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Tishkovskaya, Svetlana; Lancaster, Gillian A. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2012
Over the past few decades there has been a large amount of research dedicated to the teaching of statistics. The impact of this research has started to change course content and structure, in both introductory and advanced courses for statisticians and those from other disciplines. In the light of these changes future directions in the teaching…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, College Instruction, Educational Change
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Bjorn-Andersen, Niels – Accounting Education, 2011
This "Postcard" reports how the earthquake on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 in Christchurch, New Zealand, forced a visiting professor to transform his educational model in one week. It was the first week of the academic year 2011 for the University of Canterbury--and the author's first week in New Zealand. As a Visiting Erskine Fellow at the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Foreign Countries, Seismology, College Students
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MacKeogh, Kay; Fox, Seamus – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2009
This paper addresses the question: how can e-learning be embedded in traditional universities so that it contributes to the transformation of the university? The paper examines e-learning strategies in higher education, locating the institutional context within the broader framework of national and international policy drivers which link…
Descriptors: On Campus Students, Higher Education, Action Research, Distance Education
Northover, Mark; Donald, Claire – 2001
The short history in the field of online learning of the UNITEC Institute of Technology (New Zealand) provides a story of changing attitudes and usage at three levels--organizational, tutorial, and student. From the first course designed for flexible delivery in 1994, UNITEC has progressed through three distinct phases of course development (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
Halliday, Jackie – 2001
The Graduate Diploma in Education Technology (GDipEdTech) was developed at the UNITEC Institute of Technology (New Zealand) in 1993 as an open and distance program to meet the needs of teachers in the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors. The program aims to integrate the use of new and emerging technologies into their classroom programs. It…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Environment
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Smith, Alastair G. – Education for Information, 2004
This paper draws on experiences with teaching on online course in digital library issues. The course is offered as part of an MLIS programme. The paper explores student reactions to the online learning environment, which has been delivered using the commercial products WebCT and Blackboard. Student reactions to the use of synchronous and…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Information Management, Electronic Libraries, Internet