IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING
ONLINE TEACHING & LEARNING — SPRING 2005
Setting The Scene
Seize the day!
Online learning needs teacher support to realise its potential for change, writes Jillian Dellit.
Learning objects are tracking well
Results of a pilot review of online curriculum content by Peter Freebody.
No time to gather dust
The role and skills base of the teacher librarian are changing fast. Catherine Kerstjens reports.
The object? Learning!
A school visit in country Victoria convinces David McRae of the value of learning objects.
Innovation & Practice
Cracking the code
Teaching students to understand Chinese and Japanese characters is suddenly simpler, reports Andrew Scrimgeour.
Getting down to basics
Olivia Clarke explores the evidence of how learning objects help teachers teach.
There's more to languages than words
Joe Lo Bianco simplifies the principles of language acquisition and explains how they relate to online learning.
Virtual practice creates new skills
Arts and Technology learning objects encourage enterprise learning, reports Susan Atkins.
A literacy lifeline for students at risk
Using multimedia learning objects can rekindle the interest of middle school students, writes Len Unsworth.
Thirty years on: computers and mathematics
Howard Reeves analyses recent developments in online content for Mathematics.
From video games to visual learning
Learning objects will never replace hands-on experience, but they can be hugely helpful to science students, writes Denis Goodrum.
Curriculum Centrefold
The Le@rning Federation
Studies of Australia
Online resources bring Australia's history to life and engage students with important social and ethical issues. By Daniel Hughes and Rob Gilbert.
New Ways To Learn
ICT and languages
Hilary Hughes suggests interesting ways for language teachers to harness the available technology.
Engaged to learn
Barry Dittman explains a working partnership between his school and scientists from the Department of Natural Resources and Mines.
Changing landscapes
Cheryl Doig discusses new roles for ICT in assessment of students born into a digital world.
Online projects open new educational windows
Sally Blackwell outlines three online classroom projects developed in NSW.
Not just for rural and remote
Carmel Kriz and Andrew Burgess look at the pros and cons of distance learning via online technology.
An emoticon for the teacher?
Oscar Trimboli discusses integrating technology into the Australian classroom and curriculum.
Editorial
Beware the neo-Luddite!
Editorial by Susan Mann.
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