Cimex is partnering with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to develop an inspirational and fully accessible set of e-learning resources.
Multimedia mental health resources for the Social Care sector
17 August 2007
Cimex is partnering with the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to develop an inspirational and fully accessible set of e-learning resources that deal with all aspects of the mental health of older people. All are suitable for those studying towards or teaching the Social Work degree, practising social workers, carers and older people themselves.
SCIE’s aim is to improve the experience of people who use social care by developing and promoting knowledge about good practice in the sector. The organisation develops resources which are shared to empower service users, using knowledge gathered from diverse sources and a broad range of people and organisations.
Cimex developed the new resources, which build upon their earlier work on the Law and Social Work resources project. The agency’s creative solution maximises effectiveness by appealing to different learning styles utilising a full range of media and levels of interactivity. The resources through audio, video and interactive uses of technology, aim to make complex and problematic topics more accessible, engaging and enjoyable for users.
The success of the project hinges on a close collaboration between SCIE, the subject experts and the Cimex User Experience team, who employed a User Centred Design approach.
‘Cimex really took the trouble to listen to what we felt end-users needed from a pedagogical standpoint and always made every effort to find the most creative and interesting technical and visual solution to meet these needs. Sometimes resources had to be re-engineered significantly until they were ‘just right’ and Cimex’s repeated willingness to do this amply demonstrated their commitment to the project and to quality.’ Colin Paton, SCIE’s E-Learning Project Manager
The ‘Law and Social Work’ and ‘An introduction to the mental health of older people’ can be accessed from the SCIE website at http://www.scie.org.uk.