Danny McAtominey

In 2019 Danny joined Dublin Based Flexlabs as digital learning design consultant based in the labs Newcastle centre at Newcastle University Centre for Professional and Executive Development.

Danny joined the Centre for Professional and Executive Development at Newcastle University in 2014 as a consultant in Teaching, Learning, Training and e-learning. He has converted the internationally acclaimed e-Learning Essentials workshop which underpins the Professional Certificate in e-earning from its former BTEC identity to a new uprated qualification backed by CPD accreditation.

Danny led the embedding e-learning project taking place across the North East in four Further Education colleges over 2014-2015. It builds on a previous project which successfully introduced enquiry-based e-learning at South Tyneside College. Over 2012-2013, Danny led a team of Netskills Consultant Trainers who worked closely with a team at the college to co-design and develop six e-learning modules for their teacher training course.

The project team is now working to embed the outputs in the community. The vision is to see the modules “taken up” and embedded into the initial teacher training activities of four colleges. We want to see each college realising the benefits and show a clear direction for wider embedding and dissemination activities. Project Blog

Netskills e-Learning expert Danny McAtominey was invited to become a member of the International Scientific Advisory Board for the prestigious EdTech conference which took place in Valencia in March 2014. The International Technology, Education and Development (INTED) conference welcomed over 600 delegates from 75 different countries.

As a member of the advisory board, Danny joined selected professors and researchers from around the world to steer the content of the conference and contribute new ideas. Danny's appointment follows his contribution at EDULEARN13 in Barcelona last year.

“It's a real honour to be invited and I'm delighted to get involved, Danny said, From past experience, I know that IATED conferences are truly international and run with vibrancy, verve and a great degree of professionalism. EDTECH International Scientific Advisory Board

An international conference audience heard about the benefits of action-based immersive e-learning in Breda, Holland earlier this month. Netskills e-Learning expert, Danny McAtominey, was invited to run a session at The New age, the way forward conference organised by the AVANS University of Applied Sciences. Focusing on English as a foreign language, the conference considered the role of technology in taking their work forward.

Danny's session, Scaffolding Higher Level, Action Based e-Learning, was ideally placed, sparking considerable interest and receiving excellent feedback. Rosalind Van Aalen Grant, who organised the conference, said it was great to have Danny join the line-up and thanked him for truly inspiring lots of the teachers.

Danny believes the whole ethos behind action-based immersive e-learning makes it ideally suited for language teaching. Language fluency is all about being able to shift from one context to another... An immersive scenario-based approach to e-learning challenges learners to adapt and develop their use of language to different situations.

Netskills e-Learning expert Danny McAtominey, was invited to chair a session at the Edulearn Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies in Barcelona.

I’ve been preaching about action-based learning for a long time. This event gave me a chance to talk to like-minded people from across the globe (Hawaii, Minnesota and Malaysia to name a few) to test my views and hear new perspectives. My session, Scaffolding Higher Level, Action Based e-Learning sparked considerable interest and received excellent feedback.

Danny believes am immersive scenario-based approach to e-learning challenges learners to adapt and develop their use of language to different situations.

Netskills Consultant Trainer, Danny McAtominey, was invited to run a workshop session at the Ireland International Conference on Education in Dublin. The workshop Scaffolding Higher Level e-Learning./p>

Danny's session, Scaffolding Higher Level, Action Based e-Learning, was ideally placed, sparking considerable interest and receiving excellent feedback. Rosalind Van Aalen Grant, who organised the conference, said it was great to have Danny join the line-up and thanked him for truly inspiring lots of the teachers.

Danny believes the whole ethos behind action-based immersive e-learning makes it ideally suited for language teaching. Language fluency is all about being able to shift from one context to another... An immersive scenario-based approach to e-learning challenges learners to adapt and develop their use of language to different situations.