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An Investigation of the Enabling Features of the Oz Soils CD Program to Scaffold Transfer of Conceptual Understandings from Independent Learning Contexts to Laboratory and Real-life Contexts

  • Heiko Daniel
  • , Peter Vincent Lockwood
  • , Cherry Stewart
  • , Catherine McLoughlin

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterResearch

    Abstract

    Oz Soils is a CD-ROM based interactive multimedia program that assists students in understanding the fundamental concepts and processes of soil science. Funded by CUTSD and developed in 1997 at the University of New England, the 18 teaching modules have been integrated into the teaching curriculum of Soil Science 211 (internal), and Soil Science 212 (external)). Oz Soils makes use of interactive animations, still graphics, and text, and includes interactive self-assessment questions.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationLearning-Centred Evaluation of Computer-Facilitated learning Projects in Higher Education
    EditorsRob Phillips
    Place of PublicationPerth, Australia
    PublisherAustralian Universities Teaching Committee
    Pages79-92
    Edition1
    ISBN (Print)086905824X
    Publication statusPublished - 2002

    Keywords

    • Crop and Pasture Production

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