I don't get it : just-in-time support for confused students

Donald Shearman, Jim Pettigrew, Carmel Coady, Lyn Armstrong, Harkirat Dhindsa

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Abstract

The times when students want help with mathematics and statistics and the times when help sessions are available through consultations and workshops are often not the same. Rather than bringing issues to consultation and workshop times to be resolved, many students go away with the idea that maths is "hard" and they "just don't get it". The Mathematics Education Support Hub (MESH) is developing a just in time help system utilising both asynchronous (through discussion boards) and synchronous (through Collaborate virtual meetings) components to allow students to pose problems at the time they arise through the asynchronous component, receive a response to the problem within a 24 hour period and, if necessary, continue the help via an online collaborative space.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (2013): 19th-21st September 2013, Australian National University: Students in Transition: The Learners’ Journey
PublisherACSME
Pages83-83
Number of pages1
ISBN (Print)9780987183422
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventAustralian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education -
Duration: 1 Jan 2013 → …

Conference

ConferenceAustralian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education
Period1/01/13 → …

Keywords

  • Western Sydney University
  • study and teaching (higher)
  • blended learning
  • mathematics

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