posted on 2008-01-01, 00:00authored byTerence Timberlake
Casual academics play a major role in higher education in Australia today. In their roles as tutors, demonstrators and markers, casual academics need access to opportunities to develop as teachers. As such, Deakin University has developed an online academic development program designed to better equip new and inexperienced casual academics for their roles. This paper reports on the approach that has been taken to designing one module of an online academic development program for casual academics, considering the influence of information and communication technology (ICT) on this design, and discusses an analysis of the feedback on the module by the participants who completed it. A conclusion is drawn that aligning self paced online learning with induction into a community of practice via ICT presents particular challenges.
History
Pagination
1047 - 1055
Location
Melbourne, Vic.
Open access
Yes
Start date
2008-11-30
End date
2008-12-03
ISBN-13
9780980592702
ISBN-10
0980592704
Language
eng
Publication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereed; E Conference publication
Copyright notice
2008, ASCILITE
Title of proceedings
Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Conference (25th : 2008 : Melbourne, Vic.)