Abstract

This project seeks to assess the costs and benefits of online teaching, specifically via development of appropriate methodologies for within-institution costing of online teaching, and exploring the implications of online teaching for staff workloads. The project team will work with schools and course teams within the four participating universities to plan and implement strategies for a prospective rather than retrospective cost-benefit model, which can enable innovators to plan and understand the relationship between the expected learning benefits and the likely teaching costs. The project approach will be based on the models of Laurillard and Twigg. A guidebook for staff will be produced detailing strategies to enhance learning and cost effectiveness in online teaching.