Abstract
In early 2013 the Mathematics Education Support Hub at the University of Western Sydney launched a tutoring service to support students' mathematical and statistical learning in an online environment. Until the end of its pilot implementation in mid 2013, the service operated at all times as a moderated question and answer forum located within the University's Learning Management System (a version of Blackboard Learn known as vUWS). It also featured a 'virtual classroom', which allowed students to interact with mathematics and statistics support staff in a web conferencing space equipped with a wide range of digital communication tools. This paper refers to the service as it was offered in discussing a range of general issues and questions associated with its pilot implementation. Particular attention is given to the issues of pedagogy in a purely online teaching and learning context and communicating asynchronously and synchronously using mathematical language and notation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Electric Dreams : Proceedings of the 30th ascilite Conference, 1-4 December 2013, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia |
| Publisher | Macquarie University |
| Pages | 706-710 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781741384031 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Conference - Duration: 2 Dec 2013 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Conference |
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| Period | 2/12/13 → … |
Keywords
- Australia
- Centre for Western Sydney
- New South Wales
- Western Sydney (N.S.W.)
- education