Academic and Technical staff interested in producing Multimedia educational resources, especially those who are attracted to the possibilities of Multimedia in Computer-Based Teaching, but who lack the time, resources and technical knowledge to get started. We will discuss some of the issues involved and will demonstrate a solution that involves the recruitment of undergraduates to produce high quality teaching materials.
AINSLIE ELLIS is a lecturer in the Peninsula School of Computing and Information Technology at Monash University. She has been actively involved in the development of CBT applications as well as the supervision of students doing development work in this area.
CHRIS BROWNE is in the Department of Physiology, where he is currently a Senior Lecturer. He has been actively interested in the production of CBT materials for several years and he is very pleased to have been the inaugural HEPCIT presenter in early 1994.
This presentation will report on a project undertaken between the Department of Physiology and the School of Computing and Information Technology at Monash University, to develop an interactive CBT tutorial package for instruction in Morphometry, which is taught within a second year Physiology science subject to a total of 360 students per year. In order to be successful, the project must draw together three key human elements. These are:
Each has a specific role, with attendant responsibilities, in the development and successful implentation of the project.
The STUDENT perspective focuses on the multimedia development life cycle, with particular emphasis on project management, workloads, task allocation and documentation.
The SUPERVISION perspective involves the monitoring of the project, including the level of supervision required, frequency of meetings, liaison with the student group and the client, the scope of the project brief and the establishment and monitoring of appropriate milestones.
The CLIENT perspective involves the nature and use of the product required, the vital attributes which must be part of the product, the 'optional extras', which are highly desirable in the product, the needs to advise the students of the proposed use of the product and consideration of the computing knowledge and skills of the final users.
The presenters will consider issues relating to the final presentation of the project, including pilot testing, building in "robustness" and packaging for use. They will discuss the implications of this form of development of 'courseware' for tertiary academics and the future of CBT applications. The presentation will be illustrated with many examples drawn from the Morphometry multimedia project.
(Ainslie has advised that a further collaborative project has been undertaken in the Faculty of Business and Economics at Caulfield campus, this time involving use of the World Wide Web.)
For further information, please contact the presenters direct: