As part of our ongoing work with the amazing people at CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education), we spent much of the last year redeveloping the Learner Guide BTEC that we initially created with CAMFED as a way of certifying the amazing work that members of the CAMA network do in supporting the wellbeing and life chances of the young women they work with. The new qualification will be available to more of the Guides who do such...
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The Applied Personal Skills programme (APS) that White Loop have developed for Field Ready is now into a third iteration. Having delivered the programme to 24 students in Takoradi, Ghana in September, White Loop Founder Jim Playfoot has now taken on a further redevelopment that will include the implementation of modules on entrepreneurship and enterprise. These modules will be trialled with students in Ghana and Mozambique during the...
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The NEWTON project has just been closed with the final review taking place in Dublin during October. The reviewers praised the achievements of the project and White Loop are currently working with project partners to explore opportunities for commercialisation. We also own the IP for the gamification engine that was developed within the project and are keen to find application opportunities for this novel piece of technology.
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Following a successful mid-term review in June, Project Newton is now firmly in the pilot phase with small and large scale pilots happening around the world. We have made considerable progress on developing a new model of gamification that can be adopted across the Newton platform and in classrooms across Europe. We’re now working on analysing the data coming from the pilots and creating the reporting that will validate the...
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The MyMate project – which explore the role of technology in addressing isolation and loneliness amongst seniors – is now into the pilot evaluation phase with pilots running in Altea, Spain, in Bucharest and in Utrecht in The Netherlands. We have been heavily involved in designing the evaluation process and leading the qualitative analysis with end users.
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Our partnership with Field Ready – which empowers educators to develop employable graduates across Africa – is now focusing on how we can support faculty in colleges and institutions in Ghana and Mozambique to develop their teaching and learning skills. We’ve been asked to create a new training programme aimed at doing just that. The first version will be trialled in Ghana later in 2018 before being fully implemented...
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Our work with the brilliant people at Camfed continues with the ongoing development of a qualification to certify their ‘Transition Guides’, young educators who are helping young women in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Malawi and Zambia make the transition from school to life.
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Brainstorm is one of Europe’s leading digital companies specialising in 3D graphics and broadcast technologies. As the company looks to develop their education portfolio, they have approached White Loop to become a strategic partner.
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The Yidan Prize is a platform that allows the global community to engage in conversation around education. We have supported our friends at Ashoka in evaluating the applications for the 2017 prize and, in the process, learned about some amazing education initiatives around the world.
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MHMT was established in memory of Miriam Hyman, one of the victims of the 2005 London bombings. White Loop have supported the charity’s education work for some years now and, as a result, White Loop Founder Jim Playfoot has been asked to join the Board of Trustees.
Read MoreOur technology-enhanced learning project focused on STEM teaching is now at the halfway stage. After 18 months, we have made considerable progress on developing a new model of gamification that can be adopted across the Newton platform and in classrooms across Europe.
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White Loop agree impact evaluation study with major ed tech company. We have recently signed an agreement to evaluate the impact of a literacy support tool for a leading UK educational technology firm. The project will run from September 2017 until July 2018. More soon…
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