Case studies

A place to easily show examples of how staff have tried to use technology to solve a pedagogical problem - whether successful or not. This section is comprised of shorter snippets in green, links to the exchange blog, as well as case studies and write ups from past LITEbox events.

If you have attempted to use technology to try and solve a problem, however large or small, please get in touch to share your story.

Click the following heading to navigate to the corresponding section:

Assessment and feedback

Student development

Inside the classroom

Audience response systems

Flipped teaching

Outside the classroom

Peer based learning

Assessment and feedback

• Annotations on a tablet to provide feedback
• Audio feedback to provide detailed feedback for language students
• Audio feedback made easy with an app
• Moodle for summative assessments to reduce marking time, minimise selective learning, and provide timely feedback
• Moodle quizzes for formative and summative assessment?
• Peer assessment using WebPA
• Peer feedback using Moodle Workshop
• Randomised e-quizzes for flexible assessment
• Student presentations on Panopto
• Using Moodle for double blind marking

Student development

• e-portfolios to enhance the student experience

Inside the classroom

• Augmented reality
• Embedding games into the curriculum to promote active learning
• Interactive presentation software with remote control annotations
• Lecturing with an iPad
• Multimedia to bring material to life in lectures
• Structure visualisation: an e-learning resource
• Using videos in teaching
• Videoconferencing to contact experts from around the world

Audience response systems

• Audience response systems: reasons and uses for them
• Audience response in revision class
• Audience response for exam practice
• Poll Everywhere compared to other audience response systems
• Using Socrative

Flipped teaching

• Flipping maths problem classes with an iPad
• Technologies for a flipped classroom

Outside the classroom

• An easy self authoring tool to produce apps for learning & teaching
• Automatic marking of code to reduce time and pressure on marking
• An online tutorial for evaluating scientific research literature
• Student authored online presentations with Voicethread
• Web conferencing to allow virtual group work, remote lecture delivery and online student presentations
• Weekly Moodle quizzes
• Wikis for seminar preparation

Peer based learning

• Multimedia message walls to encourage participation
• Social media app to help students learn from each other
• Using Peerwise (MCQ software) to encourage a deeper understanding
• Wikis for online collaboration