Promoting engagement and interaction through a technology supported learning activity

Title
Promoting engagement and interaction through a technology supported learning activity
Publication Date
2012
Author(s)
Whale, Sue
Fisher, Josie A
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4828-6410
Email: jfisher@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jfisher
Valenzuela, Fredy
Editor
Editor(s): M Brown, M Hartnett, and T Stewart
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:12013
Abstract
In this paper we describe a technology supported learning activity that was developed, implemented and evaluated in a postgraduate, online unit of study offered by the University of New England in 2011. A learner analysis and an analysis of the learning outcomes of the unit informed the development of this activity. The online activity was created within a Wiki and students completed it in the first few weeks of the teaching period. This design was intended to build social presence by encouraging ongoing interaction and engagement in the unit. A constructivist approach was utilised to facilitate this authentic activity in line with theories for learning futures. The activity provided scaffolding for subsequent assessment tasks in the unit. Students' outcomes and their feedback on the activity suggested it was successful in achieving the intended goals.
Link
Citation
Future challenges, sustainable futures: Proceedings of ascilite Wellington 2012, p. 1044-1047
ISBN
9780473229894
Start page
1044
End page
1047

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