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Software can Enhance Learning: A Case Study Evaluating the Implementation of an E-Learning Tool in a Multicultural, Tertiary Environment
Abstract
The past 15 years have seen a major increase in the numbers of full fee paying international students entering the New Zealand tertiary education sector. Accompanying this have been significant government policy shifts which have moved New Zealand Universities from a traditional to a corporate and research oriented model of operation. Both these factors have manifested themselves at the classroom level as opposing forces, those of reduced emphasis on faculty teaching time and, paradoxically, expanded need for teaching time for the increasing numbers of students with poor English skills. This paper evaluates a software-based approach to providing a solution to this teaching-time paradox. The author considers the pros and cons of the proposed solution in principle and also in practice using a specific commercially available software application and proffers some conclusions on the desirability and feasibility of such a project.
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