Overview

Wiley Plus, a fully online virtual learning environment, states that their VLE 'provides students with easy-to-use online resources that stimulate active learning and can optimize the time they spend on their coursework' and that 'Deploying multi-modal learning methods helps students to engage with and retain their learning, and continual assessment/remediation is a key to helping students stay on track'. We will be working as a group to undertake a critcal case study of Wiley's statement. We will be looking at two issues.The first core issue will be looking at the appropriateness and effectiveness of the use of multimedia within the Wiley environment from the lecturers perspective, while focusing on student engagement through active learning. This includes Wiley's claim that they provide a wide variety of multi-media activities that appeals to many learning types.

Our key issue is that of student usability and accessibility of //WileyPLUS// which will look at the following three questions:
 * 1) Is W//ileyPLUS// accessible to all students?
 * 2) How easy is the multi-mode system of delivery to navigate?‍‍‍‍‍‍‍
 * 3) How does the accessibility of practise materials increase learner understanding?

By looking at the core and key issues we will critically evaluate Wiley's statements on 'easy-to-use online resources', we'll explore the multi-media methods used and analyse how active and engaging they are, we'll evaluate how easy Wiley plus is to access and navigate.

Finally once we have analysed and reflected on our findings we will give any recommendations we think would further enhance the quality of Wiley Plus.