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Learning styles of ICT specialisation students: do differences in disciplines exist?
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de Salas, K and Lewis, I and Dermoudy, J, Learning styles of ICT specialisation students: do differences in disciplines exist?, Australian Educational Computing, 29, (2) pp. 1-18. ISSN 0816-9020 (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Within existing ICT degrees there is a widely-held belief that content must
be tailored for different ‘kinds’ of students — often two differing student
groups: a technical group requiring detailed Computer Science knowledge
and a separate group requiring less technical, more strategic ICT
knowledge and skills. Our institution has produced a combined degree that
contains both technical and non-technical content taught to a single cohort
of students and thus requires a deeper insight into the needs of this diverse
group of learners. This paper reports on an assessment of learning styles
across our first year students, in order to inform our teaching delivery
practices. Our findings, including for example that there are marked
preferences for some learning styles over others, inform the development of
teaching and assessment materials that better support the diverse needs of
students, regardless of their self-selected discipline.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | higher education, technology, computing, learning styles |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Higher education |
Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
Objective Group: | Other information and communication services |
Objective Field: | Other information and communication services not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | de Salas, K (Associate Professor Kristy de Salas) |
UTAS Author: | Lewis, I (Dr Ian Lewis) |
UTAS Author: | Dermoudy, J (Dr Julian Dermoudy) |
ID Code: | 99866 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
Deposited On: | 2015-04-14 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-18 |
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