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About this site
To give feedback about My Learning telephone Alison Glew on 0773 2585959 or email info@mylearning.org. To subscribe to the My Learning E-Bulletin, click here.
How to use My Learning
My Learning is a resource for teachers and learners inspired by museum, library and archive collections. Resources are suggested sequences to learn about a particular curriculum topic. You can search for a resource by subject, age group, museum or specific words. Resources are continually being added so please check regularly for new subjects and topics.
Subjects cover curriculum subjects including those such as Citizenship and Enterprise that are currently often taught with another subject. For a full list of subjects covered by resources go to the subject box in the top navigation bar.
Subjects cover curriculum subjects including those such as Citizenship and Enterprise that are currently often taught with another subject. For a full list of subjects covered by resources go to the subject box in the top navigation bar.
Age group is categorised by different Key Stages, Lifelong Learning and Early Years. For a full list of groups go to the age group box in the top navigation bar.
Themes
can be searched for from the search box at the top right of the home page.
Word searching through the search box at the top right of the home page will highlight if a resource has that word/s in any of the text. You can also search for museums from here.
Museums
can be searched by:
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Museums from the top navigation bar. The term museum covers museum, galleries, libraries and archives. This search will bring up in alphabetical order all the museums that have resources on My Learning. The information that is supplied about a museum will give information such as address, opening times and contact details, education programmes if applicable and more information about the museum specialism. This page will also have a link to resources created by that museum.
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Map of Resources on the left column of the home page. You can drag to zoom in or out to change the range of the map.
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Word searching from the search box at the top right of the home page will return a list of museums with that name.
Background to My Learning
The My Learning website was a Renaissance Yorkshire Hub initiative.
In 2003 research carried out by MLA Yorkshire with schools all over Yorkshire showed that one of the factors that would encourage more schools to visit museums was for teachers to be able to access online resources. Teachers indicated that they wanted flexible resources that could be used as stand alone teaching aids or as a planning tool to prepare for a visit. They also suggested that they wanted a ‘One stop shop’ for Yorkshire recognising the benefits of using local and regional museums regularly as well as the occasional ‘big long distance visit to a national’.
This research coincided with the Renaissance Yorkshire Hub (which comprised the five museum services of Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Sheffield and York) deciding that e-learning should be central to the learning element of its plans.
This research coincided with the Renaissance Yorkshire Hub (which comprised the five museum services of Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Sheffield and York) deciding that e-learning should be central to the learning element of its plans.
The website, launched in 2006 was conceived as a pre- and post-visit resource for teachers offering an integrated approach to learning with museums. My Learning has expanded beyond Yorkshire and now includes resources from the North West, East Midlands and London.
The website is currently funded through Arts Council England's Renaissance Major partner initiative, managed via Leeds Museums and Galleries by its E-Learning Manager Dominique Attwood.
The website is currently funded through Arts Council England's Renaissance Major partner initiative, managed via Leeds Museums and Galleries by its E-Learning Manager Dominique Attwood.
The publishing of content for the website is led by My Learning's Website Support Officers:
Alison Glew aj.glew@ntlworld.com,Tel 0773 2585959
Vicky Ellis vickyfl.ellis@btinternet.com, Tel 01545 574689, or 0785 4832515
Alison Hughes alison.hughes@leeds.gov.uk, Tel 0113 2141570
Vicky Ellis vickyfl.ellis@btinternet.com, Tel 01545 574689, or 0785 4832515
Alison Hughes alison.hughes@leeds.gov.uk, Tel 0113 2141570
Useful Links:
GEM (Group for Education in Museums) - www.gem.org.uk
engage, (National Association for Gallery Education) - www.engage.org
Home Tutors Directory is an online directory of UK Tutors and UK Tutoring Agencies. Students can search for a private tutor for free and private tutors can advertise their private tuition services for any subject - www.hometutorsdirectory.co.uk
