Year: 1996
Author: Yan, Yaw-Kai, Lum, Shawn, Lim, Shirley, Khoo, Guan-Seng
Type of paper: Abstract refereed
Abstract:
The Internet creates a potential platform for collaborative and distributed learning to take place. The internetworking of computer systems and the use of appropriate software tools permit the participants of a course conducted via the Internet to interact and exchange ideas with one another easily and hence, promote collaborative learning among these participants. The participants in such a course will also experience distributed learning as the access to teaching materials will be potentially available on demand independent of time and physical location.
In this presentation, we will be focussing on our efforts in curriculum development of an environmental science module at our university that will conducted in a networked teaching and learning environment. The aim of the curriculum is to promote collaborative and distributed learning of environmental science that emphasizes the acquisition of higher order thinking skills. Some aspects of the curriculum that will be highlighted include the contents of an interactive multimedia teaching system for self-paced learning and scenario generators that allows the participants to experiment with hypothetical environmental possibilities.
In this presentation, we will be focussing on our efforts in curriculum development of an environmental science module at our university that will conducted in a networked teaching and learning environment. The aim of the curriculum is to promote collaborative and distributed learning of environmental science that emphasizes the acquisition of higher order thinking skills. Some aspects of the curriculum that will be highlighted include the contents of an interactive multimedia teaching system for self-paced learning and scenario generators that allows the participants to experiment with hypothetical environmental possibilities.