<span>This paper reports an action research case study in which a traditional lecture based, face to face </span><em>Network Management</em><span> course at the University of Lapland's Faculty of Social Sciences was developed into two different course versions resorting to case based teaching: a face to face version and an online version. In the face to face version, the teacher designed and produced three digital video supported case studies with the students to be used as learning material for the online version. The research focuses on finding out the student perspective on the following questions: (1) Can designing and producing digital video supported cases constitute a meaningful learning process for the students? (2) Can solving digital video supported cases in an online course support meaningful learning for the students? and (3) What roles do the digital videos play in the online students' meaningful learning process? The research indicates that both designing and producing, as well as solving the digital video supported cases, promoted especially the active and contextual aspects of the students' meaningful learning as well as the students' positive emotional involvement in the learning process. Several implications for further development of the </span><em>Network Management</em><span> course and for the development of university teaching across disciplines can be drawn from the results.</span>

In this chapter the authors report on the assessment framework and practices that they applied to the e-learning version of the Network Management course at the University of Lapland’s Faculty of Social Sciences. The objective of the assessment was to examine students’ perspective regarding how a digital video-supported, case-based teaching approach supported students’ meaningful learning. The model for teaching and meaningful learning (TML) was used as the theoretical assessment framework. To answer the research questions, the authors gathered data through questionnaires completed by the students. The assessment provided them with evidence concerning the student perspective on teaching and learning processes during the e-learning course. The authors will describe and discuss this evidence in this chapter. In addition, they discuss the strengths and limitations of the assessment framework, and practices that they applied to the Network Management course.

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