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Improving student writing processes using technically supported flexible strategies

Robert A Ellis
Academic Development Unit
Centre for Higher Education Development
University of Western Sydney Hawkesbury


Flexible systems used to promote student learning include both technically and non-technically supported strategies. Investigating the former through the use of an online writing project to improve undergraduate students' writing processes, a number of flexible learning benefits have been revealed. These benefits include: flexibility in the timing of study, such as offering faster progress through the assessment items of a course, flexibility in the choice of assessment tasks, flexibility in the place of study, by offering parts of the assessment tasks which can be completed away from the tutorial room, flexibility in the mediums used for teaching, flexibility in the learning pathways and flexibility in the types of feedback opportunities of which students may avail themselves in their writing processes. The success of flexible systems designed to promote student learning can be enhanced by closely aligning them to the needs of the learning context.

Contact person: Robert A Ellis. Email: r.ellis@uws.edu.au
Voice: +61(0)2 4570 1828 Fax: +61(0)2 4570 1606

Please cite as: Ellis, R. (2000). Improving student writing processes using technically supported flexible strategies. In Flexible Learning for a Flexible Society, Proceedings of ASET-HERDSA 2000 Conference. Toowoomba, Qld, 2-5 July. ASET and HERDSA. http://cleo.murdoch.edu.au/gen/aset/confs/aset-herdsa2000/abstracts/ellis-r-abs.html


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