LTSN Engineering Teaching Awards: using an MLE to challenge students' learning encourage interaction with lecture materials and to assess their knowledge

'Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics' is a compulsory first year module at the University of Hertfordshire. Support materials for the module are provided through a Managed Learning Environment - StudyNet - which actively seeks to integrate teaching materials notes and module news as well as on-line class discussions to enhance opportunities for personalised and collaborative learning. For this particular module a range of automated facilities have been developed in addition to lecture notes to support the teaching learning and assessment processes. This case study introduces the background students' perspective issues and benefits of this mode of teaching and learning.