Difficulties Students are Having with Cognitive Processes in Problem Based Learning Environments

Som Naidu; Iain McAlpine

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 814–819

For most students inquiry-based learning environments such as problem-based learning (PBL) comprise a major shift away from approaches to learning with which they are most comfortable and familiar. We have been observing PBL students in situ with ...

Topics: Learning Outcomes, Students, Cognition

Using multimedia technologies to support PBL for a course in 3D modeling for mining engineers

Iain McAlpine; Phillip Stothard

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2449–2455

To enhance a course in 3D modeling for mining engineers a problem-based learning (PBL) approach was applied to the course design. Online courseware was designed around the PBL model to support student learning. This paper outlines some of the...

Turning Points: Learning from online discussions in an off-campus course

Bill Ashcroft; Iain McAlpine

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1251–1257

Developing a course for online study by off-campus students requires a major change of approach to teaching and learning. This study outlines the constructivist theoretical basis and the approach to teaching applied in the development of a...

Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Instructional Materials, Educational Technology, Distance Education, Instructional Design

Collaborative learning in an online masters program

Iain McAlpine; Ellen Goddard

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1244–1250

The Master of Agribusiness program developed by The University of Melbourne is offered to off-campus students using an online mode of study. The approach to study is based on collaborative learning, to develop graduate skills in communication,...

Topics: Evaluation

An application of online technologies to support collaborative learning in groups for a Bioscience course

Iain McAlpine; Michele Scoufis; Robert Brooks

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1598–1604

Many students experience difficulties in relating science learning to real-world issues. To develop the abilities of students in a course in Evolutionary and Physiological Ecology to make this relationship more effectively, group work on the...

Topics: Students

Multimedia Enhanced Active Learning Studio: a development in physics teaching

Iain McAlpine; Maria Cunningham; Richard Newbury; George Hatsidimitris

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 1900–1907

To enhance student learning in first year physics au UNSW, a development project was put in place to integrate conceptual learning and practical applications, using online multimedia resources as a support framework. The project has a theoretical...

Topics: Physical Environments, Students, Multimedia, Integration