In previous editions of TEL News, we have been sharing our work on the use of artificial intelligence to personalise learning. The tool, which we have developed with AI-pioneers Filtered, is already in use for training in a number of other sectors including the BBC, Shell and the Royal Mail. Our personalised learning tool uses…
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ELN Connect event
Curation, xAPI and artificial intelligence (AI) were high on the agenda at this year’seLearning Network Connect event. The eLearning Network is a not-for-profit, Community Interest Company, run by the e-learning community for the learning community. Members of the TEL team attended the event to learn from other industries and discover how they were tackling their…
North West Simulation Programme
A regional audit in the north west showed that some foundation doctors received little, or no simulation training. A robust needs analysis, literature review and incident data from NHS Improvement were mapped to the curriculum, after which two half day simulation sessions were provided for FY1 and 2. Evaluation of the programme, which has been…
COPDEND annual conference
The TEL Programme was invited to speak at the annual COPDEND conference at the beginning of November in Birmingham. The team was able to introduce the TEL Programme and its range of projects –with a particular focus on SBE.
Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare annual conference
It was a pleasure meeting colleagues at ASPiH last week and good to make new contacts, as well as attend so many interesting presentations and workshops. Dr Neil Ralph’skeynote speech was a great opportunity to share what the TEL Programme is about. In addition, we ran a workshop entitled “Show and TEL” which introduced the…
TEL Programme update HEE National Simulation-Based Education Framework
The Simulation-Based Education (SBE) Framework has now been successfully launched and we have been delighted by the responses received. We have received feedback from colleagues saying they will be using the framework to inform and support in the development of their own strategies and requests to join working groups in the move towards a strategy. We…
Learning Technologies Conference 2018 Review
Learning Technologies is amongst the largest learning, education and skills exhibitions and conferences in the world and was attended by some of Health Education England’s Technology Enhanced Learning team. The conference ran from 31 January-1 February 2018 at Olympia in London. Research and Markets estimate that the learning technology industry will be worth an estimated…
Digital Literacy Education and Training Resources
Helping staff within the health and care workforce develop the digital literacy capabilities needed to provide the very best care for those we care for is a key part of our work. With a workforce of over 2 million and levels of digital capability spanning a vast range, there’s a lot of work to be…
Emerging technologies in health
Introduction Keeping abreast of new and emerging tech forms part of the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) programme vision at Health Education England (HEE) so that we continue to train our staff to the highest standards, using contemporary pedagogy and tools proven to work. In this WeCommunities Twitter chat, we explored the opportunity, implications, and readiness…
Online collaboration tools for learning and teaching
This is the third in our series of blog posts on the way we have tested our assumptions around a national learning solution for health and care employees. We have been holding a series of ‘ideathons’ with health and care colleagues where we have presented ideas and concepts and got users to provide feedback on…
Six steps to sharing and collaboration success?
This is the second in our series of blog posts on the way we have tested our assumptions around a national learning solution for health and care employees. At the first, of two, Health Education England learning technology ‘Ideathon’ users from across the UK were gathered to test a number of concepts to understand how…
Taxonomies Showcase
In our last TEL blog post on the subject of taxonomies, we explained the importance of taxonomies and how they power many of the websites we all use every day. Taxonomies are our superpower and without them, we would struggle to find much of the information we take for granted when using Google, Bing or…