What are the challenges?
Pearson is focused on expanding its digital and blended delivery offer to enhance the learning possibilities of its learners. Coursework is the current main assessment method for its BTEC qualifications, which requires students to carry out research. In our BTEC pilot study in April 2019, we found that most students use online content, rather than books, to undertake research. Teachers report that learners at level 2 and 3 need support with finding appropriate informational content online that they can understand. This means that teachers spend time signposting relevant, readable educational websites for their students. Students told us they also spend time locating online content as they seek to find and use a range of sources to achieve better grades.