Welcome to WBL Online
WBL Online is a community website for work-based learning providers in the West Midlands. It is part of a region wide project to improve the digital literacies of WBL providers and their staff. The project aims to highlight training and funding opportunities for WBL Providers to improve in the following areas:
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Improving e-Skills |
Designing e-Content |
Expanding e-Infrastructure |
Managing e-Change |
What does the WBL Online Project currently have to offer?
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PDF PRINT FUNCTIONALITY FOR MAHARA - New As part of the Leadership in Technology project funded by LSIS, we have developed a plug in for Mahara allowing individual views to be saved or 'exported' as PDFs. It is expected to go into core code for version 1.4, but if you want the functionality sooner, details on how to download the plug in when available for release will be seen HERE. |
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Interactive Xerte Objects - New TDM, as part of the WBL Online project will be creating interactive learning objects using the Xerte online toolset. The objects will be related to the 10 business critical areas in the West Midlands and cover topics such as IT Support and Business Improvement Techniques. The objects produced will be embedded in Moodle courses and made freely available. Head over to this website to download the courses and resources! |
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Free access to the WBL Online Mahara WBL Online is based on the Mahara ePortfolio platform. By registering to be part of the WBL Online community, you will be able to participate in topical discussions, write your own blog and access your own files area. It is also a place where communities of practice from different occupational sectors can come together to collaborate and share ideas. |
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WBL Shots Podcast - Now available On the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month WBL Shots provides you with a short sharp burst of insight into some of the key issues facing WBL. Check the WBL Shots Website for more information on this service. We look forward to seeing you getting involved and making your views heard! |
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Business Critical Areas - knowledge disseminationWe created 10 online moodle courses for teachers to take away, reuse and edit, pick at etc and we learned a whole lot during the process. At http://wbl-online.org.uk/blog we are disseminating, regularly, the information and knowledge that we gained by making these free teaching and learning materials. |
How do I get started?
If any of the opportunities above interest you, here is a quick list of things you could do to get involved in the project:
- Register to join WBL Online and participate in some group discussions.
- Take a look at the list of Mahoodle Courses available and book a session.
- State your interest in our We Grow Programme.
Who is involved in the project?
This site is being developed by the West Midlands Strategic Provider Network (WMSPN), representing:
- The Black Country Training Group
- The Staffordshire Providers' Association
- The Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire Training Providers' Association
- The Birmingham and Solihull Training Provider Network
- + an emerging network of training providers in Coventry and Warwickshire.
Together with Open Source Learning Technologists, TDM, our networks are continuously tendering our interests under a range of capital and revenue funding streams in order to unify and improve online WBL delivery throughout the West Midlands as a whole.
Create and CollectDevelop your portfolio
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OrganiseShowcase your portfolio with views 
Organise your portfolio into Views. Create different views for different audiences - you choose the elements to include. |
Share and NetworkMeet friends and join groups
You can fine-tune who has access to each view, and for how long. |
