Blended Learning Works: enhancing and enriching an art and design community through e-learning

Start Date: January 2010

Finish Date: April 2011

Project leader: Marc Austin

Project team: to be decided

Institution: The School of Art and Design, University of Wolverhampton

Critical Friend: Kevin Germaine

Subject Centre Supporter: Debbie Flint

Project Overview

The project seeks to engage staff from all disciplines in the School of Art & Design in the use of technology enhanced learning materials and approaches to Blended Learning. This is in the light of the University of Wolverhampton developing a new curriculum, moving from 15 to 20 credit structure for delivery 2010/11. The aim is to enhance and enrich the student experience, supporting the development of a learning community providing opportunities for interaction and reflection in a variety of situations, not just classroom orientated. Drawing on others’ experience and research as well as our own, it is intended to create interactive, innovative and well-researched means of using technology enhanced learning and at the same time, help provide parity of experience for all students irrespective of discipline studied, disability, culture and learner environment.