Web-based instruction: To what extent
are techniques generaliseable?
Alan Anderson, School of Social Sciences, Southern Cross University,
Lismore, 2480. Email:
aanders1@scu.edu.au Allan Ellis, School of Social Sciences, Southern Cross University, Lismore,
2480. Email:
aellis@scu.edu.au
Keywords
Web, video, transferable, technique, learning, skills
Abstract
Some of the most challenging subjects to teach via the Web are those which
call for the student to develop particular motor skills for operating
specialised equipment or instruments. Surgery is one example; music is another.
On closer inspection, many skill sets are common to seemingly diverse activities
and professions.
Recent advances in desktop video technologies have made it easier to
demonstrate manual skills via the Web, however there is more to the process than
simple show-and-tell by video window on a Web page or downloadable file.
This paper examines how techniques for using desktop video technology to
enhance music teaching can be applied to teaching other subjects over the Web.
Various human movement skills are compared and shown to be applicable across
different fields, as are the techniques that teachers can use to teach these
skills via the Web. The paper concludes that through the sharing of
transferable knowledge between developers of different disciplines, it should be
possible to establish a framework of useful, generic guidelines for using
desktop video technologies to enhance Web-based instruction.
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