IMPALA Informal Mobile Podcasting and Learning Adaptation

Deliverables and Outcomes

Deliverables

1. Transferable model of promoting student transition into HE through peers’ knowledge captured and made available though podcasting technology.
2. Exemplars: A minimum of ten Type A and ten Type B podcasts, with their transcripts, that successfully supported learners’ transition into HE. These will be available to the sector via the project website.
3. Use cases of student learning experiences illustrating the impact of podcasting for transition.
4. Papers describing the IMPALA4T methodology for staff at other institutions to learn by example.
5. Resources for HE practitioners for developing and testing IMPALA4T approaches.
6. Guidelines for integrating podcasting and students’ transition experiences into institutional learning support strategies.
7. Recommendations for the use of podcasts to support disabled students in their transition into HE and during their first year at university.
8. Research tools for studying transition into HE.
9. IMPALA4T blog and wiki from Day 1.
10. A final report and three papers for submission to conferences and journals.

Outcomes

1. Significant improvements on the first-year learner experience in participating departments at UoL.
2. Significant contribution to the Learning and Teaching, E-learning and Widening Participation policies and strategies at UoL.
3. Significant contribution to the provision of technology-enhanced support for disabled entrants at UoL, particularly those who are visually impaired.
4. Testing of the IMPALA4T models and other deliverables throughout the HE sector.
5. Contributions to the literature on transition into HE.