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With ICT offering the possibility of teachers, lecturers and others sharing teaching materials online, the question of staff development becomes especially important. While many might want to share resources they have created or to adapt the resources of others for their own use, many practitioners might need or want support and guidance. 

New online staff development materials have been created specifically with these issues in mind. Developed by projects in the Exchange for Learning  (X4L) programme, they provide a wide array of materials for guidance as well as examples of use. The X4L programme has been developing online teaching materials and exploring the many issues involved in promoting the sharing of such resources. 

Susan Eales, Programme Manager of the X4L Programme, said: “Ensuring staff have the skills to repurpose learning materials was a main aim of the X4L Programme. All projects took this very seriously and have developed some excellent resources to support the staff involved. We have made this special site available in the belief that others may find these materials useful too. The site is a testament to all the dedication and hard work of all those involved in X4L.”  

The materials cover many different kinds of resources, some of which could be used immediately for staff development; others could be used as a basis to create your own staff development materials. The resources have been categorised based on topic, intended user and type of resource. The resources also come with additional information including descriptions of how the resource might be used in a staff development context. 

To help provide inspiration, some exemplars have also been developed which illustrate how the X4L resources can be used in a staff development context. The exemplars include a short report by the authors, who are themselves staff development officers, describing the steps they went through to produce their staff development materials. 

To access the resources please click on the following link: Staff development materials