What we mean by Learning
Illumina Digital has delivered unique solutions for all ages of learners in a variety of contexts (alone, in groups, at school, home or the workplace, mobile and virtual). Our clients include the DCMS, DCSF, QIA, schools and universities and Teaching and Learning Scotland.
We build resources that help users become active participants in their learning. Learners improve when they discover, play, create and share in a supportive environment.
Learning Projects
Ready to Learn
Medium: Web
Client: Teachers TV
This Teachers TV led project, launched during Science Week, is a ground-breaking mass-participation psychology experiment. 'Ready To Learn' provided a huge amount of useful data about children's behaviour before school and its effect on their mental alertness during school hours. Whether they get a lift to school or walk, eat cereal for breakfast and go to bed early was all logged during this mass experiment. The participants were then tested on their working memory, cognitive inhibition and planning respectively.Go to website
Focus on Film
Medium: Web
Client: The National Archives
Primarily for teachers and students but available to the general public too, Illumina Digital's The National Archives Editors Room allows visitors to browse through and edit together video clips, audio clips and stills images taken from The National Archives' fantastic collection. Using our unique eSeq application, users can pan across still images and bring them to life and use a flexible caption feature so they can manipulate titles and captions in the same way. Go to website
Centre of the Cell
Medium: Exhibition Space and Website
Client: Centre of the Cell
Dedicated to inspiring curiosity and learning in science by connecting it to everyday life, Centre of the Cell engages young audiences with cell science and human biology. Created by Illumina Digital, Centre of the Cell interactive activities and supporting website encourage young people to get involved with science learning, helping them get to grips with cell science and showing them how developments in medical research affect them and their community. Go to website
Cliffhanger Studios
Medium: CD
Client: Quality Improvement Agency
Teachers can bring language classes to life with the aid of a soap-opera themed interactive resource known as 'Cliffhanger Studios'. Prompted by engaging video clips, students can now take on the role of fictional characters and practice their French, German, Italian and Spanish. Designed for teachers to use with post-GCSE students, this interactive resource creates a virtual world where students add the text and audio, and act out dramatic scenes from the soap opera. It allows teachers to prepare creative role-play activities tailored for their students that will engage and develop student's language skills. Go to demo on Showreels page
Careers Wales Online
Medium: DVD
Client: Quality Improvement Agency
Illumina Digital developed this BAFTA winning site for delivering careers guidance, advice and information in Wales to help people of all ages to make decisions about careers and learning opportunities. The site includes the integration of an all Wales course database, Learning Choices and a ePortfolio system which already boasts 25,000 registered user across Wales. Go to website