Case Studies
These case studies describe small-scale development projects undertaken at Exeter University during 2011/12. The aim of each project was to help students make more effective, considered, and scholarly use of digital tools and media. Many of the projects were designed and run by postgraduate students working as pioneers in their departments.
Associated with most of the case studies are materials that can be used directly by research students or by students working in research-intensive educational contexts, or that can be reused by teachers to help develop the digital capabilities of their students. You can access all of these materials within our teaching resources pages.
Cross-College
International students in transition to the Exeter digital study environment
Led from Islamic Studies
Investigating needs and designing an pre-arrival orientation resource Read the case study
The scholarly value of digital media
Led from Humanities
Investigating alternatives to text to deliver academically credible outcomes from research. including PhD theses
College of Life and Environmental Sciences
Data sets for developing skills in statistical analysis
Sports and Health Sciences
Requirements gathering and collation of an open data resource for staff and students Read the case study
Embedding digital research
Psychology
Range of re-usable online and video-based resources on digital research skills for psychology students Read the case study
Making presentations more engaging findings
Human Geography
Series of video tutorials incorporating the use of different presentational software and media for presenting research
Issues in public geography
Human Geography
Using an open blog and web site format to support students' contributing to public debates about course related issues Read the case study
Meet your professor - Geography
Human Geography
First term activity introducing arriving students to the dept. and to basic research methods
Authentic research in statistical methods
Human Geography
First year statistics and use of SPSS made more engaging by involving students in an authentic local research project
Mobile devices to capture data in the field
Physical Geography
Students learn how GIS can be used to tag
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Building robots to explore patterns in data
Engineering/ Mathematics
Students learn principles of both coding and data analysis by building robots which express data-driven responses Read the case study
Digital apps for digital teachers
Mathematics
The development of an accessible app for teachers
College of Social Science and International Studies
Developing critical awareness among academic users of digital technologies
Philosophy of Science
Interviews and reflective resource on how technologies shape academic practice
Exeter Digital Researcher
Politics
Pilot project to establish blog and online forum where PGRs can share research techniques and other information related to their studies Read the case study
Writing in a digital age
Education
Research on writing practices among researchers in education
Digital literacy for postgraduate students
Education/Psychology
Video-based resource to support arriving postgraduates with strategies and reflections from final year PGRs Read the case study
College of Humanities
Digital practices in Theology
Theology
Research followed by departmental seminar exploring the meaning of digital technology in a traditionally textual and oral subject area
Web authoring and curation
English
Report on students' use of a web curation and authoring tool to support collaboration
Meet your professor - English
English
Report on an activity with first year English students and the reactions of academic staff as their digital identity was investigated Read the case study
Capturing the ephemeral
Drama
Video resource exploring the impact of digital media on the elusive processes that occur in the drama studio and classroom. Read the case study
Baselining digital skills for archaeology
Archaeology
Examining how baselining of digital skills may enhance the learning experience in a technology-intensive subject
Using wikis for assessment
History
Looking at how wikis have been used in history and making recommendations to support the overhaul of the curriculum
Business School
Managing your dissertation - a digital guide
Management
Video guide to the use of digital technologies in literature review
Accelerated skills development
Business
Group work with 'technology champions' in a first-year module to rapidly build academic
Digital skills for business
Business
A suite of digital skills sessions to be delivered with PGR support as part of the first year personal skills development module
