The Eighth International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on

SPETSES, GREECE
4-8 July 2001

Abstract:

There are a range of commonly misunderstood issues in teaching and learning online - such as the view that staff workloads increase; that teaching online is of less value than offline; that all online environments are the same; and that online necessarily means only making use of the Internet. This paper uses the results of published research together with the author's first-hand experience in both designing and administering a wide range of online learning environments to debunk these myths and in so doing, outline a pragmatic approach to the effective design and use of online education and training.

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Dr Martyn Wild is Director of the Working for e-Business Research Centre, a Senior Lecturer and a Research Coordinator at Edith Cowan University. His expertise and major research interests are in instructional technologies, pedagogy and e-business. Dr Wild has published extensively and holds a range of competitive grants, including most recently, four ARC grants, and a DCITA Information Technology On-Line (ITOL) grant. Dr Wild is an active member of the international research community, co-editor of the British Journal of Educational Technology, and serves on the editorial review boards of four other international journals.

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30 min. Paper

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Australia