‘Placements Online’: Student Experiences of a Website to Support Learning in Practice Settings

Quinney, Anne

doi:10.1080/02615470500096951

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“…Some studies that report on student perceptions of online courses, indicate that students are positive about e-learning feeling that they learnt from the collaborative and reflective interaction with other students (Littlefield and Roberson 2005;Quinney 2005;RobertsDeGennaro et al 2005). The sharing of information through online discussion forums has been a source of support for students involved in practical social work placements (Quinney 2005;Roberts-DeGennaro et al 2005).…”

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Students’ evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities

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Online learning is increasingly being used in Higher Education, with a number of advantages to online learning being identified. One of these advantages is the suggestion that online learning provides for equality of opportunity. This article reports on students' evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities. The results highlighted both positive and negative evaluations of the use of e-learning. The positive aspects identified were that e-learning provided for ease of communication between parties, and easy access to information and learning material. Negative aspects identified were that it presented some technical challenges; online communication was disjointed; there was unequal access to computers between students from the two universities; students felt that more face-to-face interaction is needed. The issue of unequal access to computers and the internet is highlighted as a crucial issue for e-learning in the South African context, and for the fostering of a democratising educational discourse.

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Students’ evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities

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“…Some research studies define elearning as an effective way for enhancing the individual's problem-solving skills [6,32,33]. The studies reported that collaborative learning reflects the interaction with other learners in the formal knowledge-retrieving environment, such as recommender technology, to know their learning goals and support them to be involved in practical work placements [34]. Recommender technology is a part of information retrieval [35].…”

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Retracted: E-Learning Recommender Systems Based on Goal-Based Hybrid Filtering

Chughtai

Selamat

Ghani

et al. 2014

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

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This research work is based on the thesis contribution by proposing the goal-based hybrid filtering approach in e-learning recommender systems (eLearningRecSys). The proposed work has been used to analyze the personalized similarities between learner's profile preferences collaboratively. The proposed work consists of two hybridizations: the first hybridization has been made with content-based filtering and collaborative features to overcome the new-learners zero-rated profile recommendations issue; the second hybridization has been done with collaborative filtering and k-neighborhood scheme features to improve the averagelearner's low-rated profile recommendations issue. Therefore, the proposed goal-based hybrid filtering approach that hybridized content-based filtering, collaborative filtering and k-neighborhood features simultaneously works on both types of learner's profiles recommendation issues in e-learning environments. The experiments in the proposed work are done using the famous "MovieLens" dataset, while the evaluation of experimental results has been performed with mean of precision 83.44% and mean of recall 85.22%, respectively. t-test result shows the probability difference value of 0.29 between the proposed hybrid approach and the evaluated literature work. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed hybrid recommender systems in e-learning scenarios.

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“…It was found that the discussion board was used extensively as a means of continuing collaborative learning relationships that students had established before they began their placement as well as organising and planning academic assignments. Quinney (2005) reports that very little in-depth discussion occurred online, however, and that the students said that this took place when they spoke to each other instead. A requirement to show evidence of reflection and critical analysis in their online interaction as part of their course assessment might result in an improvement in the depth of the postings in the future.…”

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“…A requirement to show evidence of reflection and critical analysis in their online interaction as part of their course assessment might result in an improvement in the depth of the postings in the future. Quinney (2005) also identifies a valuable topic for future research as she makes the point that a detailed examination of the views of the students who did not use the discussion forum would have provided valuable insights. Stracke (2007) has examined this area and focused her research on the students who dropped out of a blended language learning programme.…”

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“…Quinney (2005) describes how learners experienced a website set up to facilitate communication and to support integration of theory and practice for social work students on placement. It was found that the discussion board was used extensively as a means of continuing collaborative learning relationships that students had established before they began their placement as well as organising and planning academic assignments.…”

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A Reflection on Teachers' Experience as E-Learners

Cunningham¹,

McDonnell

McIntyre

et al. 2009

Applied E-Learning and E-Teaching in Higher Education

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This chapter explores the insights gained by a group of teachers from their lived experience as eLearners participating in a blended module on Designing eLearning. An understanding of the student perspective on online learning was obtained but we were also able to reflect on our participation in the module on the basis of our other roles; as teachers and potential eTutors and as course designers. As a result, important considerations were identified for the design and facilitation of online courses. These include; the support provided to online learners, particularly over the first few weeks, appropriate assessment methods, facilitation of online collaboration, access to the Internet, time management and contextualising and scaffolding learning activities. Some issues relating to implementation of effective eLearning in Higher Education Institutions were also considered. Our lived experience as eLearners was invaluable to our development as eTutors and module designers and this approach is strongly recommended to achieve effective learning on how to be an effective online tutor and facilitator and how to design and develop online programmes and activities that make full use of the strengths of online learning.

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‘Placements Online’: Student Experiences of a Website to Support Learning in Practice Settings

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

Students’ evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities

Students’ evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities

Retracted: E-Learning Recommender Systems Based on Goal-Based Hybrid Filtering

A Reflection on Teachers' Experience as E-Learners

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