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Online Learning in Higher Education: Comparing Teacher and Learner Perspectives
Peter Kilgour; Maria Northcote
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 2089–2099
Abstract: Higher education teachers’ and learners’ experiences of online teaching and online learning are tempered by their respective perceptions of their online educational environments. While much research has been undertaken in recent years to...
Topics: online learning environments
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How Engaged are Our Students? Using Analytics to Identify Students At-risk
Tony Williams; Jason Morton; Peter Kilgour; Maria Northcote
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 122–128
Learning Management System (LMS) analytics have become an area of increasing interest and development. The potential to better understand our students’ levels of engagement provided by the systems have, to date, has been underutilized information...
Topics: Learning management systems and environments, Data Analytics
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Development of an Evidence-based Professional Learning Program Informed by Online Teachers' Self-efficacy and Threshold Concepts
Kevin Gosselin; Maria Northcote; Daniel Reynaud; Peter Kilgour; Malcolm Anderson; Chris Boddey
Online Learning Journal Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul 08, 2016)
As online education continues to expand across varied educational sectors, so does the demand for professional development programs to guide academic teaching staff through the processes of developing their capacities to design and teach online...
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Development of an Evidence-Based Professional Learning Program Informed by Online Teachers' Self- Efficacy and Threshold Concepts
Kevin P. Gosselin; Maria Northcote; Daniel Reynaud; Peter Kilgour; Malcolm Anderson; Chris Boddey
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 20, No. 3 (2016) pp. 178–194
As online education continues to expand across varied educational sectors, so does the demand for professional development programs to guide academic teaching staff through the processes of developing their capacities to design and teach online...
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Using the TPACK framework to unite disciplines in online learning
Alan Anderson; Nicholas Barham; Maria Northcote
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 4 (Sep 22, 2013)
This paper builds on a previous case study in which a group of lecturers from various disciplines were interviewed about their practice as facilitators of online learning. The lecturers' comments about their teaching practices revealed their...
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Dreams, hiccups and realities: What happens when lecturers and students co-design an online module?
Maria Northcote; Beverly Christian
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 642–646
Negotiating curriculum design with students for students involves incorporating both the students’ needs and the lecturers’ requirements into the course structure, learning activities , resources and assessment tasks. In 2012, two lecturers and a...
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Using the TPACK Framework to Unite Disciplines in Online Learning
Alan Anderson; Nicholas Barham; Maria Northcote
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 4 (2013) pp. 549–565
This paper builds on a previous case study in which a group of lecturers from various disciplines were interviewed about their practice as facilitators of online learning. The lecturers' comments about their teaching practices revealed their...
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Mathematics on the Move: Using Mobile Technologies to Support Student Learning (Part 2)
Catherine Attard; Maria Northcote
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom Vol. 17, No. 1 (2012) pp. 29–32
Continuing the series of articles on teaching mathematics with technology, this article furthers the authors' exploration of the use of a range of mobile technologies to enhance teachers' practices in the primary mathematics classroom. In Part 1 of...
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What Matters Most when Students and Teachers Use Interactive Whiteboards in Mathematics Classrooms?
Kimberley McQuillan; Maria Northcote; Peter Beamish
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom Vol. 17, No. 4 (2012) pp. 3–7
Teachers are encouraged to immerse their students in rich and engaging learning environments (NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003). One teaching tool that can facilitate the creation of rich learning environments is the interactive...
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Mathematics on the Move: Using Mobile Technologies to Support Student Learning (Part 1)
Catherine Attard; Maria Northcote
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom Vol. 16, No. 4 (2011) pp. 29–31
It is a common belief that the incorporation of computer technology into mathematics teaching and learning motivates and engages students. However, research into the use of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in mathematics classrooms...
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Benchmark yourself: Self-reflecting about online teaching
Maria Northcote; Jack Seddon; Philip Brown
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 904–908
Teachers need effective online teaching and course development skills to engage higher education students in meaningful, socially contextual, challenging and engaging learning experiences. To develop these skills, academic teaching staff typically...
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Lighting up and transforming online courses: Letting the teacher’s personality shine
Maria Northcote
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 694–698
Affective aspects of learning have been shown to influence cognitive aspects of learning (Russo & Benson, 2005; Salmon, 2004) and online educators are increasingly aware of the role played by emotions in online learning. To encourage a well-rounded...
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Transforming online curricula, transforming staff
Maria Northcote; Tony Martin
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 699–701
Developing online teaching skills can occur through involvement in learn-by-doing strategies, which incorporate informal, organic or needs-driven strategies. Such processes are sometimes labelled as “bottom-up” staff development processes. In other...
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Interactive whiteboards: Interactive or just whiteboards?
Maria Northcote; Paula Mildenhall; Linda Marshall; Paul Swan; Paul Swan
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 26, No. 4 (Jan 01, 2010)
Over the last decade, interactive whiteboards have become popular teaching and learning tools, especially in primary school classrooms. Research studies from recent literature report on high levels of student motivation, teacher enthusiasm and whole-...
Language: English
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Sense of place in online learning environments
Maria Northcote
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2008 (2008) pp. 676–684
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Virtual Manipulatives on the Interactive Whiteboard: A Preliminary Investigation
Paula Mildenhall; Paul Swan; Maria Northcote; Linda Marshall
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom Vol. 13, No. 1 (2008) pp. 9–14
As part of the project titled "Hands-On Heads-On: The Effective Use of Manipulatives Both Virtual and Physical" being undertaken at Edith Cowan University, there was an investigation into the use of virtual manipulatives and the interactive...
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Assessment online : New horizons and blue skies
Catherine McLoughlin; Maria Northcote
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2460–2463
The use of the WWW in tertiary learning environments offers greater adaptability and flexibility than traditional assessment procedures as it enables the planning and design of tasks that monitor both learning processes and learning outcomes. This...
Topics: Learning Outcomes, Assessment
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A Model for Online Unit Development: Necessity, the Catalyst for Invention
Maria Northcote; Tony Fetherston
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 1414–1418
Theoretical frameworks and practical processes driving online course development in tertiary institutions are currently under pressure, scrutiny and review and online courses are increasingly seen as an answer to these problems. Useable procedures,...
Topics: Distance Education
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Online Assessment Criteria in Action: Task Design in Contrasting Tertiary Education Contexts
Amanda Kendle; Maria Northcote
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 920–924
Our previous research provided a theoretical basis for a proposed set of practical design criteria for online assessment tasks. This work has been motivated by our recognition of the importance of not simply transferring face-to-face or distance...
Topics: Assessment