Post‐16 e‐learning content production: a synthesis of the literature

This paper provides a metareview of how e‐learning content is currently being produced and embedded in the learning practice in further education, work‐based learning and community learning contexts. Based upon this metareview, the paper has identified four categories of content production used: (1) learner‐authored content, (2) practitioner‐authored content, (3) commercial‐ and public sector‐commissioned content and (4) combinations of these categories. The metareview also identifies several well‐used, practitioner‐based and institutional models for embedding e‐learning content into practice, exploring some of the implications of this upon practitioners.