301489 (v.2) Internet Studies 543 - Internet-based Learning for Higher Education

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Area:	Department of Media and Information
Contact Hours:	2.0
Credits:	25.0
Individual Study:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Motivations and opportunities for Internet-based learning, especially in higher education. Educational principles - student-centred learning, active learning, and constructivist epistemologies. Key techniques for using websites and computer-mediated communication. Administration, management and evaluation of IBL. Problems and barriers to be overcome, skills and resources needed. Strategies - hypertext, synchronising groups and individuals, communities, assessment, searching and storing.