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A publication has been launched by JISC infoNet which attempts to answer important questions about the benefits of e-learning.

Exploring these questions through a wide range of case studies on subjects as diverse as e-portfolios, assessment, podcasting, student retention, use of resources, gaming and much more, the publication attempts to make sense of the diversity of current e-learning practice across the HE sector and to seek out evidence that technology-enhanced learning is delivering tangible benefits for learners, teachers and institutions.

How has the appropriate application of technology transformed aspects of learning and teaching?

The result is, say the publication’s authors, ‘a celebration of the diversity in the sector, show[ing] the effectiveness of a range of approaches’. Funded by JISC and a result of collaboration between JISC infoNet, ALT (Association for Learning Technology) and the Higher Education Academy, the publication also attempts to address the difficult question of defining tangible benefits.

JISC infoNet Director, Dr Gill Ferrell, said: ‘It was fascinating for a national body to look at e-learning through the lens of the subject disciplines and to see how the appropriate application of technology is transforming many aspects of learning and teaching.’

Outputs from the project include a JISC Briefing Paper, a 41-page publication and the full set of 37 detailed case studies available online. Case studies can be accessed by institution, by section and by theme, with links also mapping them to Higher Education Academy subject centres and to JISC e-Learning activity areas.

Gill Ferrell continues: ‘We hope these will serve to inform, to inspire, to stimulate debate and to encourage others to participate in this form of knowledge exchange.’

For further information on the JISC Infonet publication 

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