The Virtual University: The Internet and Resource-based Learning

by Ryan,Steve

• ISBN13: 9780749425081
• ISBN10: 0749425083
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135368418
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

A discussion of the increased accessibility to the Internet and how this has lead to a variety of resources being used for learning. Case studies and examples show the benefits of using the Internet as part of resource-based learning.

Author Biography

Bernard Scott is a Senior Lecturer in De Montfort University' CETD.

Table of Contents

About the authors	ix
Series editor's foreword	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
Introduction	1	(1)
What this book is about	2	(1)
Who this book is for	3	(1)
The impact of the Internet	3	(2)
How the book is organized	5	(2)
A changing context -- education and the Internet	7	(22)
Introduction	7	(1)
The growth of the Internet	7	(2)
Learning for life -- the changing context	9	(3)
Changes in universities	12	(10)
The role of RBL	22	(5)
Towards the development of high-quality courses	27	(1)
Conclusion	28	(1)
Learning, teaching and course design with resource-based learning	29	(23)
Introduction	29	(1)
What is RBL?	30	(4)
An excursion into learning theory	34	(8)
A framework for course design	42	(8)
Conclusion: the question of quality	50	(2)
Technologies of delivery and interaction on the Internet	52	(14)
Introduction	52	(1)
The Internet and the World Wide Web	53	(1)
Using the Web -- interacting with a range of resources	54	(1)
Media and interaction	55	(10)
Conclusion	65	(1)
Using the Internet: course development and delivery	66	(16)
Introduction	66	(1)
Identifying potential students	66	(5)
Developing an online course	71	(5)
Tools for planning, structuring and development	76	(2)
Delivery issues	78	(1)
Conclusion	79	(3)
Resources on the World Wide Web	82	(18)
Introduction	82	(1)
What is a Web-based resource?	82	(1)
Types of Web-based resources	83	(3)
Electronic publishing	86	(5)
Museum resources and the Web	91	(2)
The virtual and the real: virtual laboratories	93	(2)
Evaluating Web-based resources	95	(2)
Web resources management	97	(2)
Conclusion	99	(1)
Computer mediated communications for collaborative learning	100	(25)
Introduction	100	(1)
The learning process	101	(1)
What is CMC?	102	(1)
Let your fingers do the `talking' -- text-based conferencing systems	102	(10)
Changing roles of tutors and students	112	(1)
See me, hear me! Video and audio conferencing	113	(8)
Creating the virtual learning environment using CMC	121	(2)
Conclusion	123	(2)
Using the Internet: Computer Aided Assessment	125	(15)
Introduction	125	(1)
Web-based assessment	125	(2)
The purposes of assessment	127	(2)
The range and types of assessment	129	(4)
The range of questioning styles supported	133	(4)
The future of online testing	137	(2)
Conclusion	139	(1)
Integrated systems	140	(16)
Introduction	140	(1)
Virtual learning environments	140	(1)
Features of course delivery systems	141	(2)
Comparative evaluation of systems	143	(3)
Integration between systems -- the IMS project	146	(5)
Educational objects	151	(3)
Conclusion	154	(2)
Changing cultures in HE	156	(14)
Introduction	156	(1)
Those who teach	157	(4)
Those who are taught	161	(1)
Support staff	162	(1)
Administrators and managers	163	(6)
Concluding comments	169	(1)
Around the corner	170	(10)
Introduction	170	(1)
Technological developments	170	(5)
The role and form of HEIs in the information age	175	(4)
Concluding comments	179	(1)
Glossary	180	(10)
References	190	(8)
Subject Index	198	(5)
Author Index	203