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Monthly Archives: May 2008

Understanding approaches to improving a course

May 18, 2008 · by David Jones | in addie, c2d2, elearning, paperIdeas | Leave a comment

Theoretically the group I work with is charged with helping staff at CQU improve the quality of their learning and teaching. To improve the courses they teach. A task that is not particularly easy for any number of reasons. Including the one identifed by Farhad Saba in this post. i.e. that academics by nature are […]

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