Online Teaching: Tools and Projects
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The aim of this report is simple. In an age where the use of Computers and Information Technology is almost regarded as essential to every daily activity, academics are coming under increasing pressure (e.g. the opening declaration from the Prime Minister) to adapt their teaching to accommodate the new technologies. This report focuses on a single, but arguably the most important area - the Internet. We will look at the various ways the Internet is being used for teaching, and at projects under development at the moment.
The report is an update of the previous title 'Existing Tools and Projects for Online Teaching' (eds. Groves, Lee, and Stephens, 1997) and supersedes that publication. Through a generous grant by the JISC Technologies Applications Programme we have been able to extend the scope of the report to look at issues arising post-Dearing, computer-based communication, and IMS (to name but a few). All references and links have been checked and updated in order to be accurate at the date of publication. In addition, this report should be read in conjunction with Online Tutorials and Digital Archives (Lee and Groves, 1998) which points to other practical issues. We hope this guide proves to be a useful introduction to academics who wish to use the Internet for their teaching. However, the editors would be very interested to hear from colleagues in other subjects who might wish to contribute similar examples from the Sciences and Social Sciences.