Reflections of Students in Their Use of Asynchronous Online Seminars (Report)
By Educational Technology & Society
- Release Date: 2009-07-01
- Genre: Computers
Description
Introduction Increasing student numbers in higher education make it much more difficult for university teachers to incorporate traditional face-to-face seminars within their teaching (Maier & Warren, 2000). Indeed, the difficulties in using strategies which depend on close contact with students have resulted in the asynchronous online seminar becoming more popular amongst university teachers (Biggs, 2003). This article focuses on the asynchronous online seminar and examines the extent to which such an activity can enhance the student learning experience.
