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This is a list of useful web references relevant to Unit 6 of the PGCAPP (e-learning) at the University of Bath.

Moodle course for PGCAPP Unit 6

Readings I have found useful when planning, designing and evaluating e-learning. There are links to relevant theory too.

Extensive resource about designing and evaluating technology enabled learning activities from Virginia Tech. Includes models, case studies and key literature.

The diagram on page 25 of the report provides a good summary!

The purpose of the desk study was to describe what is understood by effective practice in relation to e-learning; to identify and describe the range of models that inform the design and implementation of e-learning activities and to specify a planning tool to aid practitioners in their implementation of e-learning. This review is designed to inform practitioners, policy developers and other stakeholders who want to reflect more deeply upon their practice or gain a greater understanding about how theory and practice can be mapped together.

Dianna Laurillard explains her model and extends it to analyse collaboative and mobile learning

Some useful case studies from across the disciplines

Extensive list of references

A good example of an e-learning inquiry.

An example of using wikis as individual student workspaces.

A useful study from the OU - examines the effect of the wikis' functionality on the students' use of the tool, and the consequences for the students' engagement with the activities and learning opportunities. Large scale 56 wikis and 250 students.

Wikis as research notebooks - open, closed or ajar?

Primarily focussed on educational research this provides a useful review of methods