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Visual mapping tools are computer-based and are essentially two dimensional and /or three dimensional spatial arrangements of text and diagrams. They have shown to help pre-service teachers to efficiently link curriculum content to instructional...

This article attempts to underpin hypertext development with theory. It is the view of the author that much hypertext and web page development can be improved, if the authors understand associated cognitive and educational theories. Beginning...

The perceptions and practical experiences are important influences when creating and developing online learning experiences in cross cultural contexts. In this study fifteen educational designers studying for their Masters Degree were asked to...

This paper addresses an important and neglected issue in e-learning: user interface designers must acknowledge diversity, recognise differences to communicate effectively. Creating successful cross-cultural interfaces goes beyond tokenistic...

This paper will support the argument for the development of multi-literacies through educational interventions, which involve rich pedagogy and integrate existing and emerging technologies. The research project (currently being undertaken in an...

What do blue jeans, visual literacy and e-learning have in common? A research project supported by Adobe Systems, RMIT, University of Technology Sydney and the University of Wollongong, Australia, has been exploring the area of visual literacy and...

The importance of the educational system in providing opportunities for students to develop multiple skill sets has become topic for global debate. It is argued that educational interventions focused on multi-literacy development should involve...

The high attrition rate of teachers in their first five years of teaching coupled with an ageing teacher profile necessitates innovative approaches to beginning teacher support and professional development. This paper argues (and provides a...

In Australia, the New South Wales Department of Education and Training will be giving all students and teachers in public schools e-learning accounts. The e-learning accounts will give filtered access to the Internet including personalised email...

By taking advantage of new on-line technologies many Australian universities now offer distance education programs to attract off-shore students. Rather than travel to Australia to study, these students remain in their own country and study by...

Visual mapping tools are computer-based and are essentially two dimension and/or three dimension spatial arrangements of text and diagrams. Research has shown that these cognitive tools help teachers link curriculum content to instructional plans. ...

As educational media becomes more interactive, there has been a proliferation of, and renewed interest in, courses relating to multi-media construction. On-line course and web page construction now occupy countless development hours within...

Abstract: There is an increasing demand on teachers to use computer technology in their teaching practice, often without support or training to use the technology to its full potential. The study reported in this paper investigated teachers from an...

Australian and New Zealand governments have made a significant investment in the establishment of an on-line repository that will make digital learning resources, also called learning objects, available to teachers in the K-12 sector. The focus of...

: The purpose of this study was to examine how technology could be used to design teaching modules in science and to determine the effectiveness of the modules as perceived by elementary and middle school science teachers at an urban charter school....