Author: Alan McGauley, a.j.mcgauley@shu.ac.uk

Author: Richard Pountney, r.p.pountney@shu.ac.uk

JISC e-Learning Activity Area: Learning Resources and Activities

Higher Education Academy Subject Centre: Sociology, Anthropology and Politics

This case study illustrates...an effect on learning, an effect on exam results, an effect on student personal development, student satisfaction with e-learning, innovation in learning and teaching, staff satisfaction with e-learning, staff personal development, a positive effect on recruitment, a positive effect on retention, use of resources

Further Evidence

The module co-tutor comments: ' ... initially being unfamiliar in using e-learning, I now find it is second nature to put material on the VLE and I can really see the benefits of this approach'

One student comments in the module evaluation: '... what I have found in this module is the level of support available and the knowledge and enthusiasm that shine through'.