Why the student voice? The case for investigating the distance learners' experience of ICT in distance education
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Paper/Presentation Title | Why the student voice? The case for investigating the distance learners' experience of ICT in distance education |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Andrews, Trish (Author) and Tynan, Belinda (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2010) |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2010 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISBN | 9781742720166 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/procs/Andrews-concise.pdf |
Conference/Event | 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2010) |
Event Details | 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2010) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Delivery In person Event Date 05 to end of 08 Dec 2010 Event Location Sydney, Australia |
Abstract | In recent years the student experience of higher education in general and distance education in particular has been strongly influenced by wide scale uptake of internet based learning approaches, internationalisation and an expanding distance education market, amongst many other trends. As competition within the sector increases because of access to the WWW and other in-country socio-political influences, the push to attract and retain students is becoming a key issue for institutions. Understanding the distance student’s voice in relation to these trends and developing appropriate responses to ensure a satisfactory learning experience is becoming of critical importance. This paper reports on a work in progress. It discusses some of the trends influencing students’ learning in our increasingly borderless world and outlines a rationale for investigating the student voice to meet the unique needs of the distance learner. It describes approaches that will be adopted by a consortium of Australian and New Zealand distance education providers to undertake this work. |
Keywords | students, ICT, technology, higher education, mobile learning |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
Public Notes | Copyright © 2010 Trish Andrews & Belinda Tynan. The author(s) assign to ascilite and educational non-profit institutions, a non-exclusive licence to use this document for personal use and in courses of instruction, provided that the article is used in full and this copyright statement is reproduced. The author(s) also grant a non-exclusive licence to ascilite to publish this document on the ascilite Web site and in other formats for the Proceedings ascilite Sydney 2010. Any other use is prohibited without the express permission of the author(s). |
Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
University of New England | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q143y/why-the-student-voice-the-case-for-investigating-the-distance-learners-experience-of-ict-in-distance-education
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