The following is a summary of a number of case studies found when 'Exploring Tangible Benefits of e-Learning',JISC (2008). I have also tried to identify what is my opinion the main areas of innovation covered and the driving factors.
The case studies cover the following areas:-
- Working together collaboratively
- Innovative Online training
- Staff training to raise the profile and awareness of e-learning
- Video conferencing sharing of modules across a number of universties.
- Eportfolio system
- Adoption of moodle
- Blended approach to learning
- Developing partnerships with local trusts
- Exams designed to support disabled students
- VLE to support worldwide students
- Online learning for eteaching practice
- Podcasting to see real images instead of photographs
- Blended approach to training use of moodle, podcasting and handset voting
- Simulation gaming to help produce blended learning
- Elearning resource for sharing best practice amongst staff
- Website for the support of learning with wide ranging needs and support
- Elearning to support paper based distance learning material
- Virtual farm to enable collection of real time data
- Eportfolios fro reflecting on teaching practice
- Eportfolio to help support first year students
- Course design to accommodate childcare arrangements
- Audio commentaries to accompany archaeology images
- Creation of a virtual space for sharing elearning resources for staff
- Online assessment for medical staff reducing the assessment time required
- e-assessment
- Online learning
- Eportfolios
- Collaborative working
- Podcasting
- Gaming and virtual simulations
- Improving the learner experience
- Developing staff effectively
- Sharing best practice as both a student and staff level
- Performing assessment more efficiently
- Provision of support material for all areas of academic work
JISC (2008) Exploring Tangible Benefits of e-Learning: Does Investment Yield Interest? [online],
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/publications/publications/info/tangible-benefits-publication (Accessed 12 November 2009).
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/publications/publications/info/tangible-benefits-publication (Accessed 12 November 2009).
3 comments:
Hi Steve,
This is a very useful summary of the benefits identified across the JISC case studies.
I wonder how many of these match up with our blog comments on the four specific case studies? Something that I am sure will keep me occupied today.
Regards
Mark
Hi Steve
Hope you dont mind but i found your summary very useful and will be quoting you in my TMA01 - thank you, you helped me separate out the case studies
Lesley
Hi Lesley no Problem
Good luck with the TMA
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