Author: Shirley Bennett, s.bennett@hull.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 student personal development, student satisfaction with e-learning, innovation in learning and teaching, an influence on educational research, staff satisfaction with e-learning, staff personal development, an influence on policy, use of resources

Further Evidence

Some comments from students on the course:

"During the course we were always encouraged to relate the learning to our work environment and I found the content helped me become more effective in my professional capacity."

"Having access to professionals from other areas of education, with all the experience, know-how and information that they bring to the course not only makes the course interesting but gives me insights into my own ways of working."

A comment from the course tutor:

"The External Examiner for the programme has highlighted the particular benefits students derive from the inclusion of collaborative assessment tasks, and noted the positive impact on their achievement. The use of the Merlin Portfolio, increasingly in combination with external, largely Web 2.0, tools, facilitates and enhances the collaboration which is possible on the programme and ensures both secure submission of joint work, and provision for access to the complete moderation process, for programme staff and External Examiners, all within the same online environment."