Examples from Australian Universities
The following exemplars have been sourced from papers illustrating
exeriences with collaborative learning strategies using electronic tools from
other institutions. The links are to external sites.
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Carol Reid
University of Western Sydney |
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Abstract: |
Teaching 'about' cultural diversity to teacher education students
involves an unsettling of strongly held presuppositions about society. In the
subject discussed in this paper, there was a shift in process to reflecting on
the cultural constitution of the 'self' while attempting to integrate the use
of technology into teaching and learning experiences. Drawing on a 'thread'
from a Discussion Board the paper firstly analyses the ideological discourses
that students reproduced in cyberspace. It then critiques pedagogical
assumptions underlying discussion based learning or what has become known as
'the pedagogy of voice'. The paper concludes that the transferral of this type
of pedagogy into cyberspace reveals the limited democratic nature of web-based
discussion boards. |
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Roger Atkinson, Geoff Rehn, Scott Smith and Archie Zariski
Academic Services Unit and School of Law, Murdoch University |
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The project created Majordomo listserver as an economical basis
for computer conferencing via email.The primary objective of the project was to
disseminate Internet skills into the student body under conditions of extremely
limited resources. With the listserv a way for student users of cleo to give
user support services for novices and less experienced users was established.
The pilot was followed by other lists to enable a similar style of informal
peer group communications in specific subject areas. The second part of the
project applied computer conferencing to cooperative work in small groups for
the Law unit "Legal Practice and Documentation", including assignments on
drafting of legal documents, and conducting anonymous peer reviews. |
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Denis Lander
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
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It is now generally accepted that the interactivity of online
tasks is an important determinant of learning. A variety of examples of
interactive programs available on the web are shown. A description of the way
an online Psychology lab is used illustrates how interactivity can enhance the
understanding of concepts. |
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Authors: |
Donald Wilson McMurray and Marinka Ellen Dunlop
Southern
Cross University |
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This paper contributes to the emerging body of literature on
online learning. There are already promising indications that the Web is a
viable means to increase access to education. Evidence is not as forthcoming
when the Web is used as a tool for learning, as opposed to a medium for
delivering. Accordingly, this paper describes a pilot program involving the
design, delivery and evaluation phases of a suite of courses within an
undergraduate program at Southern Cross University. A central research question
was to what extent do these newer collaborative technologies improve the
quality of the overall learning of distance education students studying
completely online? |
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Authors: |
David Lake and Marian Kemp
Murdoch University
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This paper describes activity-based workshops for teaching generic
competencies within a discipline-based unit, and evaluates the workshops in
relation to their context, drawing on student and staff feedback. The workshop
design has been influenced by the literature in the area of situated cognition
recognising that "skills and knowledge are not independent of the contexts --
mental, physical and social -- in which they are used. Instead they are attuned
to, even part of, the environments in which they are practised" |
