Technology Enhanced Learning News
February 2025
A message from Dr Neil Ralph, Deputy Director of Technology Enhanced Learning
Welcome to the February issue of TEL News 2025.
There are many exciting projects currently taking place across TEL and beyond, and several of our SMEs are being asked to share their skills and experiences across NHS England to support major programmes and policies. I hope to showcase more of our work and the skills of our excellent team members in the coming months as we reflect on our role as educators.
As we approach the end of the financial year it is important that we continue to expand our work in health and social care and continue to strengthen our ongoing collaboration with partners within NHS England and others in the wider system during this period of change.
Workstream Updates
Simulation and Immersive Technologies
Accessibility for Virtual Reality
The TEL team has worked with the NHS England Accessibility team to refresh accessibility requirements when creating or commissioning virtual reality 360-degree video.
The updated accessibility guide provides a practical approach to maximise accessibility, engagement, and inclusivity for all viewers and to ensure immersive learning experiences are available to the widest possible audience. The guide forms part of the 'How to create VR360 video' series, which covers the technical aspects of 360-degree video production.
An accompanying quick reference guide has also been produced which highlights the main steps to make virtual reality 360-degree video accessible.
ASPiH’s four nations simulation faculty inaugural meeting
The TEL team were recently invited to join the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH), meeting between health organisations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to discuss a shared competency framework for simulation faculty across the four nations.
The team will be working closely with health systems across the United Kingdom to share good practice as well as collaborating on the production of shared best practice around simulation faculty development.
Becoming Simulation Faculty Regional Workshops
In January, the NHS England TEL team hosted over 80 representatives at three face to face sessions in Burnley, Newcastle and London, to enable people to learn about the workshop content, delivery logistics and to add their experiences to the programme.
A further session is planned for 20 March in Torbay.
Feedback from the delegates attending the first workshops has been excellent;
"Very helpful to have us create scenarios. I found it very nice that the workshop day was not a re-read of the e-Learning module... the workshop complemented and reinforced the e-Learning. Thanks!"
A further session is planned for 20 March in Torbay, to find out how to enrol or to learn more about the Becoming Simulation Faculty programme visit the webpage or contact the team for more information.
Supporting TEL
TEL Network
Are you a member of the NHS England Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Network? If not, join the free network that has been developed to enable TEL professionals from the NHS, higher education and social care to connect with each other, ask questions, collaborate on TEL projects and share successes. As a network member, you will receive invitations to events, such as quarterly TEL Forums, CPD sessions and Tea and TEL. Join the TEL Network.
Upcoming TEL Network CPD Sessions
Two new TEL Network CPD sessions have been arranged for March:
Health Literacy Training
Date and time: Thursday 6 March 2025 from 1pm to 2.30pm
How do you reach a wider audience and make your work easier to understand? Join us and the North East and North Cumbria NHS's Regional Health Literacy team for a short introduction to health literacy and the work they have been doing. The session will share tips and tricks to help you improve how you write and present ideas in your work. Register here to secure your place.
Learning Styles: the key to effective education or confidence trick?
Date and time: Thursday 13 March 2025 from 10am to 11.30am
Everyone learns differently and so the concept of learning styles makes sense. However, learning is not that simple and the idea of learning styles has little empirical evidence to support it and may cause more harm than good. Join the debate in this 90-minute professional development session to explore the latest evidence surrounding this controversial topic. Register here to secure your place.
The Virtual & Hybrid Learning Faculty Spring CPD Schedule
The Virtual & Hybrid Learning Faculty (VHLF) community, launched their new Masterclass series earlier this month and over 120 colleagues joined their first session! Check out their four new topics coming in March:
11 March
9am The Art of the Pivot: Adapting healthcare education with the Microsoft suite
14:00 Hyflex Heroes: Delivering inclusive and flexible learning experiences
27 March
9am Me Myself and AI: The journey to personalised learning
14:00 The AI Advantage: Co-intelligence to increase the value of healthcare education
Members are welcome to attend as many sessions as they would like in any order. All masterclasses are delivered virtually, are 90minutes long and share evidence-based best practice principles.
Spaces are allocated on a first come, first served basis and only available to COP members.
Not a COP member? To join please register online.
To book onto a CPD event, please complete the online form. Once booked, a calendar invite will be sent confirming your space, access links and any pre/post work.
Accessing Virtual & Hybrid Learning Faculty Resources
Did you know there is a wide range of resources and content for Virtual & Hybrid Learning Faculty (VHLF) Community of Practice members to access?
Catalogues include: VHLF Getting Started, VHLF Increasing your impact and VHLF Community of Practice and all are available on the Learning Hub.
If you have any questions about the VHLF please email the team: england.VHLF@nhs.net
Platform Updates
Digital Learning Platforms
The Learning Hub provides easy access to a wide range of educational resources, elearning, specialist health and care content which has been developed or shared by professional organisations such as the Royal Colleges, universities and other health and care organisations.
The team are currently developing course functionality in the Learning Hub. The TEL User Research (UR) team would love to hear from anyone interested in this functionality. To express your interest, please complete the UR team's contact form.
Digital Learning Solutions
Our Digital Learning Solutions (DLS) platform provides access to basic digital literacy training and digital competency frameworks.
We engage with the workforce through our digital platforms to assess and enhance their skills, supporting the development of a digitally proficient national workforce aligned with the NHS 10 Year Health Plan.
Two additional national frameworks are set to be released shortly, if you would like to know more or would like to speak to someone about the TEL platforms, please email the TEL Platforms Implementation Managers.
e-Learning for Healthcare
February Foundation Programme Update
In the real world things go wrong on a regular basis. When it happens to you, what should you do? Sessions in the Foundation Programme curriculum cover; FPC 1: Clinical Assessment, FPC 2: Clinical Prioritisation, FPC 3: Holistic Planning, FPC 4: Communication and Care, FPC 5: Continuity of Care, FPC 8: Upholding Values and FPC 11: Ethics and Law, FPC 12: Continuing Professional Development and FPC 13: Understanding Medicine.
Elective Care elearning programme
This Elective Care elearning programme delivers essential knowledge and understanding of referral to treatment (RTT) pathways and wider elective care principles, standards and rules. This programme is designed to be used by a variety of NHS staff working across a range of organisations who are responsible for managing patients along elective pathways or delivering national elective care standards: https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/elective-care/
Paramedic elearning survey
The NHS England Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team and the College of Paramedics, would like your feedback on the Human Factors Cardiac Arrest e-learning course. Using 360-degree and virtual reality technology on this course we are aiming to enhance your learning experience. Your input is invaluable as we shape the future of our e-learning – so we would love to hear your thoughts on this course by completing the survey. The survey will remain open until 31 March.
Additional Paramedic elearning
The College of Paramedics and NHS England TEL team have co-collaborated to offer easy to access elearning on core paramedic topics to support you in your practice. Long term conditions for paramedics contains a variety of sessions frequently seen by paramedics in the context of out of hospital care, e.g. falls and frailty, Asthma, Diabetes.
Similarly Urgent care for paramedics – Illness reviews conditions needing unscheduled care such as pneumonia, UTI and sore throat.
Based on key learning from the Covid 19 pandemic, Paramedic management of infectious diseases (including COVID 19) offers insight into the specific pathophysiology, recognition and management of Covid 19, to support you to develop your understanding of a range of severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) and other viral and bacterial diseases.
If this bulletin has been forwarded to you...
Explore our email bulletins
We have a range of bulletins covering primary care, nursing, mental health, transformation, NHS IMPACT and other topics.
