Share Paper: The CADARN Learning Portal - Presenting Educational Media as Inspirational Tasters of Higher Education and an Agent of Change for Teaching Practice in Wales

  1. Thomas Bartlett, CADARN Learning Portal, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom
  2. Daniel Pullin, CADARN Learning Portal, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom
Wednesday, June 29 5:15 PM-7:00 PM Grand Ballroom C

Abstract: The CADARN Learning Portal aims to stimulate and support the production of educational media across Wales in partnership with five universities. The extensive bilingual website utilises the resultant media to inspire potential new students into university by setting them alongside course and graduate employer information. The project funded a set of common production equipment, a production team to run workshops, parachute group tutorial sessions, collaborative productions as well as create a comprehensive set of resources to support educational media production. The website has been met with some success. At the time of writing, it hosts 1267 courses with 460 educational ...