From paste-up to power-up: Supporting students to design a research poster

Ayelet Cohen; Jenny McDonald

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 206–210

This paper describes the evaluation of a single teaching intervention, a poster design seminar, facilitated by a professional designer, for a 2nd year undergraduate ecology class. We provide some evidence that the intervention enhances students'...

Discursive constructions of teacher in an educational technology journal

Jenny McDonald; Swee-Kin Loke

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 32, No. 5 (Dec 01, 2016)

The integration of technology with teaching and learning is a significant area of research in the educational technology field. Teachers play an instrumental role in technology integration and many teacher-related factors have been identified that...

Blended learning and curriculum renewal across three medical schools: The rheumatology module at the University of Otago

Simon Stebbings; Nasser Bagheri; Kellie Perrie; Phil Blyth; jenny McDonald; Jenny McDonald

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 7 (Jan 01, 2012)

In response to the challenges created by the implementation of a new medical school curriculum at the University of Otago in 2008, we aimed to develop a blended learning course for teaching rheumatology within the existing musculoskeletal course. We ...

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An empirically-based, tutorial dialogue system: design, implementation and evaluation in a first year health sciences course.

Jenny McDonald; Alistair Knott; Sarah Stein; Richard Zeng

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 562–572

This paper presents one possible approach to providing individualised and immediate feedback to students' written responses to short-answer questions. The classroom context for this study is a large first-year undergraduate health sciences course....

Blended Learning and Curriculum Renewal across Three Medical Schools: The Rheumatology Module at the University of Otago

Simon Stebbings; Nasser Bagheri; Kellie Perrie; Phil Blyth; Jenny McDonald

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 7 (2012) pp. 1176–1189

In response to the challenges created by the implementation of a new medical school curriculum at the University of Otago in 2008, we aimed to develop a blended learning course for teaching rheumatology within the existing musculoskeletal course. We ...

Identifying discriminating variables that determine mobile learning adoption by educators: An initial study

Swee Kin Loke; Stephen Duffull; Jenny McDonald; June Tordoff; Peter Vlugter; Michael Winikoff

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2009 (2009) pp. 602–608

Challenges in integrating a complex systems computer simulation in class: An educational design research

Swee-Kin Loke; Hesham Al-Sallami; Daniel Wright; Jenny McDonald; Sheetal Jadhav; Stephen Duffull; Stephen Duffull

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 28, No. 4 (Jan 01, 2012)

Complex systems are typically difficult for students to understand and computer simulations offer a promising way forward. However, integrating such simulations into conventional classes presents numerous challenges. Framed within an educational...

Developing Digital Information Literacy in Higher Education: Obstacles and Supports

Lynn Jeffrey; Bronwyn Hegarty; Oriel Kelly; Merrolee Penman; Dawn Coburn; Jenny McDonald

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 10 (2011) pp. 383–413

The development of digital information literacy (DIL) has been slow in comparison to changes in information communication technologies, and this remains an issue for the higher education sector. Competency in such skills is essential to full...

Multidiscipline role-play in a 3D virtual learning environment: Experiences with a large cohort of healthcare students

Marcus McDonald; Tracii Ryan; Jenny Sim; Jennifer James; Philip Maude; Sheila Scutter; Denise Wood

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)

Three-dimensional virtual learning environments (3DVLEs), such as Second Life, have been used in education for some time. Although many writers have addressed where, how, and why 3DVLEs are applied in education, only a few articles have concentrated ...

Developing Digital Information Literacy in Higher Education: Obstacles and Supports

Lynn Jeffrey; Bronwyn Hegarty; Oriel Kelly; Merrolee Penman; Dawn Coburn; Jenny McDonald

Journal of Information Technology Education: Research Vol. 10, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2011) pp. 383–413

The development of digital information literacy (DIL) has been slow in comparison to changes in information communication technologies, and this remains an issue for the higher education sector. Competency in such skills is essential to full...

Lessons in designing sustainable mobile learning environments

Mark Lokman; Michael Winikoff; Peter Vlugter; Jenny McDonald; Rob Wass; Maryam Purvis; Richard Zeng; Christoph Matthaei; Swee-Kin Loke

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 565–569

There has been an increase in mobile learning projects reported in scholarly conferences and publications. Our project consists of investigating the integration of mobile learning into an undergraduate Zoology module in which students undertook...

A multi-dimensional measure of e-learning systems success

Joy R Rudland; Judith Swan; Phil Blyth; Michael Winikoff; Jenny McDonald; Swee Kin Loke; Richard Zeng; Ayelet Cohen

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2009 (2009) pp. 908–910