Accreditation of prior learning can fall under a range of headings (APL, APCL, APEL etc) although a common umbrella term is AP(E)L.  The underlying principle of AP(E)L is that previous learn...

The project funded by the EU Leonardo da Vinci Programme aims to develop an interactive tool that could be used by practitioners involved in the construction and development of modules for disadv...

The project aimed to develop a detailed bibliography/database of WBL resources including web links and other relevant academic sources in the area of work-based learning. The database was reviewed...

The study draws on the part played by tacit forms of personal competences in the education, training and work re-entry of adults with particular reference to selfevaluation of such competences. Th...

This project will involve the development of appropriate pedagogies in History and Language teaching and learning. The emphasis throughout will be on workplace practice and the development of pra...

This project aims to examine further previous research where a theoretical framework of mentoring styles has been developed. The development of this framework identified a need to respond to the ...

This qualitative project will consider students' and tutors' experiences of different assessment approaches. The project will focus on award-bearing CPD modules that highlight the importance of w...

This work will involve making use of the expertise and technologies available within the WLE to create a small number of high-quality transferable multimedia learning objects that can be used in ...

This is an innovative approach to teacher observation using an up-to-date digital camcorder and peer and tutor review that is based on a set of guidelines to critique real-life teaching. It relat...

The aim of this project is to use the Academic Year 2006-2007 to produce the first modules for this new work-based learning MA.

This research project examines in greater detail the present EdD participants’and graduates’ perceptions of work-based learning and their understanding of how change is brought about i...

The project 'Extending our understanding of the role of mentoring and coaching to support staff learning in the workplace' is designed to extend the learning from the staff development peer mentor...

Taking the viewpoints and stories of young learners as our starting point, this project will provoke debate and galvanise action to drive the improvement of work experience in schools. The project ...

This project aims to create a teaching and learning resource on supervision for fieldwork supervisors of year two & three trainee educational psychologists following a doctoral programme in p...

This study aims to explore and formulate an analytical framework for facilitating collaborative work-located learning that leads to innovation in firms. Distributed innovation1 has received much ...

This project works with two colleges and one training provider over a period of a year to enable, accelerate and capture the learning achieved by individuals working towards work-based qualificati...

This project aims to explore the potential of handheld devices for teaching and learning.

By using LCLL VLE, programme managers will be able to increase the work-based learning ethos in their learning structures. 

This project will consider the role and importance of motivational factors for learners/employees in workplace settings. This project is the second of two interrelated projects exploring factors mot...

This pilot will strengthen the scope for research and development work in the area of online pedagogies on work-based programmes.

This project attempts to foster the use of the WLE Centre's advanced technological resources for the benefit of work-based learners. The aim is to establish creative and flexible learning opportu...

‘Putting Knowledge to Work’ was a project that started at the WLE Centre in Year 1 and continued until 2008. It was sponsored by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Comm...

This project will establish a directory of companies and organisations from a range of different settings that are chosen as good models for encouraging and implementing employee learning. ...

This study seeks to understand the interrelationship between the digital display of objects using a visualiser and children's subsequent representation in hand-produced science curriculum texts, ...

This study, 'Supporting Teachers' Professional Development: A Comparative Analysis of Work-Located and Work-Related Discussions of Video Recorded Practices', seeks to explore teachers' work-based...

This project, 'The development of methods for eliciting learner-narratives within a framework for embedded evaluation for fully online distance learners', will be a qualitative study to develop m...

This study conducted by Janet Wallace, Tom Preskett, Vivienne Porritt, Richard Palmer investigates the impact of the innovative approaches to work-based assessment within the Post Graduate C...

This project 'The practice-based and experiental learning of ICT advisers responsible for school teachers' ICT CPD programmes' is designed to provide new knowledge and better understandings of the...

This research project will use data from the 2004 Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS 2004) to provide robust, quantitative analyses of the key factors determining participation in work-based ...

This study explored how teachers give other teachers post-observational feedback using video-recordings of their classroom practices. Adopting an interactional perspective it was investigated how tw...