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An application of online technologies to support collaborative learning in groups for a Bioscience course
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, , , The University of New South Wales, Australia

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-48-8 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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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 scientific aspects of current issues was introduced into the course, supported by online courseware. This paper examines the theoretical basis for collaborative group learning and considers the role of computer based technologies to support and enhance this approach. The application of group work to the course is described, with feedback from students obtained through a number of focus groups.

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McAlpine, I., Scoufis, M. & Brooks, R. (2003). An application of online technologies to support collaborative learning in groups for a Bioscience course. In D. Lassner & C. McNaught (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2003--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 1598-1604). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved July 1, 2022 from .

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