ED5812:04
Teaching and Learning with the WWW
Townsville
Flexible delivery by Email and WWW nationally and internationally. This subject requires access to Web-based material. Students should ensure that they have access to the World Wide Web. Information on requirements is available from the School of Education.
Available to Postgraduate Certificate, BEd (Professional Development) and Master of Education students.
Staff: Dr L Henderson, Mr G Coombs.
The subject provides a theoretical and hands-on approach to WWW design, publishing, efficient WWW information access, search, retrieval, and evaluation strategies, and incorporation of the WWW as a teaching and learning cognitive tool at school, higher education, and/or industry workplaces. Other areas examined include: the links between various learning theories (eg., objectivist, constructivist, and critical theory) and WWW teaching and learning; the nature of learning and teaching with flexible open learning modes of delivery; and gender and cultural factors.
The subject is designed to provide relevant individualised situated learning activities that take into account the students’ current and intended work contexts.
Learning Objectives:
- demonstrate an understanding of effective WWW design principles, including navigation structure and links;
- demonstrate effective WWW access, search, retrieval, and evaluation strategies;
- demonstrate an indepth understanding of relevant literature, including various learning and teaching theories;
- implement a project that demonstrates objectives 1, 2 and 3 as well as a critical evaluation of WWW teaching and learning.
Assessment by project (70%); Email/WWW chat group weekly tutorial discussions (30%).
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