Uniting on-campus and distributed learners through media-rich synchronous tools: a national project

Matt Bower; Gregor E. Kennedy; Barney Dalgarno; Mark J W Lee

Uniting on-campus and distributed learners through media-rich synchronous tools: a national project

Matt Bower^*, Gregor E. Kennedy, Barney Dalgarno, Mark J W Lee

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Abstract

Twenty-first century university students find it increasingly difficult to commit to regular face-toface classes, yet real-time interaction and collaboration are often essential to achieving successful learning outcomes. This paper outlines the authors'plans for a cross-institutional project funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council aimed at identifying, characterising and evaluating technology-enhanced ways of bringing together on-campus and geographically dispersed students and engaging them in media-rich collaborative learning experiences. The project will focus on three synchronous technologies: desktop video conferencing, web conferencing and 3D virtual worlds. The paper first presents the rationale for the project, along with the main outcomes envisaged. The project's focus and methodology are then described, before concluding with a call for expressions of interest from members of the ascilite community wishing to join a network of practitioners and/or participate in case-study implementations that will be supported, monitored and evaluated as part of the project.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Changing demands, changing directions
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011
Editors	G. Williams, P. Statham, N. Brown, B. Cleland
Place of Publication	Hobart
Publisher	University of Tasmania
Pages	150-155
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781862956445
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education - "Changing demands, changing directions", ASCILITE 2011 - Hobart, TAS, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2011 → 7 Dec 2011

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Other	Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education - "Changing demands, changing directions", ASCILITE 2011
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Hobart, TAS
Period	4/12/11 → 7/12/11

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Keywords

synchronous learning
rich media
multimodal learning
collaboration
affordances

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Bower, M., Kennedy, G. E., Dalgarno, B., & Lee, M. J. W. (2011). Uniting on-campus and distributed learners through media-rich synchronous tools: a national project. In G. Williams, P. Statham, N. Brown, & B. Cleland (Eds.), Changing demands, changing directions: proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011 (pp. 150-155). University of Tasmania. http://www.ascilite.org/conferences/hobart11/downloads/papers/Bower-concise.pdf

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Bower, M, Kennedy, GE, Dalgarno, B & Lee, MJW 2011, Uniting on-campus and distributed learners through media-rich synchronous tools: a national project. in G Williams, P Statham, N Brown & B Cleland (eds), Changing demands, changing directions: proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011. University of Tasmania, Hobart, pp. 150-155, Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education - "Changing demands, changing directions", ASCILITE 2011, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 4/12/11. <http://www.ascilite.org/conferences/hobart11/downloads/papers/Bower-concise.pdf>

Uniting on-campus and distributed learners through media-rich synchronous tools: a national project. / Bower, Matt; Kennedy, Gregor E.; Dalgarno, Barney et al.
Changing demands, changing directions: proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011. ed. / G. Williams; P. Statham; N. Brown; B. Cleland. Hobart: University of Tasmania, 2011. p. 150-155.

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Uniting on-campus and distributed learners through media-rich synchronous tools: a national project

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