Daniel Edmondson

The University of Bolton is a Teaching Intensive Research Informed (TIRI) institution.
In 2016, a successful bid was made for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) Catalyst fund in Innovation in teaching and learning. The bid written by the principal investigators was based on their mutual interest in students as partners and the co-production of technology-based learning interventions. The project engaged undergraduate students researching their own student body, to discover the needs of the student community. This paper discusses the process of the technological development of a mobile app and reflects on the project incorporating student and staff voice.

This chapter considers how technology can enhance teaching and learning through technology within the higher education setting. The chapter considers findings and draws conclusions from a recent project conducted by the authors involved in this technologically innovative project. In particular this chapter aims to consider how mobile apps can be beneficial for learning and education purposes, consider the pedagogic value of technology use within higher education (HE), look at how students can be co-creators in their own learning, and provide an overview of the mobile app and the research findings that it was developed from. The chapter will also take into consideration the challenges associated with developing and implementing a technological intervention in HE.