Abstract
While Australian universities offers on-campus students a variety of learning and teaching spaces through which to embed the appropriate range of experiences, the same cannot always be said for distance-education students. This paper will examine the development and delivery of a practical approach to the problem of access as it affects induction and e-learning and teaching: the Ancient History Virtual Campus (AHVC). It is hoped that this outline of the AHVC project will demonstrate access in practice – in particular, how a coherent, immersive induction and student support program can make it possible to counter those feelings of isolation and lack of resources which are major problems for distance-education students and often discourage them from continuing their studies – and provide a model for the development of enriching, participatory learning experiences in online higher education.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 1st International Australasian Conference on Enabling Access to Higher Education |
| Place of Publication | Adelaide |
| Publisher | University of South Australia |
| Pages | 175-186 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1876346639 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| Event | International Australasian Conference on Enabling Access to Higher Education - Adelaide Duration: 5 Dec 2011 → 7 Dec 2011 |
Conference
| Conference | International Australasian Conference on Enabling Access to Higher Education |
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| City | Adelaide |
| Period | 5/12/11 → 7/12/11 |