Thorn Learning designed, reviewed, updated and rebuilt the British Council’s online course, Gender in language education, a nine‑hour self‑study training package and complementary workbook for English language teachers.
Project overview
Thorn Learning supported the TeachingEnglish open courses team by reviewing and redeveloping three legacy self-study modules, the core components of Gender in language education, a digital open learning course for teachers. We also produced the supplementary workbook. Our team created new, globally relevant learning content and packaged the course in Articulate Rise for delivery via an eCom Scotland LMS.
How we worked with the client
Our team collaborated closely with the British Council TeachingEnglish open courses project manager throughout this project, from developing the concept and project plan, agreeing learning objectives to the development of storyboards, final builds and all related wrap-around content. Sangeeta Sathe (writer) worked on the module overview, storyboards and course wraparound.
Thorn Learning (Chris) designed and produced the accompanying workbook and supported the courses’ delivery through his management of the Courses for teachers (CfT) learning community (currently 100k+ members). In the CfT community on Facebook, course participants are helped to extend and apply learning within their own practice through live sessions, additional resources and daily discussions moderated by course tutors.
Services and standards
Learning design, storyboarding, Rise360 building, workbook development and publishing, community management.
Compliance to accessibility standards for digital resources under the European Accessibility Act (Directive 2019/882). Following the technical standards for online and digital products in the European Standard EN 301 549 and Level AA of WCAG 2.1.
Maintaining the British Council approach to EDI as outlined in: Equality, diversity and inclusion policy and equality, diversity and inclusion strategy.
Main outputs
- 9 hours of quality-assured self‑study learning content, built on Articulate Rise 360.
- Printable/digital workbook to accompany and extend learning from the course.
Course structure
Gender in language education
- Understanding gender quality in education — 1 hour unit
- Analysing gender in teaching practice and materials — 1 hour unit
- Creating gender-inclusive classrooms and schools — 1 hour unit
Learn more
Visit the Gender in language education course page on TeachingEnglish to see learner testimonials, access the workbook and to join the Courses for teachers learning community.
Team and contributors
- Writer: Sangeeta Sathe
- Workbook design and production: Chris Thorn, Sangeeta Sathe and Jenny Bedwell
- Learning community management: Chris Thorn
