Appendix 12 - Project outcomes and deliverables
The overall aim of this research was to enable an informed answer to the question of how
iLecture and similar web-based lecture technologies could be used to best effect to support
learning and teaching. More specifically, the initial project proposal also foreshadowed
numerous other outcomes and deliverables. These are listed below, with comments about
their status.
Overall, the research sought an understanding of:
Status
Outcome
How the technology is integrated into the
These questions have been answered
curriculum, its role and relationship with
adequately in this report.
other elements within the curriculum
How the technology can effectively
These questions have been answered
support learning and teaching in different
adequately in this report.
contexts, taking into account disciplinary
differences, student diversity, specific
teaching aims and learning outcomes.
The educational implications of its use for: These questions have been answered
ƒ the design and delivery of
adequately in this report. See also specific
curricula
outcomes below.
ƒ academics and their teaching
ƒ students, their learning and the
establishment of effective learning
environments
ƒ professional development of
academic staff
ƒ academic policies and practices
Stage 1 Outcomes - Register of issues arising from student and staff surveys
Outcome
Status
Usage patterns and teaching and learning Achieved and reported here
preferences
The uses students are making of the
Achieved and reported here
technology to support their learning
The uses teachers are making of the
Achieved and reported here
technology as a teaching and learning
tool
The changes taking place in the learning
There is evidence, from the student
environment, from both a teaching
perspective, of a blurring between internal and
perspective and a student learning
external modes of study. There is evidence that
perspective
some staff have changed the way they design
and teach their subjects.
The changing role and place of lectures
WBLT is changing the role of lectures in higher
within the curriculum
education. This research affirms the role of
lectures, but only as one tool in a broader
teaching toolbox.
The impact of the technology on lecturing
WBLT have had an impact on classroom
styles and lecture-room dynamics
attendance rates in many cases. Students gain
value from lectures, even if they do not attend
in person.
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Stage 2 outcomes
Outcome
An expanded register of issues
relating to the use of web-based
lecture technologies for learning
and teaching which build on the
findings of the first stage
research and take into account
contextual differences
An identification of strategies for
dealing with these issues
Examples of how web-based
lecture technologies can be used
effectively to support learning
and teaching in different
contexts
Recommended guidelines for
good practice
Foreshadowed implications for
policy and practice as it relates to
academic practices, quality
learning and teaching, and
curriculum development
Deliverables
Outcome
Final report
Vignettes
Case studies
Frequently-asked
questions
Guidelines for students
Guidelines for staff
Status
These issues have been summarised in chapters 6 & 7
of this report, and below.
The 'good practice guidelines' and 'frequently-asked
questions' address these issues. See below.
The Case Studies and Vignettes identify examples of
good practice. See deliverables.
Guidelines for good practice include 'toolkits' for
students, staff and administrators, as well as a set of
frequently-asked questions. See deliverables.
Guidelines for good practice include 'toolkits' for
students, staff and administrators, as well as a set of
frequently-asked questions. See deliverables.
Status
Achieved
19 vignettes included in this report and on the project web site
http://www.cpd.mq.edu.au/teaching/wblt/vignettes
6 case study reports included in this report and on the project
web site. http://www.cpd.mq.edu.au/teaching/wblt/casestudy
A digital story from one case study is in the Carrick Exchange.
http://www.cpd.mq.edu.au/teaching/wblt/faq
http://www.cpd.mq.edu.au/teaching/wblt/toolkits/student.pdf
http://www.cpd.mq.edu.au/teaching/wblt/toolkits/staff.pdf
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