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Sheffield Online College DOTs creating knowledge in their communities
Posted on 03 August 2011 16:56
Sheffield College is a national leader in developing online courses and training resources. Students on the college’s three-year iMedia course have become digital outreach trainers, volunteering their computer skills to those who need it in their homes and communities. Jamie Jackson, right, aged twenty, has shown his father, the owner of a guitar shop, how [...]
DOTs Recognised at 3rd Making IT Personal Awards Evening
Posted on 15 July 2011 16:48
Digital Outreach Trainers, their e-mentors and Making IT Personal project partners returned to the Source Meadowhall in Sheffield for the 3rd DOTs awards on the evening of Tuesday 12th July. Nick Jeans, from managing agency Sero, outlined how the event was not only for newly qualified DOTs to receive their certificates, but also ‘a chance [...]
Making IT Personal Welcomes Adrian Neale to South Yorkshire
Posted on 01 July 2011 16:44
Adrian Neale, the EU Commissions’ Desk Officer for England and Gibraltar, visited South Yorkshire on 28th June 2011. The tour took in Sheffield College and Northern College, exploring how the innovative online community is supporting volunteer Digital Outreach Trainers in passing on their IT Skills to family, friends and work colleagues. Adrian learnt that since its [...]
DOTs team attending the 1st Digital Agenda Assembly in Brussels
Posted on 13 June 2011 12:39
Members of the Making IT Personal: Joining the DOTs scheme are attending the 1st Digital Agenda Assembly in Brussels, 16-17th June 2011. Created by the European Commission, a broad range of participants has been invited to assess progress in delivering the Digital Agenda’s goals, to mobilise stakeholders in improving delivery and to identify future challenges [...]
Making IT Personal wins National Adult Learners’ Week award
Posted on 17 May 2011 11:37
The dedication and commitment to learning of the participants on the DOTs scheme has been recognised with an ESF Inspiring Projects Award as part of the 20th Adult Learners’ Week on 16 May 2011. The event held in Westminster, London and hosted by Phillipa Forrester saw awards for adult learners from across the UK, many [...]
