Why do we do e-learning? Part 1: An Educational Experience for the Digital Age

This is the first in a series of posts exploring the 6 guiding principles behind why we promote e-learning at Sheffield Hallam University. Each of the principles underscores the benefits of integrating e-learning opportunities into the curriculum, and each is supported here by student quotes from research into how our students use technology to support and enhance their learning.  Today’s…

Event: Enhancing Student Engagement with Feedback

As part of the Higher Education Academy Evidence Based Practice Seminar Series 2010, Sheffield Hallam University is hosting Enhancing Student Engagement with Feedback on Wednesday 17 February 2010, 13.00-16.00. This seminar will share the methods and outcomes of Technology, Feedback, Action!, a 12-month Higher Education Academy funded project undertaken at Sheffield Hallam University investigating the…

Why do we do e-learning?

Since 2001 Sheffield Hallam University has made a commitment to encouraging the use of e-learning to enhance the student experience. From the start, this commitment was underpinned by six guiding principles, rather than being led by the technology itself.  Although many of the principles are recognised by staff as being reasons why they personally engage with e-learning – the…

e-learning support – What’s available?

Support for e-learning at Sheffield Hallam has evolved over the last couple of years. To find out where to go for the kind of help you need here’s a breakdown of what’s available : Self-help A comprehensive knowledge-base with step-by-step instructions for how to use Blackboard tools is available in the Bb-support tab in shuspace.  In…