At present there are over 100 practitioners creating content and a bank of over 200 video lessons.
West OS needs you!
Practitioners who volunteer for this role should have the following skills and experience:
- Be a skilled classroom practitioner
- Have a detailed knowledge and a depth of experience in teaching the relevant curriculum area
- Have an interest in digital learning and have key basic knowledge of recording voiceover for PowerPoint or similar base level skills in recording a learning episode
What does it involve?
- Express interest in being a learning video presenter – complete the Microsoft form via this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKXLy86slMVhHurPgdWCeAwlUNVM4V082N1pFRkpLSlE1MFo4UFRNMldLUC4u
- Depending on numbers of applicants, the West Partnership and your local authority will approve your application to be involved.
For more information please contact gw14downiepaul@glow.ea.glasgow.sch.uk or John.Stuart@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
