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Barry Harper
University of Wollongong
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Barry Harper
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Designing Simulations for complex skill development
Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 713–718
Abstract: Theoretical approaches to instructional design for skill development in complex domains lags behind the changing nature of education and training reflected in the application of contemporary views of learning. In particular, employing...
Topics: Learning Outcomes, Instructional Design
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Constructivist approaches to authoring
John Hedberg; Barry Harper; Barry Harper
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2002)
This paper discusses the thinking behind MediaPlant, an authoring tool which has been designed to embody several constructivist ideas in its development. It begins with some comparisons with some commonly employed tools and suggests that how the...
Language: English
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User control and task authenticity for spatial learning in 3D environments
Barney Dalgarno; Barry Harper; Barry Harper
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2004)
This paper describes two empirical studies which investigated the importance for spatial learning of view control and object manipulation within 3D environments. A 3D virtual chemistry laboratory was used as the research instrument. Subjects, who...
Language: English
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Adventure games in education: A review
Beth Cavallari; John Heldberg; Barry Harper; Barry Harper
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 8, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1992)
This paper details an investigation into the educational applicability of adventure games. Adventure games are defined and their characteristics analysed. Those making claims about the educational viability of adventure games are identified and the...
Language: English
Topics: Games
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Supporting and Developing Teachers through Telecommunications
John G. Hedberg; Barry Harper
Educational Media International Vol. 30, No. 2 (1993) pp. 88–93
Describes five pilot projects in Australia which apply telecommunications to the concepts of distance education and open learning strategies for teachers at the preservice and posttraining level. Future projects using telecommunications for...
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Health Education in a Web-based Learning Environment: Learners' Perceptions
Barry Harper; John Patterson; Lori Lockyer
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 1999 (1999) pp. 56–61
The increasing utilization of the World Wide Web in higher education allows instructors to re examine pedagogical strategies and explore ways of taking advantage of the Web's potential to provide for learning experiences that go beyond that...
Topics: Students
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The ‘Copy and Paste’ Function, Patterns of Learner Activity and Enhancing Cognitive Tools
Michael Morgan; Gwyn Brickell; Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 2449–2468
This research analyses video data to examine changes between levels of process of text-based content of learners using two versions of the ‘Copy and Paste’ function, an unmodified control version and an experimental version with an embedded...
Topics: Cognition
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DESIGNING SIMULATIONS THAT SUPPORT IMPROVED LEARNING OUTCOMES IN WATER CATCHMENT MANGAMENT
Robert Corderoy; Barry Harper; John Hedberg
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2767–2774
Whole catchment management of water resources is a complex process requiring students to develop an understanding of systems and processes which operate over extended timeframes at both a macro and micro environmental level. The development of...
Topics: Interaction, Learning Outcomes
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Simulating algal bloom in a lake: An interactive multimedia implementation
Robert Corderoy; Barry Harper; John Hedberg
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 9, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1993) pp. 115–129
Many of the software packages presently marketed as simulations are in fact little more than 'pre-set', limited models of the 'real world' systems they are designed to emulate. There is little scope for the user to interact with the model as they...
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Applying distributed cognition theory to the redesign of the ‘Copy and Paste’ function in order to promote appropriate learning outcomes
Michael Morgan; Gwyn Brickell; Barry Harper
Computers & Education Vol. 50, No. 1 (January 2008) pp. 125–147
This paper explores the application of distributed cognition theory to educational contexts by examining a common learning interaction, the ‘Copy and Paste’ function. After a discussion of distributed cognition and the role of mediating artefacts in ...
Language: English
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Developing Computer-Based Cognitive Tools That Assist Learners To Interpret Graphs and Tables
Brian Ferry; John Hedberg; Barry Harper
Joint Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education/New Zealand Association for Research in Education 1999 (Nov 29, 1999)
This paper reports on the development and evaluation of cognitive tools used by learners to interpret graphs and tables. The development of these tools was informed by research about how learners interpreted graphs and tables. A prototype of the...
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Simulation of Multiple Perspectives in Road Safety Education
Gregg Rowland; Rob Wright; Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 1602–1608
The possibilities afforded by new multimedia technology, combined with contemporary ideas about learning, have opened up new design opportunities for educational simulations. In particular, the use of sophisticated multimedia environments has made...
Topics: Educational Technology, Multimedia
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Reconceptualising Cognitive Tools for Learner Construction of Knowledge
Michael Morgan; Gwyn Brickell; Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 2720–2727
This paper argues that the notion of cognitive tools for learner knowledge construction in computer mediated learning environments, pioneered by Jonassen and Lajoie, can be re-conceptualised from a distributed cognition perspective, where cognitive...
Topics: Cognition
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Designing Interactive Learning Environments to include construction tools for personally meaningful artefacts
Barry Harper; John Hedberg; Rob Wright
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) p. 416
Designers of interactive learning environments, applying contemporary views of learning, are now employing design models that incorporate the variety of ideas that are based on constructivist frameworks. Designers are attempting to give learners...
Topics: Virtual Environments
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Learning About Multimedia Design Through Real-Life Cases
Sue Bennett; Barry Harper; John Hedberg
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 131–132
Constructivist and situated approaches to the design of multimedia and Web-based learning environments have sought to engage learners in authentic activities set within meaningful contexts. Real-life cases can be used to support authentic activity ...
Topics: Instructional Design, Instructional Materials, Multimedia
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"Making News Today": A Tool for Adoption of Ethics Principles Using Technology-Supported Television Journalism
David Blackall; Lori Lockyer; Barry M. Harper
Learning, Media and Technology Vol. 36, No. 3 (2011) pp. 277–294
There are movements internationally towards curricula that incorporate values and citizenship education. In Australia, this movement has been illustrated with the adoption of a national curriculum in values education. This has arisen from the...
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Constructivist Simulations: A New Design Paradigm
Barry Harper; David Squires; Anne Mcdougall
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 9, No. 2 (2000) pp. 115–130
The possibilities afforded by new multimedia technology, combined with contemporary ideas about learning, have opened up new design opportunities for educational simula-tions. In particular, the use of sophisticated multimedia envi-ronments has made ...
Topics: Multimedia, Educational Technology
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Exploring students' museum experiences in the context of web-based learning environments
Barry Harper; Gwyn Brickell; Janice Herrington
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 1977–1983
The paper examines the nature of school excursions to museums, and how the Internet, and in particular the web pages accompanying museum exhibitions, can be utilised to create authentic and complex learning environments for school students. The...
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Authoring Tools for Construction of Personally Meaningful Artefacts
Rob Wright; Barry Harper; John Hedberg
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 2073–2074
Multimedia authoring tools have long been used by teachers, to support learners in representation of their ideas when adequate technology has been available in classrooms. Through the 1980's and early 1990's, tools such as HyperCard were used...
Topics: Classrooms
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Reducing cognitive load in multimedia navigation
John Hedberg; Barry Harper; Christine Brown
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 9, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1993) pp. 157–181
The emergence of integrated technologies is facilitating the configuration of vision and sound in ways previously impossible with discrete technologies. The attributes of infinite storage, continually increasing speed of access and phenomenal...
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Disseminating and Implementing Educational Research Findings: Stages in the Development of an Online Course for Mathematics Teachers
Gail Hood; Anthony Herrington; Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2162–2169
Between 1999 and 2003 the TIMSS Video Study (Mathematics) analyzed eighth-grade classes from seven countries. Findings are published in two written reports and a set of twenty-eight public release lessons. This paper examines the development of an...
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Exploring the pedagogical foundations of museum exhibitions and their websites
Jan Herrington; Gwyn Brickell; Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 4143–4151
This paper reports in research conducted in two museums in Australia on the beliefs and pedagogies that influenced the design and development of educational materials on museum websites, both for materials that explicitly accompanied and explained...
Topics: Museums
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Technology-supported collaboration on field-based authentic tasks
Gwyn Brickell; Jan Herrington; Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 1961–1968
The traditional 'work-sheet' approach has long been a favoured method for the conduct of field trips and excursions for school students. Such an approach fails to capitalise on constructivist theory and more specifically, collaborative learning,...
Topics: Collaboration, Schools, Educational Technology, Students
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Measuring Effectiveness of Health Education in a Web-Based Learning Environment: A Preliminary Report
Lori Lockyer; John Patterson; Barry Harper
Higher Education Research and Development Vol. 18, No. 2 (1999) pp. 233–46
A study with 62 students compared the effectiveness of face-to-face and World Wide Web-based instruction in the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) segment of an undergraduate health-education course. Results suggest collaborative learning...
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Designing computer based cognitive tools to assist learners to interpret graphs and tables
Brian Ferry; John Hedberg; Barry Harper
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan 01, 1999) pp. 1–19
This paper reports on the development and evaluation of cognitive tools used to interpret graphs and tables. The development of these tools was informed by research about how learners interpreted graphs and tables. A prototype of the cognitive...
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Who benefits from virtuality?
Barry Harper; John G. Hedberg; Rob Wright
Computers & Education Vol. 34, No. 3 (2000) pp. 163–176
For educational software to take advantage of contemporary views of learning, instructional designers need to employ design models that incorporate the variety of ideas that are based on constructivist frameworks for developing learning environments....
Language: English
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StageStruck: Knowledge Construction through Simulated Performance
John Hedberg; Rob Wright; Barry Harper
EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 1534–1535
Learner construction of their understanding is one of the basic tenets of a constructivist framework of learning. Technology-supported learning environments have been developed to support construction and allow students to employ resources to...
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The Design of Performance Support Systems to Contextualise Generic Learning Designs
Wayne Cotton; Lori Lockyer; Gwyn Brickell; Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 476–482
This paper outlines a study of the design and development of a Performance Support System (PSS) for a large-scale project. The project focuses on integrating technology to support learning associated with a K-12 visitation program at the site of the ...
Topics: Teachers, Learning Objects, Games
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Multimedia reporting in science problem solving
Barry Harper; John Hedberg; Robert Wright; Robert Corderoy; Robert Corderoy
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 11, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1995)
The increasing availability of CD ROM based interactive multimedia packages to support learning in science classrooms offers science teachers new pedagogical opportunities for student-centred and cooperative learning. However, many of the current...
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Academic Use of Social Media Technologies as an Integral Element of Informatics Program Delivery in Malaysia
Jane See Yin Lim; Barry Harper; Joe F. Chicharo
International Conferences on Education Technologies (ICEduTech) and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE) 2014 (December 2014)
Higher education institutions are currently examining how the current emerging technologies and social media applications can be integrated with the appropriate teaching pedagogies adopted by higher education institutions to provide students with...
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Developing Reusable Learning Design Resources
Sandra Wills; Shirley Agostinho; Barry Harper; Ron Oliver; John Hedberg
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2002 (2002) pp. 2609–2610
This project aims to produce generic/reusable learning design resources to assist academics to create high quality, flexible learning experiences for students. This is to be achieved by: identifying high quality learning designs used in higher...
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Learning Designs to Support Educationally Effective E-learning Using Learning Objects
Barry Harper; Sue Bennett; Jason Lukasiak; Lori Lockyer
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4732–4738
This paper describes a design approach for integrating learning objects based on a strong pedagogical framework, the Smart Learning Design Framework (SLDF). The framework is based on the assumptions that good learning settings focus on pedagogically ...
Topics: Learning Objects
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Investigating the suitability of pedagogical descriptors for digital learning resources
Shirley Agostinho; Sue Bennett; Lori Lockyer; Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 3482–3489
This paper reports on the initial work conducted by a project focussed on exploring how learning objects could be used by university teachers and instructional designers to create learning experiences for their students. The project's aim is to...
Topics: Instructional Design, Learning Objects
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Designing real life cases to support authentic design activities
Sue Bennet; Barry Harper; John Hedberg; John Hedberg
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2002)
Teachers in a range of disciplines are interested in engaging their students in authentic activities that reflect the experiences of real world practitioners. Adopting this approach requires the design and implementation of learning environments...
Language: English
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Developing a learning object metadata application profile based on LOM suitable for the Australian higher education context
Shirley Agostinho; Sue Bennett; Lori Lockyer; Barry Harper
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 20, No. 2 (Jan 01, 2004) pp. 191–208
This paper reports recent work in developing of structures and processes that support university teachers and instructional designers incorporating learning objects into higher education focused learning designs. The aim of the project is to...
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New Designs for Web Based Learning Environments
Barry Harper; John O’Donoghue; Ron Oliver; Lori Lockyer
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 674–675
With the continued advances in information and communication technology comes the interconnectivity of education institutions, businesses and industries. Either by default or association, the traditional education system will need to change and...
Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Educational Technology
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Educational information systems: Problems of the small educational organisation
John Hedberg; Barry Harper; Deborah Bloch; Deborah Bloch
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 8, No. 2 (Jan 01, 1992)
This paper describes the issues surrounding the provision of information systems to small educational organisations, in particular, the concerns which need to be considered when generating a comprehensive strategy for the implementation of an...
Language: English
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A Technology Supported Visitation Program to the Sydney Olympic Park: Learner Challenges and Teacher Support
Gwyn Brickell; Lori Lockyer; Jan Herrington; Gordon Brown; Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 4683–4689
This paper outlines the development and initial implementation of a technology-supported visitation program for the site of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Australia – the Sydney Olympic Park. The site is embedded with rich content and offers a...
Topics: Learning Objects, Games
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Problem Solving Strategies – Is there a better way?
Gwyn Brickell; Prof. John Hedberg; Brian Ferry; Prof. Barry Harper
EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 197–198
Research on strategy use in problem solving has undergone considerable development in the last decade with the emphasis on the solving of complex and ill-structured problems. In this study, the problem solving strategy used by novice learners was...
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Understanding University Teachers’ Approaches to Design
Sue Bennett; Shirley Agostinho; Lori Lockyer; Lisa Kosta; Jennifer Jones; Barry Harper
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 3631–3637
Little is known about university teachers’ approaches to design. This paper presents preliminary findings from a study that is investigating design processes of teachers in higher education. A summary of the design processes of two Australian...
Topics: Teachers
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Learning management Systems: One Size Fits All?
Ron Oliver; Barry Harper; Tom Reeves; Allard Strijker; Duan vd Westhuizen
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1498–1499
Learning management systems such as WebCT and Blackboard are rapidly becoming the principal systems behind institutions' moves to technology-based learning settings. In settings where lecturers have had no or limited exposure to ICT as a teaching...
Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Learning Management Systems, Learning Objects, Assessment
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Learning designs: Bridging the gap between theory and practice
Sue Bennett; Shirley Agostinho; Lori Lockyer; Lisa Kosta; Jennifer Jones; Rob Koper; Barry Harper
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2007 (2007) pp. 51–60
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A demonstration of metadata and tools for intelligent creation and delivery of Learning Digital Items
Brett Powley Brett; Shirley Agostinho; Sue Bennett; Barry Harper; Lori Lockyer; Jason Lukasiak
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 797–800
Abstract: This paper and accompanying demonstration describe and demonstrate the use of metadata and accompanying prototype tools for intelligent creation of Learning Digital Items. The metadata and tools have been developed as a part of the Smart...
Topics: Learning Objects
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Conversation, the constructivist perspective
Gary Ferguson-Smith; David Allibon; Christine Brown; Barry Harper; John Hedberg
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 333–338
This paper is a report in progress on a longitudinal case study over six years at Apollo Parkways Primary School. Apollo Parkways is an elementary school in middle to lower-middle class socioeconomic suburb in Melbourne, Victoria Australia. The...
Topics: Community, Change, Schools, Middle School Education
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A Framework for the Flexible Content Packaging of Learning Objects and Learning Designs
Jason Lukasiak; Shirley Agostinho; Ian Burnett; Gerrard Drury; Jason Goodes; Sue Bennett; Lori Lockyer; Barry Harper
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Vol. 13, No. 4 (2004) pp. 465–481
This paper presents a platform-independent method for packaging learning objects and learning designs. The method, entitled a Smart Learning Design Framework, is based on the MPEG-21 standard, and uses IEEE Learning Object Metadata (LOM) to provide...
Topics: Learning Objects
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An examination of learning design descriptions in an existing learning design repository
Shirley Agostinbo; Sue Bennett; Lori Lockyer; Jennifer Jones; Lisa Kosta; Barry Harper
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2009 (2009) pp. 11–19
The past decade has seen a significant expansion of flexible learning in higher education as new communication technologies have broadened the scope and potential for online learning. With this expansion has come the need for pedagogically sound...
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Investigating the Use of Social Media by University Undergraduate Informatics Programs in Malaysia
Jane See Yin Lim; Shirley Agostinho; Barry Harper; Joe F. Chicharo
International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech) 2013 (2013)
The use of digital technologies in higher education has been driven by a number of underlying assumptions about the affordances of the available technology for social interaction and learning. This trend has not only been advocated by administrators ...