Electric Dreams. Proceedings ascilite 2013 Sydney
2013
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 127
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Dynamic digital posters: Making the most of collaborative learning spaces
Roger Cook & Paul Feen, Queensland University of Technology
Academic and professional staff at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) have been faced with the challenge of how to create engaging student experiences in collaborative learning spaces. In... More
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‘It’s not the university experience we were expecting’: digitally literate undergraduate students reflect on changing pedagogy.
Amanda Jefferies, University of Hertfordshire
This paper reports from a 2012 small -scale study with campus-based undergraduate students at an Australian research-focussed university. The students’ ownership of learning technologies was... More
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Orienting students to online learning: going like a dream or still a nightmare?
Oriel Kelly, New Zealand Tertiary College
Effectively orienting students to online learning appears to be a vital factor in both their initial engagement and ultimate success in eLearning courses. This paper outlines the approach taken at ... More
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Gazing into the future of Sri Lankan Higher Education: Capacity building for the future
Kulari Lokuge Dona, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; Mike Keppell, University of Southern Queensland; Amali Warusawitharana, Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education
This paper reports on an investigation into capacity building processes in relation to e -learning resource development and delivery (RDD) in a Sri Lankan higher education institution. The capacity... More
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MOOCs - what’s cultural inclusion got to do with it?
Mauricio Marrone, Lilia Mantai & Karina Luzia, Macquarie University
This paper outlines a preliminary scoping exercise that surveyed how good practice principles around cultural inclusion are currently incorporated into online learning, and more specifically, into ... More
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The introduction of an online portfolio system in a medical school: what can activity theory tell us?
Vicki Langendyk, Shaoyu Wang & Glenn Mason, University of Western Sydney
In this paper we discuss innovations in the personal and professional development (PPD) curriculum that were introduced at a medical school in a major metropolitan university in Sydney, Australia. ... More
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Beyond Open Access: Open Publishing and the Future of Digital Scholarship
Xiang Ren, The University of Southern Queensland
This concise paper reviews the research and practice of open innovations in scholarly publishing , facilitated by the dynamics of open access, Web 2.0, and social media. Compared with traditional... More
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Identifying e-learning principles for Maritime Education through the e-initiatives project: A design-based approach
Mark Symes, Australian Maritime College; Christopher Allan, Griffith University; Jill Downing, University of Tasmania
The Australian Maritime College (AMC) has a major objective to innovate and build better practice in e-learning by developing high quality learning for anyone, anytime, anywhere. One strategy that ... More
pp. 18-22
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Re-imagining the university: Vibrant matters and radical research paradigms for the 21st century
Reem Al-Mahmood, La Trobe University, Australia
This paper invites a re-imagining and re-envisioning of ‘the university’ in its being and becoming (Barnett, 2011a, 2011b, 2013).The paper explores ‘feasible utopias’ (and dystopias) for the... More
pp. 23-36
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The design of formative blended assessments in tertiary EFL programs: A case study in Saudi Arabia
Mansoor S. Almalki & Paul Gruba, The University of Melbourne
Despite a rise of blended learning approaches in foreign language education programs, little research has examined how such integration of technologies in the classroom affects assessment designs. ... More
pp. 37-46
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Using simple technologies to improve student engagement and success in an online applied-science course: A case study
Christopher Anderson & Jean Jacoby, Massey University
The first year course, Soil Properties and Processes is a core course of two of Massey University’s applied science degrees. The course is offered both internally and via distance education. The... More
pp. 47-51
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Creating engagement and cultivating information literacy skills via Scoop.it
Amy Antonio, University of Southern Queensland; David Tuffley, Griffith University; Neil Martin, University of Southern Queensland
The appropriation of digital content by higher education students reflects a significant change in learning paradigms. The traditional classroom model in which instructors were the sole source of... More
pp. 52-62
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The Digital Book in Higher Education: Beyond the Horseless Carriage
Edilson Arenas, CQUniversity, Australia; Avron Barr, The LETSI Foundation, United States
This paper deals with the evolution of the book in the context of higher education. Digital books, or ebooks, need not be restricted to duplication of the printed page on a tablet device. As higher... More
pp. 63-67
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Learning Analytics in Higher Education: A Summary of Tools and Approaches
Amara Atif, Deborah Richards, Ayse Bilgin & Mauricio Marrone, Macquarie University
Higher education institutions recently have been drawing on methods from learning analytics to make decisions about learners’ academic progress, predictions about future performance and to... More
pp. 68-72
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Imagining the Enculturation of Online Education
Kim Balnaves, Charles Sturt University
Participation in popular sub-cultures developed through new technologies involves learning rules and protocols for participation that are cross-cultural and cross-lingual. New multimedia games... More
pp. 73-76
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Five stages of online course design: Taking the grief out of converting courses for online delivery
Karin Barac, Lynda Davies, Sean Duffy, Neal Aitkin & Jason Lodge, Griffith University
The burgeoning online delivery of higher education requires support and resourcing to be successfully implemented. In this paper, we report on the initial design and development of a professional... More
pp. 77-81
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Mobile realities and dreams: Are students and teachers dreaming alone or together?
Mark Bassett, AUT University; Oriel Kelly, New Zealand Tertiary College
The use of mobile technologies and social media for teaching and learning signals the potential for ontological shifts in learning and teaching, redefining the roles of both students and lecturers.... More
pp. 82-86
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Blended synchronous learning: Patterns and principles for simultaneously engaging co-located and distributed learners
Matt Bower & Jacqueline Kenney, Macquarie University; Barney Dalgarno, Charles Sturt University; Gregor E. Kennedy, The University of Melbourne
This paper presents seven blended synchronous learning designs and articulates principles for implementation as espoused by the teachers who enacted them. Blended synchronous learning approaches... More
pp. 92-102
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Past, present, future time perspectives and maladaptive cognitive schemas: associations with student engagement and attrition rates in an online unit of study
Ben Bullock & Stephen Theiler, Swinburne University of Technology
The aim of the current study was to investigate time perspectives and maladaptive cognitive schemas as predictors of students’ academic engagement and unit withdrawal. Two hundred and sixteen... More
pp. 103-112
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Business student’s attitudes to criteria based self- assessment and self-efficacy
Danny Carroll, University of South Wales
ASB eLearning, Learning and Teaching Portfolio, Australian School of Business University of New South Wales More
pp. 118-128
