Assignment Introduction and Contents
The content of this page was agreed by both authors and the page was written by Alastair Reynolds.

The focus of this assignment is the effectiveness of learning using IT. Each author chose an activity from their subject area to evaluate and reviewed a selection of relevant literature. The activities were carried out with pupils from two secondary schools and research data was collected. The data was analysed and conclusions were drawn about factors which contributed to effectiveness.

This assignment was completed collaboratively, so to clarify who was responsible for each web page the appropriate author's name is included at the top of the web page. Some web page content has been produced as a result of discussion between the two authors, and in these cases a transcript of the discussion may be found in the Appendices. The contents list below contains links to all the web pages in the project, as well as links to subsections within those pages.

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Introduction and Contents Abstract Assignment Layout Contents
Literature Review for Case X Introduction Situated learning Experiential learning Engaged learning Simulations References	Literature Review for Case Y Research Context Theories of teaching and learning Impact of learning theories on use of ICT Effectiveness of teaching and learning using ICT Issues relating to this study References
Introduction to the Case Studies Brief description of cases Outline research plan
Case Study X Introduction Description of activity Data collection method Analysis Conclusions and personal reflection	Case Study Y Research context Access and ethical considerations Description of activity Data collection and analysis methods Results Analysis Conclusions Personal reflection
Final Conclusions Combined Conclusions Personal Reflections
References
Appendices