摘要：Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication is a design college with a small School of Broadcast Engineering embedded within the creative Faculty of Communication Media. The School offers a FdSc (Foundation Degree, Science) in Broadcast Media Technology and an associated BSc Broadcast Technology honours degree top-up. The vocational nature of these Engineering courses is highly regarded by the industry they serve and encourages a diverse student intake. Over the last three years a wide range of eTeaching and eLearning applications has been introduced to encourage maximum student engagement with the course and its content, whether students are in the college or off site. A college-wide Laptop Project allows all students to purchase a laptop and course-related software at heavily discounted prices. Students are actively encouraged to use their laptops during tutorials and seminars to reinforce and support their learning. The media-enriched Moodle VLE (virtual learning environment) is strongly integrated into the course delivery, assessment and feedback. Teaching staff all have an active online social networking presence and use podcasting and vodcasting to support, blend and enhance teaching activities. This case study describes the tutor and student experiences of integrating these new eTeaching and eLearning methodologies into our pedagogy. It reflects on how issues such as a wide range of learning styles, prior knowledge and subject-related experience and personal goals that arise from a more diverse cohort of students can be addressed by making learning practical, involving and fun. The success of this blended approach has led to the development of a new cluster of related Broadcast Engineering courses to delineate the student options for our vocational Foundation and Honours Engineering degree pathways.
