Enhancing grasslands education with decision support tools

Helene Daily; James Murray Scott; Jim Reid

Abstract

We have successfully used Decision Support Tools (DST) relevant to the management of grazing enterprises to enhance problem solving skills of undergraduates in Australia. Tools such as GrassGro™ (Moore et al., 1997) and GrazFeed™ (Freer et al., 1997) are accessed from a central server by authorised users at many widely dispersed Universities across Australia using remote access to thin-client technology via an Internet portal. This has been supplemented with training for lecturers. Experience in developing appropriate teaching and learning materials and the reliable delivery of simulation software to many clients has enhanced learning outcomes at tertiary level. We are also trialling the use of DST to other learning sectors.

Original language	English
Pages	210-210
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	IGC 2005: 20th International Grassland Congress - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 26 Jun 2005 → 1 Jul 2005

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Conference	IGC 2005: 20th International Grassland Congress
City	Dublin, Ireland
Period	26/06/05 → 1/07/05

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Educational Technology and Computing

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