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• How we define learning
• Inspiring Learning checklists
• Research methods and guidelines
• Templates, surveys and action plans
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 You can browse all of the documents divided into the following four areas in this section

• How we define learning
• Inspiring Learning checklists
• Research methods and guidelines
• Template surveys and action plans

How we define learning

• What do you believe about learning organisations? (Word, 43kb)

  This document explores what characteristics identify a learning organisation

• Learning styles activity (Word, 52kb)

  An activity that you could do with your staff or users to discover their preferred learning styles.

• Training session outline: defining learning (Word, 52kb)

  This training session is designed to be used with groups of up to 15 staff, working with a facilitator, to help them explore the broad definition of learning adopted by Inspiring Learning. The session is designed to take up to 1.5 hours. 

• Building a learning team (Word, 58kb)
  
  A document to support you to build a learning team. It identifies that a balance needs to be struck between achieving a task and providing opportunities to reflect on the process itself to promote individual and collective learning within your organisation.

Inspiring Learning checklists

• Detailed framework (PDF, 3,094kb)
  
  This document sets out the detailed framework of organisational outcomes expected from use of the People, Places, Partnerships and Policies self-assessment planning tool.

• Summary of outcomes and processes (pdf, 1366kb)
  
  Inspiring learning is about outcomes as well as processes. Both outcomes and processes are summarised in this 2 page document.

• Quick checklist (PDF, 34kb)
  
  The quick checklist will give you an overview of your current strengths, priorities for improvement and which areas you need to focus on for a more detailed assessment.

• Detailed checklist - people (PDF, 88kb)
• Detailed checklist - places (PDF, 64kb)
• Detailed checklist - partnerships (PDF, 54kb)
• Detailed checklist - policies (PDF, 58kb)

Generic Learning Outcome checklists and coding tools

• GLO Checklist (Word, 211kb)
  
  Provides an overview of each of the five Generic Learning Outcomes.

• More about the GLOs (Word, 243 kb)
  
  Gives examples of the kinds of statements that identify a link  to each Generic Learning Outcome.

• Recording & analysing qualitative data (Word, 46kb)
  
  A tool which helps you to record and identify what qualitative statements relate to which Generic Learning Outcomes.

• Recording & analysing quantitative data (Word, 80kb)
  
  A tool which helps you to record and identify what kinds of quantitative data relate to which Generic Learning Outcomes.

• Practice your GLO coding (Word, 61kb)
  
  A tool to help you practice to identify which statement relates to which Generic Learning Outcome.

• Templatespreadsheet for analysing qualitative data (Excel, 34kb)
• Template spreadsheet for analysing quantitative data (Excel, 32kb)
  
  Both of these templates explain how to set up an excel spreadsheet to analyse your data.

Research methods and guidelines

• Research methods (pdf, 89kb)
  
  This table identifies the strengths of different methods of research to help you identify the most appropriate method for your programme or activity

• Research question bank (Word, 100kb)
  
  A question bank that offers useful and relevant research questions to help you customise questionnaires. Questions are divided into categories including: knowledge and understanding; skills; attitudes and values; enjoyment, inspiration and creativity and activity, behaviour and progression

• Guidelines on involving users (Word, 38kb)
  
  This document provides useful tips on how to involve users in identifying learning opportunites

• Interpreting visual images (Word, 774kb)
  
  This useful guide helps you to interpret visual images as research evidence. Particularly useful in researching the impact of your learning activity with children

• Focus group guide (Word, 40kb)
  
  This guide provides information and support on how to run a focus group  

Templates, surveys and action plans

This section offers example surveys and action plans that you can download and adapt.

Surveys

• Exit survey (Word, 84kb)
  
  An example survey, with tips for designing your own version

•  Visitor experience questionnaire (Word, 106kb)
  
  An example questionnaire that has been designed to stimulate rich responses to the Generic Learning Outcomes

• Email questionnaire (Word, 215kb)
  
  An example of an email questionnaire that was used to identify outcomes for distance learning students

• Year 7 questionnaire (Word, 56kb)
  
  An example of a questionnaire  used with a class visit

Templates

• Action plan template (Word, 46kb)
  
  A  template of an action plan that you could adapt for your own planning process

• Report structure (Word, 46kb)
  
  A template showing the key areas/headings you should include in a report identifying the main outcomes of your programme/project