This case study illustrates how the college implemented an electronic tutorial system to address the limited scope of paper-based systems and better meet the needs of students, making it easier for staff to support students collaboratively.
The project sought to address areas within the organisation which were identified as potential areas for development, focusing on: engaging with potential apprentices and employers; working collaboratively with employers to jointly market services and programmes; and monitoring and tracking the demographic, ethnicity and gender of applicants.
An impact study exploring a project that developed a holistic technological model for assessment using open-source technology to capture professional development.
This project explores the use of technology through two elements of activitty. One was for sport science students to use reflective blogs and to create wikis. The other was to provide a blog area for the fictional ‘Ranger Jane and Ranger Bob’ characters. Each student was given their own online work area to create a reflection of the practical work that they were carrying out. Each student also had their own blog area that they used for an exercise diary.
This project aimed to develop a unique collaborative development approach, with an industrial partner, to establish training pathways to up-skill the workforce in environmental technologies, underpinned through e-Learning and communication technologies.
An impact study that explores a project aiming to provide relevant, accurate, and timely information about courses and learner progress to stakeholders.
A research report describing a project to engage parents in the education of learners to improve success rates among learners and improve staff access to progress.
This project aimed to create an interactive online sustainable resource that gives tutors key generic information prior to undertaking work, thus supporting the standardisation of core information given to tutors at induction.
This project sought to create a sustainable method of delivering CPD to tutors within an ACL environment. Through the development of a CPD portal tutors would be able to access online courses. Specific objectives included the production of online training modules with the involvement of curriculum leaders, creation of a bank of materials to support inclusion, and design of a questioning module.
This project was about introducing creative technology to parents and children, so that they can work together in the production of a story book. The aim was to introduce the technology and help the parents begin a process whereby they can access their work remotely and complete some of the project from home.
