In 2005 all four South Yorkshire Metropolitan Districts successfully bid for European Regional Development (Objective 1) Funding to resource Family e-Learning development. Each MDC worked independently; Doncaster’s range of activities included the commissioning of three e-learning programmes for tutored or distance learning, involving parents and children, both in and out of school settings. The study included a formative (July 2007) and summative (July 2008) evaluation of the complete project.

Working with Seb Schmoller we undertook methodology design, research, interviews, analysis and report writing

Our approach was based on three key features:

• Designing methodologies based on a detailed understanding of the project, differentiating between the purposes of the formative and summative evaluations
  
• Applying quantitative as well as qualitative measures
• Applying an e-Learning Effectiveness Framework designed by Seb Schmoller with Sero