The purpose of this short guide is to assist staff to meaningfully incorporate technology into the learning and teaching approach of their modules and can be summed up as: To make active use of technology to meaningfully enhance the learning, teaching and assessment experience. This guide provides: the 3E Framework to support the meaningful incorporation…
Overview of 3E Framework
To assist teaching staff with the practical implementation, a 3E Framework based on an Enhance-Extend-Empower continuum has been developed, with illustrative simple-but-effective examples that might be incorporated as a minimum (Enhance), through to uses of technology that give students more responsibility for key aspects of their learning (Extend), and to underpin more sophisticated, authentic activities…
Background and strategic alignment
While not all modules or programmes can be taught fully online, an underlying principle of the framework is that all modules can adopt technology to benefit some aspect of the learning, teaching and assessment experience. This could involve the use of technology to: free up time for face-to-face contact allow students to study at times…
The 3E framework explained
Recognising the iterative nature of adopting technology, the 3E Framework is based on a tried and tested Enhance-Extend-Empower continuum for using technology to effectively support learning, teaching and assessment across disciplines and levels of study. The three broad stages within the continuum are: Enhance: Adopting technology in simple and effective ways to actively support students and increase…
Practical considerations for implementing technology
Regardless of mode of delivery, the principles underpinning designing effective approaches to learning, teaching and assessment are the same. However, there are several key additional issues to consider when developing blended and online activities and resources. These apply whether your aim is to enhance aspects of what you do in the classroom, or to enable…
The 3E Framework with illustrative examples
The 3E Framework was originally developed as a means for thinking about and introducing technology-enhanced opportunities for increasing student autonomy in the redesign of courses. The 3E Framework below provides illustrative examples for a range of common learning and teaching activities.