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Finding a Voice: Learning pronunciation in a second language using a dedicated speech technology
Thomas Kerr
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)
This paper reports on a recent experiment that used Wimba Voice Board (WVB), an online asynchronous recording and playback utility, for teaching basic pronunciation rules to a group of novice learners of Spanish. The experimental design used a pre...
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Paper, Rock, Shotgun? Moving immersive online games from DEstructive to CONstructive
Thomas Kerr; Dean Groom
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 715–717
This poster looks at the taxonomy of game development tools mapped against games-based learning theories in order to suggest the most promising directions to take in online educational software design
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The search for 18 Rabbit: Virtual archaeology and games based learning
Thomas Kerr
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 508–510
This poster presentation documents the development of an exemplar teaching resource that uses a games-based learning approach to engage learners in the study of the archaeology of ancient cultures. “The Search for 18 Rabbit” is a game based in a...
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Minimising the distance, maximising the learning: Successful selection and implementation of an online virtual whiteboard for tutorial sessions
Lee Mowbray; Thomas Kerr; Jenny Donald
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 645–654
Emerging online technologies are increasingly being evaluated to meet the needs of the expanding group of students who wish to balance education with their career and family commitments. This paper describes the collaboration between Educational...
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Teaching by example, learning by design: Three recent technologies in three learning contexts
Thomas Kerr
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2008 (2008) pp. 493–495