We have used the GLO Maker in a number of exciting ways:

In 2008 we used it with 1st Year undergraduate students - to build portfolios encapsulating video evidence of their peer/ co-teaching (1st time teaching) at a local school in Derry, Northern Ireland. The LO's also contained audio reflections from both the students and their teacher mentors from the school. The students also included transcripts of their audio reflections.

We hope to have a paper published in 2010 working title is: 'Teachers’ reflective practice via video enquiry: the usefulness of peers, teacher mentors and video as a method to enhance the enculturation and reflection of preservice teachers.'

This year 2009/10 we have been developing resources (LO's) encapsulating A-Level Science Experiments with supporting documents, for example past papers, and additional supporting documentation. With the same school, essentially developing an effective partnership via the production of CPD & supporting materials

We hope to build additional LO's (2010) , outlining the similarities and disparities between Primary year 7 & Post-Primary year 8 in relation to the teaching and learning methods implemented in various schools in Northern Ireland.

We have other projects in 2010 focusing on the use of the GLO Maker across many subjects, for example Employability, Mathematics, Science, Literacy and Numeracy.

It's a great tool and I welcome the developments of the tool - many thanks. Fergal.

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We're updating the old Medical Sociology online modules using GLO-Maker. These have been highly successful and widely used over the years (they were originally produced in the late 90s) but they are sliding into obsolescence and are badly in need of a 21st C makeover. GLO-maker seems like a useful product to achieve this and we are already starting to identify new components.The academic side of the project is being overseen by Simon Cohn, Senior Lecturer and Medical Anthropologist who runs the Social Context of Health and Illness course for first year Cambridge medical students. We plan to produce a number of podcast-type Flash videos and add some self-assessment and reflective questions.

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