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1、AVirtualLearningGuide:TechnologiesandLearningPaperAbstract:In1998,developmentalworkandresearchbeganonprovisionofweb-basedvirtuallearningmaterialsatSwinburneUniversityofTechnology,Lilydale.Twoevents(first-thedecisiontoprovideprintedlearningguides,andsecond-thearrivaloftheI
2、nformationTechnology,SystemsandMultimediaDisciplineLeader)actedascatalyticagentsfordevelopmentofthesevirtuallearningmaterialsandconsequent,actionresearchforthecaseunderstudy.Thevirtuallearningmaterialsresearchprojectrequiredgroundinginatleastoneoftheinstructionaltheories.
3、Theresearchtodateindicatesthatitisimportanttobeascomprehensiveaspossibleintermsofinstructionalstrategies,inparticulargainingthelearner’sattention,presentingofobjectivesandstimulatingrecallofknowledgebothlearnedandpreviouslyacquired.Petryetal(Petry,MoutonandREigeluth,1987)
4、hasinpartprovidedasynopsisofselectedtheoriesandmodelsofinstructionaltheorythataredrawnuponatthistime.However,instructionalstrategiesonlyformonefacetoftheformativequestions.Thesecondislearnermotivation.Here,theresearchdrawsupontheworkofKelleretalwhohasexplicitlyaddressedth
5、euseofmotivationalstrategies,(cfKellerandKopp,1987;).Thispaperisconstitutedasaseriesofquestionsemanatingfromareflectiveactionresearchapproachtotheoperationof,orsocialisationof,individualsandgroupsactingasagentswithinanAustralianregionaluniversitycampussetting.Thecampusset
6、tinginessenceprovidesboundaries,orconstrainscertainvariables,withinwhichtoobserveactors.Forexamplethecampuswouldbeconsideredsmallwithonly1500-1800studentsandstaffingofabout0academicsforsometwelvedisciplineareas.Significanttotheresearcher/author,inthepresentresearch,isthei
7、nvestigationandimplementationoflearner-centriccomputer-mediatedonlinestudiesandalsothereflexivemonitoringofoperationalisedresearchanddevelopments.Thiscanbemorespecificallyportrayedas:·Subjectdelivery,usingComputer-MediatedLearning(CML),·DevelopmentofaVirtualLearningGuideT
8、emplate(VLGT);·InvestigationoffirstyearstudentreactionstoCMLandvirtuallearningmaterials;·Investi
