It is highly important that our children receive an excellent education as I’m confident you will all agree.
This is why the UK government (even considering the recent cuts) is continually striving to improve our schooling system to ensure that our children are receiving the best possible education.
The education system in the UK is always changing and developing as new techniques and methods of teaching are adopted. There are many ways in which the techniques and methods of teaching have evolved over the past few years and one of those has been with the introduction of technology. Using technology or IT in the classroom has to be done carefully and needs to compliment the more traditional methods of teaching. Using IT effectively within the classroom can aid and advance learning by allowing the children to interact with the content and hold their concentration and interest.
At MMT Digital we have been developing education solutions for approximately ten years for clients within the public and private sector. One of our most well known education solutions was developed for the popular publishing company Hodder Education. In 2007 Hodder Education asked us to build their Dynamic Learning system to allow them to provide digital versions of their textbooks to teachers and students in the classroom. The main function of this sophisticated solution is to allow teachers to use interactive content on their electronic whiteboards and PC’s. To compliment this, a number of features have been developed to enhance Dynamic Learning and add further value to the system. One of the most popular features we developed allows teachers to use their own content along with the existing content - supplied within Dynamic Learning - to produce their own tailor made lesson plans. By using an inbuilt tool, Dynamic Learning can convert the lesson plans into SCORM compliant packs, which can then be used on the schools Virtual Learning Environments.
In July 2007 we delivered the first version of Dynamic Learning to the target market. Several months after delivery we were informed that Dynamic Learning was a big success and within eight months of delivery this elearning platform made a massive return on investment. It was due to this early success that Hodder Education asked us to continue developing and improving this system.
The most recent changes to version three have seen Dynamic Learning move online. This move has revolutionised this elearning system by allowing Hodder Education to update the valuable content with ease and has banished the cost of producing CDROMs altogether. Moving this elearning solution online also presented the option of delivering a subscription based solution. Hodder Education decided to adopt the subscription based model and is now receiving a constant revenue stream for this valuable teaching system.
MMT Digital are proud to have developed this sophisticated elearning solution, which has not only enabled our client to profitably grow their market share within their sector, but has also allowed us to positively contribute towards the UK’s education system.
Bio: This blog was written by our New Business Consultant Alix Robertson.