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Reviewing learning resources and tasks
Activity 9

It is essential that your learning materials and tasks match, rather than exceed, the LLN requirements of your units.

How confident are you that the language, literacy and numeracy demands you make on students in the training context (eg readings, exercises, activities, websites) are not more difficult than the LLN demands of your training package, or the workplace?

Try the following activity:

  • Choose one or more of the learning resources and/or learning tasks that you use with your students.

    NB: 'Resources' could include workbooks, learning guides, textbooks, videos, e-learning programs, etc.
    'Tasks' could include projects, exercises, activities, questions, etc.
Use the table provided in the link below to:
  • evaluate how well your resources and/or tasks match your unit requirements
  • plan alternative approaches where necessary.


NB: to complete this activity you may need to refer back to Activities 2 and 4, where you identified the LLN requirements of a unit, and customised them using workplace examples.
Evaluating learning resources and tasks (37 kb)
Further information  

The links opposite give further information which may be useful in ensuring that your learning resources are not creating unnecessary barriers for your learners.

The first link introduces an excellent feature built into Microsoft Word which allows you to check the readability level of your reading material.

The second link introduces a range of simple e-learning strategies, including games-based methods, which can be used to produce material which is more engaging and accessible for students, and which reinforce LLN skill development.

Readability scores in Microsoft Word (29 kb)
Using e-learning for LLN skill development (43 kb)