Key resources are all web based and include a series of websites teaching HTML programming.

Appropriately and adequately equipped lecture theatre.
Appropriately and adequately equipped seminar/workshop space
Appropriately and adequately stocked library facilities.

Summative Assessment
The authoring of a series of web pages providing resource guides on topic areas related to the field of study (80% of module evaluation examining learning outcomes 1 and 2)
Reflective log on the development of independent and active learning via VLE (20% of module evaluation examining learning outcome 3).

HTML Programming will be introduced via tutor led lectures. (9 hours). Students will demonstrate their developing programming expertise via workshops. (9 hours). VLE based independent learning activities will develop search techniques and strategies and allow further development of HTML programming (approx.32 hours). Assessment (via the creation of web pages) will directly examine (a) understanding of the programming introduced in lectures (approx. 30 hours), (b) ability to apply this programming to produce learning resources via independent learning (approx. 70 hours). A central aspect of the learning strategy of this module is to require students to gain an understanding of fundamental programming behind the construction of web pages and as such students are specifically excluded from using web page construction software (eg. Microsoft FrontPage) on this module. This requirement to develop from first principles a set of web resources is seen as essential element in providing the required depth of understanding about how web pages are constructed, developed and amended by alterations in raw programming as opposed to the click of a mouse.

Students will be introduced to HTML Programming including HTML protocols, use of text editors, creation of web pages incorporating images, tables and frames, principles of effective web page design including navigation and the use of FTP. Students will also be encouraged to develop programming skills beyond what is formally taught to them. Via exercises undertaken within a virtual learning environment, students will demonstrate their developing skills in undertaking searches and obtaining material on selected topic areas using the WWW and electronic databases. Students will then design and construct (from first principles) a series of web page resources on a number of allocated topic areas related to the field of study to provide a learning resource for fellow students to use and benefit from.