This Annex introduces the reader to the main ILE (Innovative Learning Environments) cases that have featured in this study through profile descriptions of each of the case study sites. These were selected for case study research (and referred to as the project “Inventory”) from the larger pool of innovative learning environments (the project “Universe”). Not all the cases that are cited in the publication appear in the descriptions below, but only those for which case studies were undertaken. The following capsule descriptions help the reader to gain an overview of the case study set as a whole. Yet, they necessarily omit a great deal of the information about what makes each one innovative and inspiring. The main text above contains much more information about these sites albeit through extracts related to the specific topics in each chapter.

Having launched the “Learning Research” strand of the ILE (Innovative Learning Environments) project, we began work on the “Innovative Cases” strand. This resulted in the design of a reporting template for learning environments which was either used by the system co-ordinators in each participating system, or by individuals who completed the information and submitted their case separately. This is contained in the first section, next.