For learners

Supporting the 21st century learner

The Virtual-Workspace is a new, dynamic website for teenage learners. On it, you'll get your own private web space for managing all your work, interests and future plans. It's designed to transform your learning experience by offering you more choice and control in the way you learn. As it's your private Web space, no-one will be able to access it but YOU. Interested? Then take a look at the main features below.

Key features...

  • Interactive learning materials: The Virtual-Workspace has a bank of over 4,500 interactive, digital learning materials. Whatever path you're on - GCSEs, A/AS/A2-levels, GNVQs or NVQs - you'll find loads of relevant stuff to support and boost your learning (and revision!).
  • All your work, all in one place: In the Virtual-Workspace you can create, store and manage all your classwork, coursework and homework - and any personal/private items of work. You can receive work from your teacher, send it back completed and receive it back from your teacher fully marked and graded!
  • Enhancing your learning: We all have our own way of learning - a style of learning that works best for us. So, what's yours? Discover it by filling in our Learning Styles Questionnaire. You can then get hold of information, advice and learning materials that suit your style and enhance what you learn.
  • Personalising your workspace: As it's your private workspace, you can personalise it to suit your taste and needs, eg change the style, layout and text size, and upload your own pictures/images.
  • A dedicated mentoring service: If you've ever got any issues in your life, learning or leisure, you can request and receive help and support from a team of dedicated human mentors - live online from 8am to 8pm.
  • Communication channels: Talk to your peers and teachers through our range of communication channels (ie messaging, discussion forums and live chatrooms). These also give you the opportunity to debate and exchange views, ideas and information with other learners and teachers in the Virtual-Workspace community - bringing real educational value to all.
  • Earn while you learn: Use the Virtual-Workspace for your learning and leisure and you'll earn points. You can then blow these points on real rewards, anything from a funky mouse mat, the latest CDs and DVDs, to a digital camera. You can even enter the Virtual-Workspace auction!
  • Supporting your interests: Research into your interests from the ‘Hobbies and interests’ zone. All the news, reviews and info you'll find here come from learners in the Virtual-Workspace community.
  • Support for the future: We'll point you in the right direction for making those big decisions about your education and future career. You'll be able to access careers/further education advice from respectable organisations, such as Fast Tomato and Connexions.
  • 24-hour technical helpline: If you ever need help when using the Virtual-Workspace, you can call our dedicated 24-hour technical helpline.
  • 24/7 access: Being all online means you can access your workspace from any Internet-enabled computer - when you want and where you want.

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