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Title: 'Anybody out there a real expert?' : Transition into the online learning environment by first year university students
Related: Nicholson, Paul; Thompson, J. Barrie; Ruohonen, Mikko and Multisilta, Jari. E-training practices for professional organizations, p.51-60
Related: International Federation for Information Processing (Series) 167
Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Kluwer Academic Publishers
Date: 2005
Author/Creator: Hellstén, Meeri
Description: This paper reports on an evaluation of online learning in a large Australian undergraduate first year university subject. A central focus is the effectiveness web based learning and its implications for facilitating pathways into a new learning environment by new university students. The research is situation within a framework of action research and curriculum evaluation by exploring the different uses of a subject web site. Student postings on the web site bulletin board were evaluated. The interpretive content analysis indicates that the online mode of delivery is most beneficial in the distance education mode acting as a socialization and inter-relational device.
Subject Keyword: higher education
Subject Keyword: teacher education
Subject Keyword: curriculum development
Subject Keyword: pedagogy
Subject Keyword: research
Resource Type: book chapter
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Education

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