Journal article
The digital handshake: A group contract for authentic elearning in higher education
Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, Vol.13(3), Article 6
2016
Abstract
An emerging challenge for the Australian higher education sector is the delivery of authentic eLearning to support the collaborative construction of knowledge through the provision of real-life tasks in an online environment. This paper describes research conducted in a fourth-year university course where students from across the nation were required to work in small groups to complete an online assignment task: to design a provocation that could be integrated into an early childhood learning environment to promote multiliteracies learning. A qualitative design-based study of two cohorts of students found that online group work facilitates authentic connections between educational theory and practice, and that the introduction of a ‘digital handshake’ group contract can support these processes.
Details
- Title
- The digital handshake: A group contract for authentic elearning in higher education
- Authors/Creators
- S. Hesterman (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, Vol.13(3), Article 6
- Publisher
- University of Wollongong
- Identifiers
- 991005544919807891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher URL
- http://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol13/iss3/6
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