Benefits and outcomes for individual learners

• Improves social and emotional well-being and develops self-direction; improves motivation, attitude and approach to learning, work and leisure, generates greater independence and is linked with personalisation and use of personal budgets
• Learner is able to work to her/his own pace according to needs and to see outcomes of activities and adjust plans accordingly, so this improves goal/task achievement and develops self-esteem
• Learner is able to engage others better and to tailor their own learning – flexibility; generating maximum impact and satisfaction for the user
• Grows with learner and supports them through their transition process, helping them to develop the necessary skills and resources to provide a smooth transition between services and from school or college into training and work
• Can be used as a presentation tool for a diverse range of uses such as Record of Achievements and employment CVs
• Learners develop skills in social media and multimedia communication techniques

Benefits and outcomes for schools and colleges

• Better engagement with learners – improves self-direction and responsibility in the learner and enables better interaction and communication with him or her – this can link to SEAL programmes where in use
• Improved participation – better access to learning and enables greater flexibility in delivering learning
• Can develop innovative approaches to learning which can benefit the whole learning community
• Enables more efficient use of resources – links to personal budgets and to wider resources from cluster partners and support agencies
• Can provide evidence of achievement, especially for learners who don’t fit into an accredited framework, linking to Records of Achievement where appropriate.
• Works alongside existing management information systems, such as SIMS
• Helps develop new media and person centred planning pathways to run alongside existing vocational pathways