In 2009, the Higher Education Academy funded 11 synthesis projects under its Enhancing Learning Through Technology work, covering various topics in e-Learning.

These were:

• Computer aided assessment of Mathematics: a review and current “state of the art" (Christopher Sangwin, University of Birmingham)
• Assessment Enhanced through the use of Technology (Alice Szwelnik, Oxford Brookes University)
• Digital Storytelling (Martin Jenkins, University of Gloucestershire)
• Supporting Inquiry-based Learning with Digital Technologies (Phil Levy, University of Sheffield)
• Write-on: The development of skills in using learning technologies to support and assess academic writing development (Jennie Jones, University of Brighton)
• Dealing with plagiarism in the digital age (Jo Badge, University of Leicester). See project webpages and links to social referencing system.
• How can technology be used to improve the learner experience at points of transition? (Becka Currant, University of Bradford)
• Engaging academics in professional development for technology-enhanced learning (Mira Vogel, Goldsmiths)
• Lecturer experiences of e-learning design (Lynne Jump, University of Greenwich)
• The positioning of Educational Technologists in enhancing the student experience (Tom Browne, University of Exeter). A Cloudscape has been created for this at http://cloudworks.ac.uk/index.php/cloudscape/view/1872.
• Conceptualizing differences in learners experiences of e-learning (Rhona Sharpe, Oxford Brookes University). See the project wiki at https://mw.brookes.ac.uk/display/HEALD.