Through the implementation of online research experiments, Peter Allen aimed to make his research methods unit more relevant and engaging for students.
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eScholar 2011 – Cooperation and collaboration with Google Docs
Ashley Aitken, from the School of Information Systems used Google Docs with his students to facilitate more cooperation, collaboration and engagement. Students reported that developing shared lecture summaries was a useful revision activity.
eScholar 2011 – Using assessment strategies to promote student engagement
eScholar 2011 – Online student debates
Teri Charrois from the School of Pharmacy used online debates to promote critical thinking with positive results. Both formative and summative debate tasks were carried out. The activity was delivered online using CreateDebate. It provided an authentic learning opportunity for the students to be actively engaged with.
Issue 23 – 2010 eScholar showcase
The inaugural eScholar program in 2010 involved ten enthusiastic individuals and teams conducting action research to determine how a learning activity could be effectively implemented using one or more learning technologies.
