Aims

The project aimed to implement and evaluate LAMS, a tool that supports design for learning and the sharing and reuse of learning designs, in a real-life case study context of development and innovation in `blended´ and fully online forms of IBL in HE within arts and social sciences disciplines in particular. The over-arching question addressed by the project was: does a tool such as LAMS offer `added value´ to the process and impact of designing for IBL and to the dissemination of IBL pedagogy?

The project intended to achieve the following key objectives:

• To facilitate and support 25 implementations of LAMs for IBL within social sciences and arts disciplines;
• To assess the effectiveness and impact of LAMS in the context of these implementations, in relation to: acceptability to practitioners (academic staff, educational developers and others); learner outcomes; effectiveness for the organisation; capacity-building across the organisation;
• To disseminate the research and evaluation findings of the project widely to internal (University of Sheffield) and external stakeholder audiences, using a variety of formats to meet different stakeholder needs (learning designs, case studies, conference presentations, journal papers, report to JISC etc.).