Search results for author:"Iain McAlpine"
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Difficulties Students are Having with Cognitive Processes in Problem Based Learning Environments
Som Naidu; Iain McAlpine
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 814–819
For most students inquiry-based learning environments such as problem-based learning (PBL) comprise a major shift away from approaches to learning with which they are most comfortable and familiar. We have been observing PBL students in situ with ...
Topics: Learning Outcomes, Students, Cognition
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An application of online technologies to support collaborative learning in groups for a Bioscience course
Iain McAlpine; Michele Scoufis; Robert Brooks
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 1598–1604
Many students experience difficulties in relating science learning to real-world issues. To develop the abilities of students in a course in Evolutionary and Physiological Ecology to make this relationship more effectively, group work on the...
Topics: Students
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Multimedia Enhanced Active Learning Studio: a development in physics teaching
Iain McAlpine; Maria Cunningham; Richard Newbury; George Hatsidimitris
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 1900–1907
To enhance student learning in first year physics au UNSW, a development project was put in place to integrate conceptual learning and practical applications, using online multimedia resources as a support framework. The project has a theoretical...
Topics: Physical Environments, Students, Multimedia, Integration