“But my subject's different”: a web-based approach to supporting disciplinary lifelong learning skills

Claire McAvinia; Martin Oliver

Computers & Education Vol. 38, No. 1 (2002) pp. 209–20

Many new initiatives in Higher Education institutions choose to develop web sites to support their work, not least because web-based delivery of support materials from a central unit can help to deliver development materials via a single point of...

Developing a Managed Learning Environment Using "Roundtables": An Activity Theoretic Perspective

Claire McAvinia; Martin Oliver

Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 12, No. 3 (December 2004) pp. 209–225

The current focus on the development of systems contributing to a managed learning environment (MLE) in universities in the UK has prompted institutions to examine how administrative systems and support for learning and teaching fit together....

The Challenge of Change: Digital Video-Analysis and Constructivist Teaching Approaches on a One Year Preservice Teacher Education Program in Ireland

Angela Rickard; Claire McAvinia; Nigel Quirke-Bolt

Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Vol. 17, No. 3 (July 2009) pp. 349–367

The project described created a stimulating and professionally relevant way for pre-service teacher education to build student teachers’ skills in critical reflection, collaboration and communication. Using a constructivist approach throughout, the...

Topics: Secondary Education, Information Communication Technologies, Communication, Video, Collaboration, Preservice Teacher Education, Multimedia, Educational Technology, Assessment, Teachers

A visualisation tool to aid exploration of students’ interactions in asynchronous online communication

Sujana Jyothi; Claire McAvinia; John Keating

Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 1 (January 2012) pp. 30–42

Much research in recent years has focused on the introduction of virtual learning environments (VLEs) to universities, documenting practice, and sharing experience (Armitage, Browne, & Jenkins, 2001; Browne & Jenkins, 2003; Moron-Garcia, 2004;...

What Really Makes Students like a Web Site? What Are the Implications for Designing Web-Based Language Learning

Jane Hughes; Claire McAvinia; Terry King

ReCALL Vol. 16, No. 1 (May 2004) pp. 85–102

Faced with reduced numbers choosing to study foreign languages (as in England and Wales), strategies to create and maintain student interest need to be explored. One such strategy is to create "taster" courses in languages, for potential university...