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Coaching Medical Academics in Multimedia and On-line Teaching and Learning Principles
Mike Keppell
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 951–952
The following paper addresses the implementation of a professional development program in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne. It examines the rationale, approach, evaluation and implications of...
Topics: Science, Professional Development, Health, Teaching Methods
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Authentic patient encounters in paediatric dentistry
Mike Keppell
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 958–963
This paper examines a multimedia learning design which utilises a virtual dental clinic and a fictitious eight year old patient - "Matthew", to situate students within an authentic learning environment. A case is presented which requires the student ...
Topics: Students, Virtual Environments
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Evaluation and redesign of the clinicians health channel
Mike Keppell
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 964–969
Abstract: The Clinicians Health Channel (CHC) is a resource-based portal web-site providing online access to information sources that assist Victorian clinicians in decision making, research and education. Resources include an electronic health...
Topics: Health
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Distributed Learning Spaces in Higher Education Learning and Teaching
Mike Keppell
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
PhD, University of Calgary (1997); MEd University of Calgary (1989); BEd, University of Queensland (1985); BHMS (Ed), University of Queensland (1982). Professor Keppell has a long professional history in higher education in Australia, Canada and...
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Reusable media-rich problem-based learning cases: Creating learning objects for teacher-education
Mike Keppell
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 1865–1873
Abstract: This paper examines five problem-based learning (PBL) cases and how they have been developed as reusable learning objects for the field of teacher-education. The first part of the paper examines the importance of problem-based learning for ...
Topics: Learning Objects
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Legitimate Participation? Instructional Designer-Subject Matter Expert Interactions in Communities of Practice
Mike Keppell
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3611–3618
This paper addresses the question of how instructional designers work with subject matter experts (SMEs) in unfamiliar content areas. It is suggested that working as an instructional designer in an unfamiliar content area is similar to an...
Topics: Instructional Design, Culture
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Innovation through design: Alternative learning spaces and propriety learning management systems
Mike Keppell
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1397–1401
Abstract: This paper examines the concept that proprietary learning management systems (LMS) do not necessarily stifle innovation and creativity. Propriety LMS systems such as Blackboard offer an effective means for enhancing teaching and learning...
Topics: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Learning Management Systems
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The Crucial Roles of the Instructional Designer and the Subject Matter Expert in Multimedia Design
Mike Keppell
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 598–603
This paper examines a study which developed and began testing a process to assist instructional designers in eliciting unfamiliar content from subject matter experts and in conceptualizing that content. It explored the development, trial, training...
Topics: Instructional Design
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Starting with the end in sight
Mike Keppell; Jennifer Munday
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 193–202
The paper describes the use of an ePortfolio in the first stage of an undergraduate Program/Degree, a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood & Primary). The unique aspect of this initiative is that it is planned to be embedded throughout the course...
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Learning-Oriented Assessment: A Technology-Based Case Study
Mike Keppell; David Carless
Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice Vol. 13, No. 2 (July 2006) pp. 179–191
This paper focuses on reconfiguring assessment processes so that they support a learning function, in addition to the more traditional measurement function. In the first half of the paper we discuss a framework for "learning-oriented assessment"...
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Virtual reality: What is the state of play in education?
Colin Macpherson; Mike Keppell
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan 01, 1998)
The term 'virtual reality' (VR) is currently used to describe a range of computer-based systems in which a user can explore a hardware and software generated 'microworld' that bears some resemblance to reality. An early application of such systems...
Language: English
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Concept Mapping: A Unique Means for Negotiating Meaning in Professional Studies
Gregory R. MacKinnon; Mike Keppell
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 14, No. 3 (July 2005) pp. 291–315
Abstract Concept mapping (Novak & Gowin, 1984) has been used extensively as a graphic organiser in classroom teaching. This paper addresses two particular approaches to using concept mapping that go beyond classroom planning into the realm of ...
Topics: technology, collaborative learning, Preservice Teacher Education, eLearning, computer mediated communication, Computer-supported collaborative learning, Authoring tools, Human Computer Interaction, Programming
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Enhancing Total Patient Management Skills in Dentistry with Interactive Multimedia Simulation
Mike Keppell; Karen Kan; Louise Brearley Messer
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1674–1675
This paper examines a project which aims to improve dental clinical management through case management of medically compromised dental patients. During the past few years, it has become increasingly difficult to access suitable patients,...
Topics: Multimedia
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Transforming Traditional Curricula: Enhancing Medical Education through Multimedia and Web-based Resources
Mike Keppell; Gregor Kennedy; Peter Harris
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1404–1405
This paper describes the transformation of a traditional medical curricula into a problem-based learning technology-enhanced educational setting. The use of Information Technology (IT) is an important feature of the new curriculum. Case-based...
Topics: Curriculum, Educational Technology, Computers
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TeleQACE: A Dynamic Web-based Knowledge Network of Health Professionals
Mike Keppell; Teng Liaw; Chris Pearce
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 953–954
TeleQACE (Quality Assurance and Continuing Education) is a web-based learning environment that allows medical general practitioners (GPs) to participate in interactive learning at times that suit them. The design addresses the balance between...
Topics: Interaction
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Scaffolding Student Learning in Information-Dense Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Environments
Som Naidu; Mike Keppell; Gregor Kennedy
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1469–1470
This paper is fundamentally about supporting learning in technology-enhanced educational settings where students are often confronted with very large amounts of information, and where they are also required to exercise a great deal of independence ...
Topics: Educational Technology, Students
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Developing a Web-based Learning Network for Continuing Medical Education
Siaw-Teng Liaw; Chris Pearce; Mike Keppell
Journal of Workplace Learning Vol. 14, No. 3 (2002) pp. 98–108
Features of a web-based learning environment for physicians included the following: balance between content richness and bandwidth; shared knowledge and interaction using actual cases; constructivist approach to develop basic cases into advanced...
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Assuring Best Practice in Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments
Mike Keppell; Gordon Suddaby; Natasha Hard
Research in Learning Technology Vol. 23 (2015)
This paper documents the development and findings of the Good Practice Report on Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC). Developing the Good Practice Report required a meta-analysis of ...
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Gazing into the future of Sri Lankan Higher Education: Capacity building for the future
Kulari Lokuge Dona; Mike Keppell; Amali Warusawitharana
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013)
This paper reports on an investigation into capacity building processes in relation to e -learning resource development and delivery (RDD) in a Sri Lankan higher education institution. The capacity building was investigated in three main areas:...
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Stories from Students in Their First Semester of Distance Learning
Mark Brown; Helen Hughes; Mike Keppell; Natasha Hard; Liz Smith
The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Vol. 16, No. 4 (Nov 02, 2015)
Online and distance learning is becoming increasingly common. Some would say it has quickly become the preferred or 'new normal' mode of study throughout the world. However, surprisingly little is known about what actually happens to first year...
Topics: Distance Education, Change, Internet, Video, Students
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In their own words: Student stories of seeking learning support
Mark Brown; Helen Hughes; Mike Keppell; Natasha Hard; Liz Smith
Open Praxis Vol. 5, No. 4 (Nov 26, 2013) pp. 345–354
Many Open and Distance Learning (ODL) providers report that their students are prone to lower rates of retention and completion than campus-based students. Against this background, there is growing interest around distance-specific learning support. ...
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Transforming Distance Education Curricula through Distributive Leadership
Mike Keppell; Carolyn O'Dwyer; Betsy Lyon; Merilyn Childs
Association for Learning Technology Journal Vol. 18, No. 3 (November 2010) pp. 165–178
This paper examines a core leadership strategy for transforming learning and teaching in distance education through flexible and blended learning. It focuses on a project centred on distributive leadership that involves collaboration, shared purpose,...
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Transforming distance education curricula through distributive leadership
Mike Keppell; Carolyn O’Dwyer; Betsy Lyon; Merilyn Childs
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 26, No. 8 (Jan 01, 2010)
This paper examines a core leadership strategy for transforming learning and teaching in distance education through flexible and blended learning. It focuses on a project centred on distributive leadership that involves collaboration, shared purpose,...
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Transforming Distance Education Curricula through Distributive Leadership
Mike Keppell; Carolyn O'Dwyer; Betsy Lyon; Merilyn Childs
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 15, No. 4 (November 2011) pp. 9–21
This paper examines a core leadership strategy for transforming learning and teaching in distance education through flexible and blended learning. It focuses on a project centred on distributive leadership that involves collaboration, shared purpose,...
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Peer Learning and Learning-Oriented Assessment in Technology-Enhanced Environments. Special Issue: Learning-Oriented Assessment: Principles and Practice
Mike Keppell; Eliza Au; Ada Ma; Christine Chan
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education Vol. 31, No. 4 (August 2006) pp. 453–464
Group work, group projects and collaborative learning encourage students to learn from other students as well as from the lecturer. Peer learning may involve cooperation, communication and the giving and receiving of peer feedback. In addition peer...
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Cross-cultural online communication: Making connections through project-based learning
Mike Keppell; Morris Jong; Harold Tsang; Sue Bennett; Lori Lockyer
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1233–1240
This paper examines a project that encourages cross-cultural communication among teacher-education students through online discussion and project-based learning. An authentic case was presented to eleven students (divided into two groups) who...
Topics: Learning Management Systems, Mentoring, Communication, Students
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The attitudes of teacher educators to the use of problem based learning: The video triggers approach
Angela Ma Kit Fong; John Mitchell O'Toole; Mike Keppell
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2007 (2007) pp. 603–610
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Fostering institutional change through learning leadership – a study of stories of adaptation in blended and flexible learning and distance education.
Merilyn Childs; Mike Keppell; Mark Brown; Carole Hunter; Natasha Hard; Helen Hughes
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 220–226
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The Carrick Exchange: Not Just Another Repository
Geraldine Lefoe; Meg O'Reilly; Dominique Parrish; Sue Bennett; Mike Keppell; Cathy Gunn
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 108–113
In 2004, the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education was established by the Australian government to "promote and advance learning and teaching in Australian higher education." (Carrick Institute, 2006). One aspect of the...
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DNAexplorer: Computer Facilitated Learning of Bioinformatics Using a Situated Model
Gregor Kennedy; Terry Judd; Mike Keppell; Carol Ginns; Brendon Crabb; Richard Strugnell
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 931–936
This paper reports on the design of DNAexplorer, a computer facilitated learning package, which was developed to support the teaching and learning of bioinformatics. The instructional design of the package was broadly based on a model of situated...
Topics: Instructional Design
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Lights, camera, action: Gathering experiences of first time distance learners
Mark Brown; Helen Hughes; Natasha Hard; Mike Keppell; Sandi Shillington; Liz Smith
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 194–199
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Using Authentic Patient Interactions to Teach Cervical Screening to Medical Students
Mike Keppell; Jane Gunn; Kelsey Hegarty; Vanessa Madden; Vivienne O'Connor; Ngaire Kerse; Terry Judd
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1439–1446
Abstract: This paper examines a multimedia learning design which utilises principles of situated cognition and an authentic learning environment to teach medical students about cervical screening. A situated-learning design was adopted as it...
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Living the new normal: Reflections on the experiences of first-time distance learners
Mark Brown; Mike Keppell; Helen Hughes; Natasha Hard; Sandi Shillington; Liz Smith
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
Significant challenges face traditional distance education. The conventional ‘pack and post’ model of distance education is under serious threat along with the performance of distance education providers as governments and funding bodies...
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Developments in Authentic Learning: A Woman's Reproductive Life Cycle
Mike Keppell; Mary E. Wlodek; Sophie Ping; Gregor Kennedy; Jennifer Kirk; Terry Judd
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1431–1438
This paper describes the development of a computer-facilitated learning package that integrates the various stages of A Woman's Reproductive Life Cycle integrating reproductive and endocrine physiology. The authentic learning design of the package...
Topics: Integration, Developmental Stages
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Using multimedia to assist students with communication skills and biopsychosocial integration: An evaluation
Teng Liaw; Gregor Kennedy; Mike Keppell; John Marty; Ruth McNair; Ruth McNair
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 16, No. 2 (Jan 01, 2000)
This paper reports on the development rationale and evaluation of a computer facilitated learning (CFL) package which aimed to assist medical students with their clinical communication skills and develop an integrated biopsychosocial approach to...
Language: English
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DeHub: Examples of some projects and models for future collaboration
Victor Minichiello; Rosalind James; Peter Albion; Mark Brown; Bobby Harreveld; Mike Keppell
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
DEHub was established in 2009 at the University of New England (UNE) and, with the support of an Australian Commonwealth grant, has initiated a number of projects in the field of distance education. It is an academic unit for promoting knowledge...
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Exploring the challenges of network leadership in Australasian tertiary associations
Mike Keppell; Gordon Suddaby; Helen Carter; Gary Williams; Denise Chalmers; Trish Andrews; Shelda Debowski; Marguerite de Sousa; Lindy Baker; James Sankar
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
PhD, University of Calgary (1997); MEd University of Calgary (1989); BEd , University of Queensland (1985); BHMS (Ed), University of Queensland (1982). Professor Keppell has a long professional history in higher education in Australia, Canada and...