Project Team
Dr Sara de Freitas
Dr George Magoulas
Prof. Alex Poulovassilis
George Papamarkos
Dr Martin Oliver
Adrian Mee
Dr Ian Harrison
Margaret Andrews
John Paschoud
Dr Simon McLeish
Dr John Phelps

Advisors
Dr J. Cook
S. Overton
Dr S. Vaughn
P. Welch
Dr G. Atherton
Dr R. Rayne
P. Noakes

Project Details
JISC Distributed e-learning project

Keywords
Distributed e-learning, learner pathways, lifelong learning, web portals, web services, personalisation.

http://www.lkl.ac.uk/research/l4all

L4All
L4All targets the independent lifelong learner by creating a system that records and shares learning pathways and trails. L4All will create a portal that will allow learners to access selected information and resources, plan their own learning pathways, and maintain and reflect upon their individual record of learning throughout their lives. The system will allow learners to share their learning plans and pathways with other learners, in order to support collaborative learning and to formulate future learning goals and aspirations. Tutors will be able to publish recommended pathways through courses and modules, thereby facilitating progression into Higher Education (HE) and supporting career choices.

Personalised lifelong learning
L4All will provide an environment in which the lifelong learner can access quality-assured learning materials, personal development plans, learning pathways, personalised support for planning of learning, and facilitate increased reflection upon learning. To this end, the project aims to develop a pilot that will provide:

Benefiting the learning community
L4All is an important project for the community as it will test-bed new tools and approaches for personalising learner pathways for lifelong learners, identifying and supporting progression between different learning providers and providing a range of technical and user-based specifications and guidelines for integrating tools for supported e-learning. The pilot will have positive benefits for all our stakeholders, which include: the JISC community, post-16 recruitment departments, previously excluded learners, and existing lifelong learners. Benefits will include: development of a workable service for lifelong learners, increased recruitment to post-compulsory education institutions and new pathways for access to learning. These benefits will help development, embedding and uptake of dedicated e-learning tools and projects across the stakeholder community supporting further development and providing outputs that can be disseminated amongst the community.

L4All partners