Funded by the: Jisc e-Learning programme.

Lead Institution:  University of Bolton

Learner Provider Type: Higher Education

Project Duration: September 2008 - July 2012

 

The Coeducate project was conceived to support the development of new approaches to higher education for students in full-time work, paid or voluntary, who are unable to take advantage of face-to-face on campus provision, and who wish to complete a degree at a full-time rate,thus addressing an unserved market segment.  To meet this market segment, a curriculum model for delivery online, based on inter-disciplinary, inquiry-based approaches to learning (IDIBL) was developed and the IDIBL Framework validated for use at the University. The approach described by the Framework enables people to obtain a certificate, diploma or a degree, whether undergraduate, or Masters, while remaining fulltime at work, by making their current work the focus of their study. It enables learners to study at a time and place convenient to them, supported wholly online. Students are required to undertake projects for improvement for the benefit of their workplace, using an action research approach, to gain academic credit from the scholarly practices used to inform and evaluate their activities.
 

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