Lighting up and transforming online courses: Letting the teacher’s personality shine

Maria Northcote

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 694–698

Affective aspects of learning have been shown to influence cognitive aspects of learning (Russo & Benson, 2005; Salmon, 2004) and online educators are increasingly aware of the role played by emotions in online learning. To encourage a well-rounded...

Sense of place in online learning environments

Maria Northcote

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2008 (2008) pp. 676–684

A Model for Online Unit Development: Necessity, the Catalyst for Invention

Maria Northcote; Tony Fetherston

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 1414–1418

Theoretical frameworks and practical processes driving online course development in tertiary institutions are currently under pressure, scrutiny and review and online courses are increasingly seen as an answer to these problems. Useable procedures,...

Topics: Distance Education

Online Learning in Higher Education: Comparing Teacher and Learner Perspectives

Peter Kilgour; Maria Northcote

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 2089–2099

Abstract: Higher education teachers’ and learners’ experiences of online teaching and online learning are tempered by their respective perceptions of their online educational environments. While much research has been undertaken in recent years to...

Topics: online learning environments

Mathematics on the Move: Using Mobile Technologies to Support Student Learning (Part 1)

Catherine Attard; Maria Northcote

Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom Vol. 16, No. 4 (2011) pp. 29–31

It is a common belief that the incorporation of computer technology into mathematics teaching and learning motivates and engages students. However, research into the use of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in mathematics classrooms...

Assessment online : New horizons and blue skies

Catherine McLoughlin; Maria Northcote

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 2460–2463

The use of the WWW in tertiary learning environments offers greater adaptability and flexibility than traditional assessment procedures as it enables the planning and design of tasks that monitor both learning processes and learning outcomes. This...

Topics: Learning Outcomes, Assessment

Online Assessment Criteria in Action: Task Design in Contrasting Tertiary Education Contexts

Amanda Kendle; Maria Northcote

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2001 (2001) pp. 920–924

Our previous research provided a theoretical basis for a proposed set of practical design criteria for online assessment tasks. This work has been motivated by our recognition of the importance of not simply transferring face-to-face or distance...

Topics: Assessment

Transforming online curricula, transforming staff

Maria Northcote; Tony Martin

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 699–701

Developing online teaching skills can occur through involvement in learn-by-doing strategies, which incorporate informal, organic or needs-driven strategies. Such processes are sometimes labelled as “bottom-up” staff development processes. In other...

Dreams, hiccups and realities: What happens when lecturers and students co-design an online module?

Maria Northcote; Beverly Christian

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 642–646

Negotiating curriculum design with students for students involves incorporating both the students’ needs and the lecturers’ requirements into the course structure, learning activities , resources and assessment tasks. In 2012, two lecturers and a...

Mathematics on the Move: Using Mobile Technologies to Support Student Learning (Part 2)

Catherine Attard; Maria Northcote

Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom Vol. 17, No. 1 (2012) pp. 29–32

Continuing the series of articles on teaching mathematics with technology, this article furthers the authors' exploration of the use of a range of mobile technologies to enhance teachers' practices in the primary mathematics classroom. In Part 1 of...

Benchmark yourself: Self-reflecting about online teaching

Maria Northcote; Jack Seddon; Philip Brown

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (2011) pp. 904–908

Teachers need effective online teaching and course development skills to engage higher education students in meaningful, socially contextual, challenging and engaging learning experiences. To develop these skills, academic teaching staff typically...

Using the TPACK framework to unite disciplines in online learning

Alan Anderson; Nicholas Barham; Maria Northcote

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 4 (Sep 22, 2013)

This paper builds on a previous case study in which a group of lecturers from various disciplines were interviewed about their practice as facilitators of online learning. The lecturers' comments about their teaching practices revealed their...

Using the TPACK Framework to Unite Disciplines in Online Learning

Alan Anderson; Nicholas Barham; Maria Northcote

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 29, No. 4 (2013) pp. 549–565

This paper builds on a previous case study in which a group of lecturers from various disciplines were interviewed about their practice as facilitators of online learning. The lecturers' comments about their teaching practices revealed their...

What Matters Most when Students and Teachers Use Interactive Whiteboards in Mathematics Classrooms?

Kimberley McQuillan; Maria Northcote; Peter Beamish

Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom Vol. 17, No. 4 (2012) pp. 3–7

Teachers are encouraged to immerse their students in rich and engaging learning environments (NSW Department of Education and Training, 2003). One teaching tool that can facilitate the creation of rich learning environments is the interactive...

How Engaged are Our Students? Using Analytics to Identify Students At-risk

Tony Williams; Jason Morton; Peter Kilgour; Maria Northcote

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 122–128

Learning Management System (LMS) analytics have become an area of increasing interest and development. The potential to better understand our students’ levels of engagement provided by the systems have, to date, has been underutilized information...

Topics: Learning management systems and environments, Data Analytics

Interactive whiteboards: Interactive or just whiteboards?

Maria Northcote; Paula Mildenhall; Linda Marshall; Paul Swan; Paul Swan

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 26, No. 4 (Jan 01, 2010)

Over the last decade, interactive whiteboards have become popular teaching and learning tools, especially in primary school classrooms. Research studies from recent literature report on high levels of student motivation, teacher enthusiasm and whole-...

Language: English

Virtual Manipulatives on the Interactive Whiteboard: A Preliminary Investigation

Paula Mildenhall; Paul Swan; Maria Northcote; Linda Marshall

Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom Vol. 13, No. 1 (2008) pp. 9–14

As part of the project titled "Hands-On Heads-On: The Effective Use of Manipulatives Both Virtual and Physical" being undertaken at Edith Cowan University, there was an investigation into the use of virtual manipulatives and the interactive...

Development of an Evidence-Based Professional Learning Program Informed by Online Teachers' Self- Efficacy and Threshold Concepts

Kevin P. Gosselin; Maria Northcote; Daniel Reynaud; Peter Kilgour; Malcolm Anderson; Chris Boddey

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks Vol. 20, No. 3 (2016) pp. 178–194

As online education continues to expand across varied educational sectors, so does the demand for professional development programs to guide academic teaching staff through the processes of developing their capacities to design and teach online...

Development of an Evidence-based Professional Learning Program Informed by Online Teachers' Self-efficacy and Threshold Concepts

Kevin Gosselin; Maria Northcote; Daniel Reynaud; Peter Kilgour; Malcolm Anderson; Chris Boddey

Online Learning Journal Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul 08, 2016)

As online education continues to expand across varied educational sectors, so does the demand for professional development programs to guide academic teaching staff through the processes of developing their capacities to design and teach online...