The politics of open learning

Iain McAlpine; Iain McAlpine

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 8, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1992)

Delegates at the Access Through Open Learning conference organised by UNE Northern Rivers at Byron Bay in early September this year participated in a survey aimed a prioritising the major issues in open learning. The conference took on a strongly...

Language: English

Collaborative Learning Online

Iain McAlpine

Distance Education Vol. 21, No. 1 (2000) pp. 66–80

Discusses the decision to offer a course by online delivery and describes the development of a Masters course that used collaborative learning as the teaching/learning method. Explains the theoretical basis for collaborative learning; discusses...

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...

Course design and student responses to an online PBL course in 3D modelling for mining engineers

Iain McAlpine; Phillip Stothard

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 21, No. 3 (Jan 01, 2005) pp. 335–354

To enhance a course in 3D Virtual Reality (3D VR) modelling for mining engineers, and to create the potential for off campus students to fully engage with the course, a problem based learning (PBL) approach was applied to the course design and all...

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

Designing for active learning online with learning design templates

Iain McAlpine; Belinda Allen

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2007 (2007) pp. 639–651

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

Steps towards using an enquiry-based blended learning design for curriculum change in Health Sciences

Iain McAlpine; Linda Pannan; Kerry Fitzmaurice

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2008 (2008) pp. 593–602

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

Problem based learning in the design of a multimedia project

Iain McAlpine; Rex Clements; Rex Clements

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 17, No. 2 (Jan 01, 2001)

This article examines problem based learning (PBL) as a basis for the design of interactive multimedia. To be effective, interactive multimedia should be stimulating and challenging, while providing students with a learning environment in which they ...

Language: English

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

Course Developers as Students: A Designer Perspective of the Experience of Learning Online

Iain McAlpine; Tony Koppi; Jan McLean; Elaine Pearson

Association for Learning Technology Journal Vol. 12, No. 2 (June 2004) pp. 147–162

Academic developers of online courses may not have experienced this mode of learning and teaching from the learner perspective. This article makes a comparison between suggestions for online course design from research literature and user...