The "Fit for the Future" modules will be used to support NVQs, 14-19 diplomas, technical certificates, and programmes designed for disengaged and hard-to-reach learners. To engage this audience, Kineo worked together with Leage Football Eduction and Sportiv8 to create a compelling series of modules.

The eLearning is set within an overall framework of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the learner placed among a group of teenagers who have qualified to compete in the event to be held in London. During a period of intensive training, the group share a flat together, and the scenarios in the eLearning are all based around the members of the group as they learn to live together and help one another make decisions about their training regimes, fitness levels, nutrition, and so on.

Key aspects of the design include

• the use of sport as a central attraction
• using language and dialogue that is familiar and comfortable for the learners
• setting the storylines within a group of young people to whom the learners can relate
• keeping it very visual with rich media (teenagers don't like to read a lot online!) with interfaces that feel different from the usual eLearning they have come across before
• keeping it short and sharp with bite-sized learning modules
• making it relevant with realistic practical applications
• the use of audio stories and examples from athletes in a 'hear from the best' section.

It's the first time that sporting scenarios have been used in such a flexible way in mainstream education, and the reaction to the finished modules has been excellent. The project has achieved a valued Inspire Mark accreditation. Kineo gratefully acknowledges the ALP funding that was received to make this project possible.