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An experienced basic skills teacher, teacher trainer and e-learning mentor, Nick Jeans is a member of JISC’s Learning and Teaching Practice Experts Group and the Membership Services Committee of the Association for Learning Technology. He works on ALT C’s Programme Committee and has worked for the LSDA (now LSN) on their 'ELNET' project and BECTA, helping teachers to use the National Learning Network’s digital resources.   He was involved in the Open-Source portfolio Initiative piloting e-portfolios and prior to joining Sero, he managed the Content Development Team in the South Yorkshire eLearning Programme working with teachers in schools and colleges to produce and use e-learning in all subjects.
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''Nick Jeans'' is a Consultant at Sero, currently working on country/region studies for VISCED with current responsibility for Anglophone Africa. He has 22 years' experience of teaching and 10 years of training teachers. He is Lead Assessor of the CMALT scheme (an award that recognises effective use of Learning Technology), an accredited trainer for JISC TechDis (on accessibility) and a member of JISC's Learning and Teaching Practice Experts Group.


Nick is Senior Consultant in Learning Technology at Sero Consulting Ltd, currently working on an EU-funded project called ‘Making IT Personal – Joining the DOTs’ which makes use of volunteer trainers to improve the IT skills of people in South Yorkshire. He also works on projects with Sheffield College and a number of schools in South Yorkshire.
In 2005-08 he was Content Development Team Manager for the South Yorkshire E Learning Programme, leading a team of learning technologists, working with teachers to produce and use e-learning resources in all subjects through e-sy.info, a Virtual Learning Environment available to learners in the South Yorkshire area across 72 Secondary schools, 7 Further Education colleges and 450 businesses.


For the VISCED project, Nick is focusing on English-speaking Africa and England, as well as 2 pilot projects in Sheffield, UK.
During the bid phase for POERUP he researched and provided links to the most relevant large-scale OER initiatives worldwide.

Latest revision as of 21:44, 1 February 2023

Nick Jeans
Forename Nick
Surname Jeans
Type Staff
Country United Kingdom
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URL http://www.sero.co.uk
email nick.jeans@sero.co.uk


Nick Jeans is a Consultant at Sero, currently working on country/region studies for VISCED with current responsibility for Anglophone Africa. He has 22 years' experience of teaching and 10 years of training teachers. He is Lead Assessor of the CMALT scheme (an award that recognises effective use of Learning Technology), an accredited trainer for JISC TechDis (on accessibility) and a member of JISC's Learning and Teaching Practice Experts Group.

In 2005-08 he was Content Development Team Manager for the South Yorkshire E Learning Programme, leading a team of learning technologists, working with teachers to produce and use e-learning resources in all subjects through e-sy.info, a Virtual Learning Environment available to learners in the South Yorkshire area across 72 Secondary schools, 7 Further Education colleges and 450 businesses.

During the bid phase for POERUP he researched and provided links to the most relevant large-scale OER initiatives worldwide.

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