Abstracts
E-learning and the First Year Experience: A Framework for Best Practice
Monday 4 May 2009, 1100 - 1130
Presenter: Kerri-Lee Krause
Griffith Institute for Higher Education, QLD
Presenter Biography
Professor Kerri-Lee Krause is Chair in Higher Education and Director, Griffith Institute for Higher Education, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia. Her research expertise and experience spans broadly across higher education policy areas. Her particular research focus is the student experience in higher education and implications for policy and practice. She has recently been an advisor to the Scottish Quality Assurance Agency on the first year experience. She also recently led a national ALTC-funded project examining teaching-research links across the disciplines and at the institutional policy level.
Abstract
This paper presents a progress report on Phase 1 of a project investigating optimal ways of preparing first year students for adapting to university e-learning environments, with a view to enhancing the quality of their learning experiences, particularly in online environments. This paper draws on the outcomes of the Australian contribution to a cross-national collaboration among a team of investigators1 from Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom who have identified a series of best practices in relation to introducing first year students to e-learning at university. The Australian study draws on the international draft framework – currently under development – with a particular focus on implications for the quality of the first year experience in Australian higher education contexts.
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