Glow Learn personalises learning at Grove Academy

'The dog ate it' is the famous excuse pupils have at the ready for teachers demanding homework assignments. But as Grove Academy teacher Kenny Stewart mischievously points out, Glow Learn could change all that. 'Perhaps I’ll get all my students to do their homework in digital form – there will be no such excuses then!'

Joking aside, Kenny is quickly discovering the potential that Glow Learn has to actually achieve that sought-after concept of personalised learning. His pilot project as a Glow Mentor involved uploading his lesson content onto Glow Learn for his computing class to work through.

'It’s very easy to create links to existing resources (such as websites or documents), which can help cater for a wide range of learning styles,' explained Kenny. 'It gave some of my S3 pupils a chance to use Glow Learn and the feedback received was very encouraging.

'The big plus for me was personalisation – pupils can choose how they want to learn and of course they can continue their studies at home. That sense of responsibility for their own learning was something pupils really seemed to value.'