Time-shifted learning: Merging synchronous and asynchronous techniques for e-learning

Worthington, Tom; Wu, Hao

doi:10.1109/iccse.2015.7250285

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“…An action research approach was adopted for evaluating the success of changes to course design. Previous work investigated the online options for improving the course [5]. Here, some limited statistical analysis of student results was possible (discussed under Results below), and more are planned (see Future Research).…”

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Blend and Flip for Teaching Communication Skills to Final Year International Computer Science Students

Worthington

2019

2019 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Education (TALE)

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In addition to technical knowledge, graduates in computing and engineering disciplines are expected to have communication skills, and the ability to undertake lifelong learning. These skills are difficult to acquire using conventional lecture and tutorial based teaching. Final year international graduate computer science students at the Australian National University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, were found to have particular difficulty when asked to write about their learning. In response, lectures were replaced with online exercises, group workshops in a new purpose-built flat floor classroom, and peer-assessed progressive assessment. This approach was trialed with eighty students in 2019. Preliminary results indicate students performed at least as well as with conventional lecture-based instruction.

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Blend and Flip for Teaching Communication Skills to Final Year International Computer Science Students

Worthington

2019

2019 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Education (TALE)

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“…Such certification could be of value to Australian universities seeking to improve the quality of their education. Computer professionals can apply their training in the systematic design of systems to the educational process [3].…”

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“…However, these are based on the use of conventional campus based education. Australia could complement these initiatives using new forms of blended learning, which merge campus with online learning [3]. This would allow students of the region to work together online [4].…”

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Blended Learning for the Indo-Pacific

Worthington

2018

2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)

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Information Technology disciplines make up a significant proportion of the degrees taken by international students at Australian universities. These programs are primarily delivered oncampus, but are increasingly using e-learning techniques and becoming, in effect, blended. This provides the opportunity to offer international students part of their program by distance education before, or instead of, traveling to Australia. This could complement the campus-based education provided and complement initiatives by China, Australia, Japan and the United States for regional development. However, Australian university academics have little background or training in e-learning and program designs have not made use of the flexibility this provides. In this paper, we discuss how computer professionals can be trained online to deliver online training to students of the Indo-Pacific. The application of learning theory to support distance learners is also discussed in this paper.

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