This section of our website is dedicated to collating examples of innovative learning and teaching methods. Each case study focuses on a particular innovation and consists of a brief description that will address the following questions:
- What was its purpose?
- How was it integrated into the curriculum?
- How did it work?
- What problems were encountered?
- How did the students respond?
To be included, please complete the word template and email it to SUN at sun-group@bristol.ac.uk. We are very happy to give guidance over the phone or via email (contact us link).
Comparison of Ideas bank write-up and Journal publication:
| Ideas bank | Journal publication |
|---|---|
| Short case studies (usually 1-3 pages; 400-1,500 words) | Fully developed papers |
| Light copy-editing if necessary | Full peer review |
| Accepting any submissions from university educators in the UK as well as relevant ideas from elsewhere | Significant proportion of submissions rejected |
| Rapid publication: often within a week, sometimes same-day | Review and publication process can take months |
| Are sometimes cited, but do not automatically appear in citation databases | Will be given a Digital Object Identifier and be indexed by citation databases |
| No charge to authors or readers | Might be published behind a paywall or incur an open access charge |