Teaching and Learning Online Case Studies

2) Using computer technology to integrate instruction in discipline-specific literacy skills into the curriculum: A case study (Biology)
Neil Trivett and Jan Skillen, University of Wollongong.
     "This paper reports on the use of technology to supply instruction in skills, and to supply feedback to students about their development of skills, in one of the subjects ...(in) ...a first year core Biology subject." (.pdf file)  (.pdf Acrobat Reader)

3) Paperless lectures on the Web: An evaluation of the educational outcomes of teaching Geology using the Web (Geology)
Jason Hellwege Academic Development Unit, Andrew Gleadow School of Earth Sciences, Carmel McNaught Academic Development Unit, La Trobe University Melbourne.
     "What are student's attitudes to course material available via the Web? More importantly, are they learning the material more effectively? This paper will report on the evaluation of a first year Geology subject at La Trobe University."

4) Can computer-based testing achieve quality and efficiency in assessment? (Business, Mathematics & Computing)
Paul Bocij, Advanced Multimedia Ltd.; Andrew Greasley, University of Derby.
     "The overall aim of the research was to identify some of the effects of computer-based assessment on student performance. ...The data collected suggest that computer-based assessment methods result in students achieving higher scores than might be obtained via conventional examinations."

5) Computer-mediated Communication in Foreign Language Learning: A Case of the Students of Japanese (ESL)
Yuko Ramzan, Yuko Saito, Ritsuko. Modern Languages Program, Faculty of Arts, University of Wollongong.
      "The introduction of y-talk (a multi-user chat program) between a Japanese university and a Japanese language class at the University of Wollongong has demonstrated some possible solutions to...(the fear of speaking and being too shy to talk in Adult learners). This research suggests that y-talk is highly capable of incorporations with traditional language learning and teaching classes as a new tool to be employed in foreign language classes." (.pdf file) (.pdf Acrobat Reader)


6) Computer Based Learning Environments in Teacher Education: Helping Students to think Accurately, Boldly and Critically (Science and Technology Education)
Lynette Schaverien and Mark Cosgrove. University of Technology, Sydney.
      "Interactive multimedia-based learning environments have been designed to help tertiary students achieve deep understanding as they learn to teach science. These environments enable individualised, flexible learning and have proved to be successful, one in its prototype stage and the other as a completed version. "


7) Connecting with Students: Improving discussion and communication with first year students (Agricultural Production)
B.P. Wilson Co-operative Research Centre for Soil and Land Management University of Adelaide.
     "Email created more opportunity for student/teacher interaction and thus a better relationship developed between the teacher and most students. The computer discussion forum produced a greater diversity of discussion compared to the traditional face to face method used in 1995. Overall, these methods greatly enhanced the learning process for both student and teacher. "

8) International computer-supported collaborative teamwork in business education: A case study and evaluation (Business)
Jane E. Klobas and Gaby Haddow, University of Western Australia.
     "(The Authors)... suggest that learning about virtual teamwork could be attained to the satisfaction of more students if more project time were spent on team building and less on tasks associated with a complex project."

9) Differential Skills and Competencies Required of Faculty Teaching Distance Education Courses (Education)
Regina Schoenfeld-Tacher, Colorado State University and Kay A. Persichitte, University of Northern Colorado.
     "Six faculty members teaching DE courses at a Doctoral I institution in Northeastern Colorado were surveyed about their experiences teaching (online) and how those experiences differed from face-to-face teaching. The faculty perceptions of the skills and competencies they had to acquire as a result of teaching in this medium varied greatly and were found to be primarily influenced by their prior knowledge of instructional design strategies and distance education theories."

10) Human resources skills: Learning through an interactive multimedia business simulation (Business)
Johanna Klassen and Damon Drummond, City University of Hong Kong.
      "The educational objective of this (interactive multimedia) Business Simulation is to provide the user with a near as possible real-to-life experience of working as a Human Resource Officer in a typical firm (in this case a multinational bank) performing an assigned recruitment task."