Course and Experiment Instructions for investigators/tutors
Data collection methods/monitoring of experiment
questionnaires,
focus groups and
(individual) interviews
Timetable
The pilot experiment in Lancaster will take place in the second term
of the 2002-3 academic year (i.e. January to March 2003)
The main experiment in Lancaster will take place in the second term
of the 2003-4 and 2004-5 academic years (i.e. January to March 2004
and 2005)
The traditional lecture/seminar-based
format will consist of two 50-minute lectures and one 50-minute
seminar per week, and the web-based version, of three 50-minute laboratory
sessions per week.
The Assessment of the pilot and preliminary results took place between
April 2003 and August 2003, and was reported in Istanbul in June 2003
at the PALA
conference. A copy of the PowerPoint
slides and related notes from the presentation given at the PALA
conference in Istanbul is available.
We hope that the Lancaster pilot can be replicated in partner institutions
at any time during the following academic year (within the academic
years 2003-2004). Exact start and completion dates can be determined
by the individual institutions.
We expect the the main experiment in Lancaster to be replicated in
partner institutions during the academic years 2004-2006.
When we first designed the experiment we assumed that elsewhere the
Lancaster investigation would have to be replicated fairly exactly.
We are now much more relaxed about this matter, as long as the experimental
design suggested stands up to scrutiny. We think we can learn more
if a variety of kinds of investigation take place, with a variety
of kinds of student, as long as the investigations are well-designed
and carefully conducted. If you want to discuss variations, please
email Mick Short.
The (collaborative) analysis/writing up/publication of results procedure
will begin once data has been collated here, at Lancaster.
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