Blended Learning for the Indo-Pacific

Tom Worthington*

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    Abstract

    Information technology disciplines make up a significant proportion of the degrees taken by international students at Australian universities. These programs are primarily delivered on-campus, but are increasingly using e-learning techniques and becoming, in effect, blended. This provides the opportunity to offer international students part of their program by distance education before, or instead of, traveling to Australia. This could complement the campus-based education provided and complement initiatives by China, Australia, Japan and the United States for regional development. However, Australian university academics have little background or training in e-learning and program designs have not made use of the flexibility this provides. In this paper, we discuss how computer professionals can be trained online to deliver online training to students of the Indo-Pacific. The application of learning theory to support distance learners is also discussed in this paper.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
    EditorsMark J.W. Lee, Sasha Nikolic, Montserrat Ros, Jun Shen, Leon C. U. Lei, Gary K.W. Wong, Neelakantam Venkatarayalu
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages861-865
    Number of pages5
    ISBN (Electronic)9781538665220
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2018
    Event2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018 - Wollongong, Australia
    Duration: 4 Dec 20187 Dec 2018

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018

    Conference

    Conference2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityWollongong
    Period4/12/187/12/18

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