The Centre students' experience of VBCs

notes from a paper by Carol Hunter

• new tools may need to be explained (like the Calendar in Webct)

• most students still wanted this (course introduction book) in print as a backup

• most prefer video conference as they like face-to-face interaction and immediate feedback

• students prefer "almost unanimously" to interact with other students via discussion boards

Testing

• USPnet operators should test the software from a student's perspective

Seed Questions

• "lecturer feedback was very important to most students. They also wanted the lecturer to set interesting topics to focus the discussion, as they say the students don't tend to ask questions."