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Introducing flexible learning into a traditional teaching regime

Rosemary Millar
School of Physics, University of Sydney


This presentation will describe the issues and challenges addressed when introducing some flexible learning opportunities into Junior Physics courses at a traditional research oriented university. To meet the increasingly diverse needs of our student population it was decided to change the basic structure of our courses. Choice empowers students to take more control in their studies and we have provided a course structure which allows students to choose in their first semester of study a course suitable to their physics background and in their second semester a course suitable to their career objectives. This avoids the traditional problem of life science physics being a lower level course and allows able students interested in the life sciences to continue into second year physics if they wish.

In addition some portions of the course were redesigned to optimise the opportunity for student oriented learning. Issues and challenges arising with these changes will be outlined. The presentation will finish with a report of research being carried out to evaluate these changes to see if they were successful in catering to the diverse needs of our students.

Contact person: Rosemary Millar. Email: R.Millar@physics.usyd.edu.au
Voice: +61(0)2 9351 5975 Fax: +61(0)2 9351 7726

Please cite as: Millar, R. (2000). Introducing flexible learning into a traditional teaching regime. 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/millar-abs.html


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