Institute of Teaching and Learning
Deakin University
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Mary DRACUPPresent position Contact details |
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Provision of just-in-time academic support and training in the use of DSO technologies for teaching and learning
Design and development of the Staff DSO support and resources website
Design and development of the Teaching and learning online professional development program
Design and development of the online Plagiarism and collusion self-test (with the Division of Student Life)
Major research project into the impact of story elements in a blended online/face-to-face role play
Educational design and development
I am interested in all aspects of educational design, including design processes and evaluation as well as effective ways to set up learning conversations, deliver engaging content and assess learning outcomes.
Story as a teaching and learning device
At present, I am researching how story forms can be used in online learning as an aid to teaching and learning. I am currently exploring principles of how stories work to help people learn and remember. I will soon start looking at how the age-old educational technique of telling stories (eg through case studies, examples, documentaries, fiction and drama) is used successfully in online teaching at Deakin; and also how effectively different techniques of setting up online story settings in which students co-create the plot, characters and learning outcomes are used here. Ultimately, I hope to draw together some learning designs suitable for online tertiary education that draw on the principles and practices I find to have been proven to be effective.
