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Using Online Forums to Support a Community of Learning
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2004:1
Online forums provide an opportunity to enhance community building and promote collaborative dialogue that can help increase the flexibility of learning while motivating students to actively participate in their learning. By enabling peer-to-peer...
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Implementing Courseware Management Systems: Off-the-Shelf Purchase or In-House Development?
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2003:1
In the past decade there has been a proliferation of courseware management systems being developed and promoted as a means of simplifying the creation and management of instructional websites. Implementing these systems can be resource intensive and ...
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A Self-Assessment Tool to Help Learners Develop Teamwork Skills
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2007:1
Teamwork skills and the ability to effectively collaborate with peers continue to be hailed as essential skills by employers and higher education funding authorities, and many employers require new graduates to demonstrate these skills as part of...
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Learning with cyberfriends: The development of professional reflectionon- action skills through online partnerships
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2001:1
One the crises facing the professions is the scepticism surrounding the nature of professional knowledge and whether individuals can cope with the increased complexity of society and the changing demands of the workplace. Tertiary institutions...
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Developing On-line E-Commerce Business Plans to Provide Students with Context and Job Opportunities
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2001:1
This action research presents a description of how an on-line E-commerce business-planning unit was developed. Initially, an intensive ten-day E-commerce course was developed in collaboration with government, industry and university sectors with a ...
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“I just wanted it finished!”: The Transitions of a Novice Project Manager
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2003:1
How do you identify quality project managers? Is it possible to rate project managers on a scale, and more importantly once their level has been identified, can their skills be improved? These issues are addressed in this case study by observing the ...
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Courseware Management Tools and Customised Web Pages: Rationale, Comparisons and Evaluation
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2000:1
In the rush towards web-based learning, courseware management tools are being promoted as a means of simplifying the creation and management of instructional websites. This paper examines such claims in the light of a unit in Project Management...
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Supporting Collaborative Learning with Blogs
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2005:1
Bloggers provide an opportunity to help enhance community building and promote that can help increase the flexibility of learning while motivating students to actively participate in their learning. By enabling peer-to-peer interaction, Bloggers can ...
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Using Role Play Case Studies to Help Promote Effective Teamwork
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2006:1
The aim of this research is two-fold. Firstly it aims to evaluate role-playing as an approach to assist students in improving teamwork skills and secondly to provide some scaffolding with which they might build upon these skills. Dysfunctional...
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A Framework to Promote Learning and Generic Skills
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2003:1
Increasingly, higher education institutions are being pressured by industry, government and funding authorities to better prepare students for the workplace with content specific knowledge as well as professional skills such as communication skills, ...
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Best Practice in Online Assessment: Principles, Processes and Outcomes
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2006:1
Instead of using narrowly defined learning outcomes tested by examinations, technology offers a total environment where real life skills, such as written and verbal communication, collaboration and team work can be assessed by the team and tutor by...
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Producing Graduates with Essential Generic Skills: A Model for Teaching and Learning
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2007:1
Higher education institutions are under increasing pressure from government, industry and business organizations to equip students with required discipline based skills as well as generic skills. At the same time universities are experiencing cuts...
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Content, Cultural and Client Issues: A CD-ROM Case Study
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)1999:1
Producing an educational multimedia CD-ROM in a culturally diverse environment provides a number of challenges. Content collection and validation, client education, choice of multimedia consultants, research into cultural beliefs, cultural sub...
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Investigating processes of social knowledge construction in online environments
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2001:1
On-line forums provide opportunity and potential for collaborative work, dialogue and study that can increase the flexibility of learning while motivating participants. By enabling teacher-learner and learner-learner interaction online systems can ...
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Developing Generic Skills through On-line Courses
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2001:1
Developing generic skills for students in higher education institutions has become a priority issue. Higher education institutions are experiencing continual pressure from government, industry, funding bodies and students, to place greater emphasis...
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Fostering Higher Order Thinking through Online Tasks
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2001:1
Increasingly higher education institutions are being asked to be more pro-active in delivering instruction through on-line facilities, while at the same time being more effective in fostering higher order thinking skills for students. This action...
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Scaffolding the Development of Students' Cognitive Self-Regulatory Skills
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2002:1
Increasingly, universities are being asked by industry, government and funding authorities to help prepare students for industry with appropriate professional and life long learning skills. How can tertiary educators design and implement learning...
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Promoting Student Learning through Peer Tutoring – A Case Study
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2002:1
The literature abounds with information about peer tutoring and the benefits that it can bring to student learning. This case study sought to explore ways of using peer tutoring to enhance the learning experience of a group of higher education...
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Skills Needed for Managing Multimedia Development – Invisible or Visible?
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2002:1
All multimedia project managers strive to have projects delivered on time, on budget and to the required quality. In the quest to achieve this success, much research has been performed and literature written about project management techniques to...
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Experiential Learning On-Line:The role of asynchronous communication tools
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications(EDMEDIA)2002:1
The needs of learners are changing rapidly and continually in response to an environment that is characterised by change at economic, political and technological levels. There is greater pressure on universities to work more closely with employers...
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