Digital learning

Cybersmile has announced details of digital education and support available for people being affected by the Coronavirus outbreak, including those self-isolating and those in quarantine. With schools closing daily around the world, Cybersmile is offering use of its full curriculum of lesson plans and access to its interactive learning programme, …

Following the Government’s decision to close UK schools to minimise the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), Carol Vorderman and the world’s learning company Pearson, have announced that their online maths tutoring programme, The Maths Factor, will be made available for free from today (Monday 23 March 2020) to support childrens’ continued …

MEL Science, a leading science education company, has launched free online science lessons with practical experiments that students can carry out at home. School closures mean that many science teachers and parents are wondering how to handle practical hands-on experiments for students at home. Against a backdrop of a $1bn …

FutureLearn, the leading social learning platform, is launching a free online course called ‘How to Teach Online: Providing Continuity for Students’, designed to support educators currently faced with the imminent move to online teaching as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. With the continuation of the coronavirus pandemic, many schools …

In response to school closures across the UK, the National Literacy Trust has today launched a free comprehensive online zone for parents seeking ideas and guidance for activities that will engage their children at home, whilst also benefiting their reading, writing and language development. Family Zone [literacyfamilyzone.org.uk] is a one-stop …

Global educational publisher Twinkl is providing free access to over 630,000 teaching and learning materials to support teachers, parents and carers as schools close or prepare to close as a result of the coronavirus. The materials available on the Twinkl website range from activity sheets, information packs and interactive presentations …

Educational resources supplier TTS Ltd are supporting schools and teachers as they begin to prepare for potential Coronavirus school closures. Free to download, the curriculum-focused independent learning packs offer over 40 home learning activities without creating any additional work for teachers. These home learning packs cover two weeks’ worth of …

Cisco has announced its support for schools during the COVID-19 outbreak, making its Webex tool available for free to schools. Webex supports video conferencing that students and teachers can use to run virtual classes. To help keep classrooms connected, this free service has been expanded in recent weeks, with functions …

Education technology firm Earwig Academic has announced that during the Covid-19 crisis every school in the country can use their software for free. The online education tool enables pupils to upload their work in multimedia formats to be guided and marked by teachers. The technology means that work can be …

What does the government’s super-fast approach to gigabit-capable digital infrastructure mean for the education sector? The Queen recently delivered her annual speech for the commencement of Parliament which, as expected, was mainly dominated by the issue of Brexit. However, with the deadline for the UK’s exit from the EU fast …