Thursday, 28 February 2008

QIA Case Studies




Kirsty Hill, our Information Officer for the QIA has been gathering e-learning case studies from the West Midlands area for the past six months. The purpose of the case studies is to highlight good practice with e-learning from across the country. The focus of the case studies is best e-learning practice in the context of the main three strands of the

National Improvement Strategy:
Improving teaching and learning
Improving responsiveness to learners
Improving institutional effectiveness

What I like about theses case studies is that they seem to show a cross section of e- learning some can be easily replicated and seem to have made a difference in the classroom.

One of idea is from New College Worcester who have developed the use of MP3 in Science. Take a look a the case study http://excellence.qia.org.uk/page.aspx?o=161649.


We seem to have a wealth of good practice in the West Midlands area, which remains hidden. During my time in the classroom, I realised that the simplest ideas were usually the most successful. I can remember thinking at the time that the Ferl database was really useful things have progressed since then but having a resource to draw on to show good practice was often the inspiration i needed to


If you have a project which you would like to share with the community please let me know. Kirsty would be pleased to publish your case study. All other case studies can be found at http://excellence.qia.org.uk/page.aspx?o=161649



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