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Education
Clients
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Skills Agency
Becta
Cambridge University
CfBT
HERO ltd.
Department for Education and Skills
National College for School Leadership
UfI/learndirect
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Epic offers a range of services across schools,
further education, higher education and lifelong learning. These
are:
- E-learning content development
- Content managed websites
- Collaborative learning websites
- Authoring tools
- Published e-learning products
- Consultancy – design, technical, strategic
- Testing
Epic Education is committed to producing innovative, creative,
high quality products and services that are centred around the needs
of users. Our development ensures that users are consulted at every
stage of the development process.
E-learning content development
SCHOOLS
Languages:
We have developed a number of programmes on language learning,
including two titles for Longman: Zak's Wordgames - an interactive
vocabulary learning game for children with 24 games and 3D environments
and FCEasy - examination practice for the Cambridge First Certificate.
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English:
Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina was been adapted for CD-ROM.
This enchanting interactive adventure transports children to a charming
fairyland of animation, music, reading, singing, colouring and counting
along with all their favourite characters from the movie. For 3
to 8 year olds. Winner of the Newsweek Editor's Choice Award 1996
and the Silver Award for Best Children's Home Entertainment Title,
ICDIA 1995.
Science:
We have produced a range of learning titles in science including
Violent Earth, Exploring Science - Light and Sound, Exploring Science
- Electricity and Magnetism, Exploring Land Habitats and Habitats
2 - Seas and Oceans, for children between the ages of nine and 14.
In Woburn Ecology visitors to Woburn Safari Park can interrogate
this interactive program to find out more about the wildlife. Sections
are devoted to the endangered status of some of the animals. The
program was designed such that it could be taken away and used as
a teaching resource for key stage 2 of the National Curriculum.
TouCan Soundtrap is an adventure game covering topics from the
Science and Music curriculum. The user must escape from the underworld
by recording and matching sound waves to free the imprisoned 'Vibes'.
For children aged 8 to 12 and published by Philips Media.
Shipwreck is an entertaining childrens’ adventure game set
on a desert island that explores the theories of electricity and
magnetism. The disc also contains activities, information and step-by-step
demonstrations. Aimed at 8 to 12 year olds and published by Philips
Media.
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Reference:
The Hutchinson Multimedia Encyclopedia, designed and developed
by Epic, is the only British-originated encyclopedia on CD ROM.
Based around the National Curriculum, the encyclopedia contains
more than 36,000 entries, over 45 video clips, over 100 audio clips,
and thousands of pictures. We also developed the Hutchinson Music,
History, Science and Penguin Reference Suites.
Felix the Cat's Giant Electronic Comic Book is the ultimate comic
annual on disc. A co-publishing venture with Philips Media on CD-ROM,
Felix the Cat's Giant Electronic Comic is presented as a 'virtual
comic book'. The programme guarantees hours of entertainment with
a wide variety of puzzles, original songs, stories as well as crafting
tips. Felix will also encourage children’s reading, counting,
logic skills and awareness of environmental issues. For 3 to 8 year
olds.
Early years:
Epic received funding from the Media Investment Club, part of the
EC to produce a programme called 'On the Farm'. This disc, aimed
at 3 to 5 year olds, allowed children to explore a farm, click on
animals and do simple exercises such as matching and number exercises.
Teacher Development:
Recently, we have been working with the National
College of School Leadership producing e-learning materials
to support the National Professional Qualification for Headship
(NPQH).
Staff development and Appraisal Training
This programme was produced for the Scottish Education Department.
This two-disc package includes interactive exercises and over 90
minutes of digital video. Good and bad practice was illustrated
and interactive simulation exercises put trainees to the test. The
target audience was primary school teachers in Scotland. This programme
won a BIMA Productivity award.
FURTHER EDUCATION
The National Learning
Network (NLN) is a national partnership programme designed to
increase the uptake of Information and Learning Technology (ILT)
across the learning and skills sector in England. Epic has produced
many hours of interactive e-learning materials for further education
students. This includes courses on Health studies, Business Studies,
Generic Science, Social Studies (A/AS Level), Physics (A/AS Level)
and English Language (A/AS Level).
We also work with individual Further Education institutions such
as Crawley College, City College, Croner College, Culham College,
Newham College and others on topics as diverse as Total Quality
Management and Religious Studies.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Epic has recently developed Chronos,
an exciting new e-learning tutorial on the business case for sustainable
development. Developed for Cambridge University Programme for Industry
and World Business Council for Sustainable development (WBCSD),
it is concise, motivational and easy to use – the best tool
on the market for learning about sustainable development.
The Research Mindedness
Virtual Learning Resource is a website to help students and
practitioners of social care and social work make greater and more
effective use of research in their studies and in practice. This
was designed by Epic on behalf of the Centre for Human Service Technology,
School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, and funded
by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).
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LIFELONG LEARNING
For the University for Industry (UfI/learndirect), we developed
content on e-business and have delivered on several testing contracts
in our EpiCentre lab.
This involves testing across a range of browsers and kit ranges
to make sure that the content works on release.
We are currently working with CfBT producing Basic Skills materials
for the DfES Adult Basic Skills Strategy Unit (ABSSU).
Incorporating full screen digital video, The Joy of Sex was co-produced
by Cloudscan and Epic. The disc, based on the best-selling book
by Alex Comfort, includes over 30 minutes of specially shot video.
Sexual techniques and positions, as well as ideas about love and
relationships, are explored through intimate video sequences, hundreds
of candid and tender drawings and over three hours of commentary.
It includes four different expert guides, a questionnaire that allows
you to explore your ‘fun’ rating, and a game for couples
to explore what they really know about each other. The result is
a judicious balance between the need for responsible attitudes and
the importance of happy and un-anxious sexuality. Producer Peter
Bratt says, ‘We came to Epic because we wanted the best for
a quality production like The Joy of Sex’. This programme
won two BIMA awards, one for entertainment the other for European
localisation.
Content managed websites for Education
Epic designed, developed, marketed and maintain HEFCE's higher
education portal. HERO
is the official gateway site to the UK's universities, colleges
and research organisations.
We have developed two sites as part of the DfES campaign to widen
access to higher education. www.aimhigher.ac.uk/dontstop
has been developed to support the TV advertising campaign and Aimhigher
is a portal with information and advice for prospective students.
The Observatory of Basic Skills for Wales and the Welsh Strategy
websites are two sites we have developed for the Basic Skills Agency.
Epic’s websites are underpinned by CONTEXT – our in-house
CMS with multi-site creation facility.
For Channel 4 ideasfactory
Epic help raised the finance for the project and built the website.
Collaborative learning websites
Epic has developed Arena, a collaborative learning portal used
by clients as diverse as the Cabinet Office, B&Q, NHS and Barclays
Corporate University (bu). Education clients for Arena include Dundee
University.
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Authoring tools
Epic has developed several easy-to-use multi-lingual authoring
tools for IDeA and university clients. The allows the creation of
interactive learning objects that can be uploaded to a VLE or distributed
by our innovative P2P system.
Published e-learning products
Epic’s sells products through UKLearnOnline, a consortium
of suppliers of National Learning Network. This covers products
as diverse as Amenity Horticulture and Business Studies.
Consultancy – design, technical, strategic
Epic Education consultancy work includes research and usability
studies for DfES, technical and design work for SUN Professional
Services and strategic consultancy for the Royal College of Radiologists
and Dundee University Interactive University Medical School (IVIMEDS)
Testing
For further information about testing please refer to the testing
section of our website.
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