Author: Jane Priestly, j.a.priestley@bradford.ac.uk

Author: Michael Hellawell, m.r.hellawell1@bradford.ac.uk

Author: Judith Hinton, j.hinton@bradford.ac.uk

Author: Bryan Walkden, b.walkden@bradford.ac.uk

JISC e-Learning Activity Area: Learning Resources and Activities

Higher Education Academy Subject Centre: Health Sciences and Practice

This case study illustrates...use of podcasting, an effect on student personal development, student satisfaction with e-learning, innovation in learning and teaching, staff satisfaction with e-learning, staff personal development, an influence on policy, management of learning assets, an effect on social equality

Technology

What technologies and/or e-tools were available to you?

Blackboard VLE was used to host the scenarios, which were produced from Microsoft Word Documents using Course Genie to develop multimedia rich e-learning materials. Podcasting was carried out using Audacity on PC and Quicktime on Apple MacBook with Video Vodcasts using Camcorder & Moviemaker on PC, iMovie and Quicktime on Apple MacBook. Permission was already in place to use and link to other multimedia clips or to link to open access materials available online, such as 'Patient Voices' from Pilgrim Projects.

The rationale for using these resources was based on several factors.

• The University subscribed to Blackboard and Course Genie, these allowed the creation of easy to produce accessible electronic scenarios
• Case based scenarios authenticated the service user experience with easy to produce media clips
• The e-approach allowed students to access such materials revisiting and augmenting previously taught face-to-face sessions

An Apple Mac and software were used personally by a member of the team.