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Exploring the Development of Students’ Generic Skills Development in Higher Education Using A Web-based Learning Environment
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, , Edith Cowan University, Australia ; , Unibersity of New England, Australia

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Montreal, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-40-2 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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This paper reports on a study undertaken in Australia where the practice and development of generic skills was studied in the context of a Web-based learning environment. The results showed that students perceived the learning environment provided many opportunities for them to practice the generic skills being explored. Furthermore the results showed high levels of student perception of development of these generic skills. We conclude that Web-based learning environments offer many opportunities for teachers wishing to develop students' generic skills and this is yet another advantage of using this technology for program delivery.

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Oliver, R., Herrington, J. & McLoughlin, C. (2000). Exploring the Development of Students’ Generic Skills Development in Higher Education Using A Web-based Learning Environment. In J. Bourdeau & R. Heller (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2000--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 848-854). Montreal, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 7, 2021 from .

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