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In the first paper Lyn Schaverien describes the design and development of the Generative Virtual Classroom, a web-based environment supporting teacher education in technology and science. Lyn's paper describes the process by which the concept and product were developed and discusses her plans for research to explore its use in mainstream teacher education. The second paper was written by David Kennedy, Norm Eizenberg and Gregor Kennedy and describes An@tomedia, a CD-ROM based learning environment for learning anatomy. The paper describes an evaluation of the product in classroom use and reports feedback from both tutors and students in its discussion.
In the third paper, Alan Ellis and Renata Phelps describe the early phases of a systems approach to staff development for online delivery being undertaken at Southern Cross University. The paper describes key issues that emerged as indicators for others attempting similar forms of learning outcomes for staff development. In his paper Rod Sims provides a theoretical perspective on interactivity in technology-based learning settings. The paper provides a comprehensive review and synthesis of the literature describing interactive learning and discusses the forms of engagement that can be achieved.
Catherine McLoughlin and Ron Oliver's paper describes a project undertaken at Edith Cowan University to develop online materials for Indigenous Australian learners. The paper provides a discussion of the cultural issues associated with designing such learning materials and provides examples of the design guidelines that informed the design and development of the materials. Finally Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic and Carolyn Webb have provided a paper that reports on explorations of web-mediated collaborative learning, leading to their description of the communicative model of collaborative learning built on Habermas' theory of communicative action.
These six papers provide a snapshot of contemporary Australian work in the design and development of technology facilitated learning environments for higher education. We hope that you enjoy reading them and will find them useful additions to the literature base that informs and guides your own work.
Ron Oliver
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| ASET-HERDSA 2000 Flexible Learning for a Flexible Society 2-5 July 2000, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba. |
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