Written specifically for all FE and post-16 teachers, this book will help you to develop your digital capabilities and give you the skills to convert traditional learning and teaching resources into engaging and interactive online material.

The impact of the pandemic means that it is abundantly clear to all that digital capability is vital for learners, no matter what subject they study. You should therefore develop your digital capabilities as a basic competence in order to embrace current digital tools, apps and techniques to the pedagogy of teaching FE. The book provides you with the knowledge and skills required to source information learning technology (ILT) and content to convert traditional learning and teaching resources into engaging and interactive online material.

It is designed around each aspect of the teaching and training cycle - identifying needs, planning and designing, delivering and facilitating, assessing and evaluating – and includes:

• when to use ILT / eLearning
• barriers to implementing digital learning
• the importance of digital capabilities
• ways of keeping up to date and continuing professional development.

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This is a really useful book, theoretically informed and written in clear and uncomplicated language that will be a great resource for Teacher Education, course leaders and teachers themselves. The book is situated firmly in FE, with information on familiar network modes like learningwheels, and reference paid to institutions like JISC and the FELTAG report. Throughout the book are examples, practical activities and reflective tasks that help put technology into the reader’s own personal context. This will be a really useful quick reference guide, immersed as it is in technique and with handy practical tips that make using familiar tools highly purposeful in teaching and learning.

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"...What sets the book apart from other learning technology texts is that it is primarily an educational guide, not a technical manual. It does not seek to review or explain how to use specific software in lessons. Instead, it encourages readers to use the planning frameworks and resources to consider how they could use technology with their own students in a way that truly makes an impact on their learning. Although the case studies concentrate on further education, the content is equally applicable to higher education...Practitioners or managers who are experienced with learning technology will find the body of the book a useful reference to the latest trends within digital education. I would recommend the average teacher who’s not a digital expert to start with the specific practical tasks and online tools outlined within each chapter before exploring the wider material. As a teacher trainer, I would particularly encourage student practitioners to study the excellent frameworks in order to help them plan and deliver effective lessons with technology."