In 2002, the Institute of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University in Partnership with Promethean Ltd, together established The Promethean Centre of Excellence which is located in the Birley Building on the Didsbury Campus.

The Centre was established to demonstrate and promote the highest quality of learning, teaching and training at all levels through the innovation, development and effective use of learning technologies.

Its main objective is to promote the application of digital technologies in the development and enhancement of learning opportunities and teaching strategies.

About our Partner company

Promethean is a global leader and innovator in interactive learning technology that empowers teachers to engage, educate, assess and motivate learners. Developed by and for education professionals, its award-winning products help teachers to prepare digital lessons quickly and easily.

The technology enables them to create, customise and integrate text, images, quizzes and tests, web, video and audio content, so they can more easily capture students' attention and accommodate different learning styles.

The company supplies Activboard and the latest Activboard+2, the world's most durable interactive whiteboard technology; Activstudio, a software platform for secondary teaching; and Activprimary, the leading whiteboard software designed specifically for use in primary schools and kindergarten.

It also offers personal hand-held Activote response units which provide instant polling and analysis to promote learning and teacher productivity. Promethean are committed to supporting effective use of classroom technologies and offer a comprehensive support and professional development service to enable optimum usage and return on investment.

Promethean's headquarters are in Blackburn, in the United Kingdom. Its products are distributed through a global network of partners and inspire millions of learners in more than 70 countries.

Promethean is passionate about education and believe in building partnerships which enrich the learning environment.

For further information about Promethean Ltd visit: www.prometheanworld.com

The Promethean Centre is not simply a technology centre. Rather, it is concerned with the development and evaluation of digital technologies, with a focus on interactive whiteboards.

• Support the development of learning resources for teachers/tutors at all levels
• Help faculties and departments in MMU develop learning and teaching skills in line with MMU's Learning and Teaching Strategic Plan
• Provide the location to use, test, evaluate and modify Promethean products, equipment and software
• Develop training programmes in the effective use of learning technologies in HE and schools/colleges and construct short courses leading to University qualifications
• Encourage and support research activities and projects in the area of learning and learning technology
• Engage in research and publication in a pedagogy related to learning technologies
• Construct developmental projects (seeking and acquiring external funding)
• Seek to build networks in higher education with those involved in learning technologies innovation and development
• Provide for the demonstration and dissemination of good practice
• Organise conferences to promote the effective use of learning technologies and contribute to conference programmes
• Develop a database identifying good practice/practitioners/demonstration lessons etc
• Liaise with a wide variety of client groups locally, nationally and internationally.