Recently added articles from Innovations in Education and Teaching International:
Editorial
May 01, 2008; Barker, Philip; Wisker, Gina ... There are many who would argue that there are only three major disciplines with which an educated person needs to be familiar: science, engineering and communication - each one, of course, taken in its broadest possible sense. In her paper, Bani Bhattacharya looks at the current status of ...
Engineering education in India - the role of ICT
May 01, 2008; Bhattacharya, Bani ... Engineering education in India has witnessed a major change over the past few years. Substantial increase in the demand for high-quality education has led to the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies for extending the outreach of education. This paper presents a review of some ...
Assessing the accessibility of online learning
May 01, 2008; Badge, Joanne L; Dawson, Emma; Cann, Alan J; Scott, Jon ... A wide range of tools is now available to enable teaching practitioners to create web-based educational materials from PowerPoint presentations, adding a variety of different digital media, such as audio and animation. The pilot study described in this paper compared three different systems for ...
Analysing users' satisfaction with e-learning using a negative critical incidents approach
May 01, 2008; Chen, Nian-Shing; Lin, Kan-Min ... One critical success factor for e-learning is learners' satisfaction with it. This is affected by both positive and negative experiences in a learning process. This paper examines the impact of such critical incidents on learners' satisfaction in e-learning. In particular, frequent occurrence of ...
Evaluating assessment strategies through collaborative evidence-based practice: can one tool fit all?
May 01, 2008; McDowell, Liz; Smailes, Joanne; Sambell, Kay; Sambell, Alistair; Wakelin, Delia ... This paper reports on a collaborative project to improve assessment undertaken by a cross-discipline group of university lecturers (Business, Engineering and Psychology) using action research methodology. First-stage analysis was based on results from an Assessment Experience Questionnaire ...
Re-evaluating a model of learning design
May 01, 2008; Barker, Philip ... Learning can take place in a variety of different contexts. Two important categories of learning event are those which are contrived and those which are serendipitous. If they are to be optimally successful, the first of these types of event requires a level of planning that is commensurate with ...
Learning from experience: an evaluation of an external nursing course in regional Australia
May 01, 2008; Foster, Kim; Usher, Kim; Luck, Lauretta; Harvey, Nikki; Lindsay, David ... The delivery of pre-registration Bachelor of Nursing courses in Australia has primarily been through the traditional on-campus mode. The development and implementation of an external course mode necessitates pedagogical reflection on a number of delivery, design, implementation, and consequently ...
Compulsory participation in online discussions: is this constructivism or normalisation of learning?
May 01, 2008; Gulati, Shalni ... A constructivist approach in teaching and learning requires one to change various habitual ways for thinking (von Glasersfeld 1995). There is a need for different ways of thinking and doing things, if conventional education is to realise a constructivist worldview. Educators and trainers in both ...
Reducing cultural barriers via Internet courses
May 01, 2008; Xing, Minjie; Spencer, Ken ... A Web-based learning environment has been developed to support students from China who are studying in the UK and are confronted by many cultural barriers, which may impede their academic studies. The electronic environment incorporates a number of approaches to support learning, ranging from a ...
Pioneering the Web Enhanced Learning between Taiwan and China (WELTaC) initiative in higher education: potential and issues
May 01, 2008; Young, Shelley S-C; Ku, H H ... This study pioneered an innovative project regarding the use of ICT for creating learning resources and opportunities for faculty members and adult learners on both sides of the Taiwan Straits - Taiwan and mainland China - that would not have been possible during the past five decades. This ...