Online support material for Computer Science Honours program using Blackboard

Author

Berrett, Regina ; Giggins, Helen

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

fYear

2009

fDate

8-11 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

22

Abstract

In this paper we present the outcomes of a project aimed to provide online support material to help students to become more familiar with the computer science honours program at The University of Newcastle. We discuss the motivation behind the decision to present the material via a learning management system. These systems are traditionally designed to deliver course material online. We propose a new use for learning management systems, whereby material is organized and presented to inform computer science students about the honours program and consequently give them extra encouragement to undertake the honours program. Additionally, for students that are already enrolled in the program, online support material is made available to help them during the course of their studies.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; University of Newcastle; computer science honours program; learning management system; online course support material; Australia; Computer science; Conducting materials; Education; Educational technology; Electronic mail; Environmental management; Internet; Investments; Least squares approximation; Blackboard; Honours; Learning Management System;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science and Information Technology, 2009. ICCSIT 2009. 2nd IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4519-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4520-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSIT.2009.5234460

Filename

5234460