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TILT Publications and References

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Publications - Printed Reports

TILT produced a series of reports covering

evaluation
case studies
pedagogical effectiveness
cost effectiveness
changes to curricula
changes to teaching methods
resource investment

Judgements based on these reports assisted decisions on changes to the University's organisation, resources and teaching methods.

March 1994: Evaluation Group 44pp A4
Observing And Measuring The Performance Of Educational Technology (ISBN 085261 521 3)
by Steve Draper, Margaret Brown, Eddie Edgerton, Fiona Henderson, Erica McAteer, Ewen Smith and Helen Watt.
This report is concerned with what we can discover about learning that results from employing educational technology, particularly computer technology. It represents what the group learned from carrying out seven studies during the first 15 months of the three-year project. TILT's Evaluation group is adapting methods so that learning packages, and the ways in which they are used, can be improved by evaluating them from both an IT perspective and an educational perspective.
An extended abstract by Stephen W Draper is on another page.
July 1994: Multimedia Group 56 pp A4 with illustrations
Constructing and Implementing Multimedia Teaching Packages (ISBN 085261 454 3)
by Stephen Arnold, Niall Barr, Paul Donnelly, Celia Duffy, Phil Gray, David Morton, Douglas Neil and Niall Sclater.
This report presents the initial findings of the Multimedia group from the first stage of the TILT project. It describes the strategies used for implementing multimedia teaching, the selection of authoring software and details how the packages were built. Testing and evaluation methods are investigated and the post-evaluation findings presented.
Contents
1. Chapter 1: Planning for teaching with multimedia
  1. Preparation and development
    - Background
    - Presuppositions
  2. Strategies for implementing multimedia teaching
    - Selecting classes
    - Teaching modes
2. Chapter 2: Implementing teaching with multimedia
  1. Developing a multimedia package
    - Original intentions
    - Sources of courseware
    - Selecting authoring software
    - Constructing a multimedia package
  2. Strategies for ensuring that multimedia works
    - Informal testing
    - Formal evaluation
  3. Modifications to learning theory, package design or implementation strategy
3. Chapter 3: Provisional conclusions
  Appendix 1: Courseware produced to date and technical specifications.
  Appendix 2: Sample screenshots
March 1995 : 58pp A4 with illustrations
Using Learning Technologies: Interim Conclusions from the TILT Project (ISBN 0 85261 473 X)
by G Doughty, S Arnold, N Barr, M Brown, .L Creanor, P Donnelly, S Draper, C Duffy, H Durndell, M Harrison, F Henderson, A Jessop, E McAteer, M Milner, D Neil, T Pflicke, M Pollock, C Primrose, S Richard, N Sclater, R Shaw, S Tickner, I Turner, R van der Zwan, H Watt; edited by R Shaw.

The main readers for whom this report is intended are those currently concerned with introducing new learning technologies into higher education.
We present a set of interim conclusions drawn by members of the TILT project that seem important at this stage. We also propose some recommendations, based on practices which have been adopted at the University of Glasgow, and on debate within TILT, with colleagues in other TLTP projects and with many others. We hope that, in the remaining months of the project, further work and widespread discussions based around this report will refine our conclusions and deliver more.
April 1995 102pp A4 with 28 Tables, 78 Charts, 9 Screenshots
A Hypertext Approach to Information Skills: Development and Evaluation (ISBN 0 85261 476 4)
by L Creanor, H Durndell, F P Henderson, C Primrose, M I Brown, S W Draper, E McAteer.

This very detailed report describes the development of information skills packages by Library staff within TILT, and their evaluation by the TILT Evaluation Group. It is the first report to show case studies of TILT's evaluation methods in action.
The Library has produced a number of information skills packages which deal with generic issues. These are of interest to a wide variety of students from all faculties, therefore the material is not subject-specific. The aim is that the packages will be incorporated into seminars and training sessions by Library and Academic staff. In addition they will be available on an open-access basis on clusters throughout the campus for students to consult when necessary.
The Evaluation Group has two kinds of contribution. On the one hand it collaborates with the other groups in evaluating the courseware they are working on, and contributing to their conclusions. On the other hand, its method and instruments are themselves a worthwhile result. The ultimate objective is an evaluation method which may be run by teachers, or others, with as small a contribution as possible from specially trained staff.
The TILT programme in the Library enables us to explore potential solutions to many of the problems which have plagued library teaching. It enables us to extend our range, in terms of both content and numbers. It is flexible, capable of application in formal teaching contexts and also open to use for private study. And, with its emphasis on generic skills and encouragement of self-directed study, it adopts a modern teaching approach.

Free copies are available to all staff in the University of Glasgow, and many are circulated. Beyond Glasgow University a few copies are distributed free to TLTP projects, CTI Centres and the UCoSDA staff training list. Copies are often distributed at LTDI and other training events. Otherwise a cheque for 7 pounds to UK addresses or 10 pounds non-UK (or nearest in your own currency) payable to "University of Glasgow" to:
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Publications - Papers

TILT staff have published papers in the academic and professional literature:
1. Gordon Doughty, Heading for independence at full TILT, The Times Higher Education Supplement, 13th May 1994.
2. Linda Creanor and Helen Durndell, Teaching Information Handling Skills with Hypertext, Program, pp.349-365, 28 No 4, October 1994, Aslib.
3. Gordon Doughty, Jane Magill and Ian Turner, Interactive Multimedia Computer Based Assessment, Active Learning, 1, 38 (Dec 1994).
4. Niall Barr, Erica McAteer & Douglas Neil, Integrating computer-based learning with conventional laboratory teaching. In TLTP Newsletter 2, (1994).
5. Steve Draper, Fiona Henderson, Margaret Brown, Erica McAteer, Ewen Smith, Helen Watt, TILT Evaluation Experiences, in TLTP/CTI Conference Proceedings - Evaluation, Dissemination, Implementation, 2-4 November 1994.
6. Niall Barr, Erica McAteer & Douglas Neil, CBL in the Laboratory Life Sciences Educational Computing, 5 (3) January 1995.
7. Duffy C, Arnold S, Henderson F, NetSem - electrifying undergraduate seminars, Active Learning, 2 (1995). Reprinted in Musicus (CTI Centre for Music), 4, June 1995.
8. Stephen Richard, Driver education for the superhighway; CAL for end users pp.313-325, in Helal, AH & Weiss JW eds, Information Superhighway: the role of Librarians, Information Scientists and Intermediaries,publications of Essen University Library, 18, 17th International Essen Symposium, 24 - 27 October 1994.
9. Douglas Neil, Erica McAteer, Niall Barr, WJ Heitler, Evaluation of a neurophysiological simulation in a real teaching context, Paper presentation at the Society for experimental Biology Annual Meeting, St.Andrews University, April 3 1995.
10. Stephen Arnold, Celia Duffy, An integrated computing environment for music education, proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference, Banff, Canada, September 1995.
11. McAteer E, Harland M, Sclater N, De Tudo Um Pouco - a little bit of everything, Active Learning 3, 10-15, (1996).
12. Draper S W, McAteer E, Tolmie A K, Anderson A, Bringing a constructivist approach to bear on evaluation, Foot et al (Eds), Group and Interactive Learning, Computational Mechanics Inc (1994).
13. Paul J Donnelly Multimedia in Language Learning, an Open or Closed Case ?, Computing and Teaching in the Humanities: selected papers from the CATH94 Conference held at University of Glasgow, September 9th-12th 1994, edited by Michael Popham and Lorna Hughes. CTI Centre for Textual Studies Occasional Series, Number 2, 1996.
14. Linda Creanor and Carol Primrose, Information Skills - The Hypertext Approach, Computing and Teaching in the Humanities: selected papers from the CATH94 Conference held at University of Glasgow, September 9th-12th 1994, edited by Michael Popham and Lorna Hughes. CTI Centre for Textual Studies Occasional Series, Number 2, 1996.
15. Duffy, C., Arnold, S.,From modes to MIDI: methodologies for multimedia music courseware, Computing and Teaching in the Humanities: selected papers from the CATH94 Conference held at University of Glasgow, September 9th-12th 1994, edited by Michael Popham and Lorna Hughes. CTI Centre for Textual Studies Occasional Series, Number 2, 1996.
16. S White, W Strang, G Doughty, R Rist, Learning environments: a tale of 4 Campuses, Proc TLTP/CTI Annual Conf, Embedding Technology into Teaching, 22-25, London, Nov 1995.
17. M Brown, S Draper, F Henderson, E McAteer, Tips and Pitfalls of Integration & Learning Through Evaluation, Proc TLTP/CTI Annual Conf, Embedding Technology into Teaching, 59, London, Nov 1995.
18. Pollock M, McAteer E, Doughty G, Turner I, Rapid conversion of a mathematics course to CAL: a case study of a large-scale rapid change of resources and organisation, ALT-J, 4 (1996).
19. Draper S, Brown M I, Henderson F P, McAteer E, Integrative Evaluation: an emerging role for classroom studies for CAL, Computers Educ 26, 17-32 (1996).
20. C Steeples, M Bryson, P Riding, C Duffy, C Unsworth, P Levy, S Fowell, Technological Support for Teaching and Learning: Computer-Mediated Communications in Higher Education (CMC in HE), Computers Educ, 26, 71-80 (1996).
21. McAteer E, Neil D, Barr N, Brown M, Draper S, Henderson F, Simulation software in a Life Sciences practical laboratory, Computers Educ, 26, 101-112 (1996).
22. Gordon Doughty, Computers for teaching and learning, a chapter in The management of independent learning, 87-96, ed J Tait & P Knight, Kogan Page/SEDA, 1996.
23. Neil D M, Barr N S F and McAteer E, Combining Real and Virtual Experiments in Neurophysiological Practical Classes. Life Sciences Educational Computing 6, 27-28 (1996).
24. G Doughty, Technology in teaching & learning: adapting IT to suit staff perceptions and staff roles to use IT, Learning Resources Journal, 12, 40-45, 1996.
25. Paul J Donnelly, Mike Harland, Niall Sclater, Multimedia Design Issues Arising from Language Teaching and Learning, published in MediaActive Conference proceedings CD-ROM "Harnessing Multimedia for Higher Education", 4th-6th May 1994, Liverpool John Moores University.
26. R Shaw, N Tomes, The rewards of integration: two case studies of incorporating learning technologies into existing courses, Published in proceedings of Teaching Technology & the Twenty First Century, pp 103-107 University of Ulster at Coleraine, September 1996.
27. Brown MI, Doughty GF, Draper SW, Henderson FP, McAteer E, Measuring Learning Resource Use, Computers & Education 27 (1996), pp 103-113.
28. Paul J. Donnelly, Strategic Considerations for Implementing and Widening CALL in the Academic Curriculum, Proceedings EUROCALL '95 edited by Ana Gimeno, Valencia (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia) 1996 pp 113-122.
29. Mike Harland, De Tudo Um Pouco ... 'A Little Bit of Everything ...': A Year piloting integrated text and computer courseware for Portuguese, Proceedings EUROCALL '95 edited by Ana Gimeno, Valencia (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia) 1996 pp 163-171.
30. Niall Sclater, Strategies for Distributing and Running Multimedia Courseware on Networked Machines, Proceedings EUROCALL '95 edited by Ana Gimeno, Valencia (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia) 1996 pp 405-411.
31. Creanor, L, Durndell, H, Primrose, C, Library and study skills using hypertext: the TILT experience, New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, Applications and Research, (1996) vol.2, p.121-47, Taylor Graham Publishing, ISSN: 1361-4568.
32. Gordon Doughty, Maggie Pollock, Erica McAteer, Ian Turner, Conversion of a mathematics course to tutor-supported computer-assisted flexible learning, in Open and distance Learning in Industry and education,, chapter 8, 99-110, ed S Brown, (Kogan Page) 1997. ISBN 0-7494-2120-7.
33. B Somekh and M Thaler with S Draper, and G Doughty (1997) "Agency in organisational change", in T. Carson and D. Sumara (Eds.) Action Research as a Living Practice. New York: Peter Lang.
34. G Doughty, Successful investment in learning technology for concurrent initial teacher education, Proc IDATER 1997 Annual Conf, 253, Loughborough, Sep 1997.
35. Gordon Doughty, in "Innovations in the evaluation of Learning Technology" ed M Oliver, Evaluating costs and benefits of investments in learning technology for Technology students, 211-222, Univ N London, 1998, ISBN1-85377-256-9 .
36. G F Doughty, Evaluating investments in learning technology for Electronics and Mathematics. Proc 2nd UICEE Annual Conf on Engineering Educ, 329-333, Auckland, New Zealand (1999).
37. G F Doughty, M Pollock, "Not Invented Here" &endash; managing change to a mathematical learning package for engineers. Proc 2nd UICEE Annual Conf on Engineering Educ. 97-101, Auckland, New Zealand (1999).
To be published:
1. R Madigan, M Milner and S Tickner Expectations and realities in developing computer-aided software, to be published in a book, Using Technology Effectively in the Social Sciences, ed Millsom Henry et al, due for publication by Taylor and Francis, Summer 96.
2. McAteer E, Harland M, Sclater N, A little bit of everything - an open learning course in Portuguese, chapter for a book on Open and distance Learning in Industry and education, ed S Brown, Kogan Page, to be published in April 1997.
3. Stephen W Draper, The prospects for summative evaluation of CAL in HE, ALT-J Special Conference Edition, 5 No.1.
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References to other authors

Checkland, P B (1990), Scholes, J, Soft systems methodology in action, London: Wiley.

Dixon, M.The uptake if IT as a teaching aid in Higher Education: a social science perspective, CTISS, Nov 1992

Elliot, J (1991), Action Research for Educational Change, Milton Keynes: the Open University

Farby, B (1993), Land, F, Target, D How to assess your IT investment, Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann.

Fullan, M (1991) The new meaning of educational change, London: Cassell

Hammond, N et al, Blocks to the effective use of information technology in higher education, Computers Educ, 18, 155-162, 1992

Laurillard, D. Rethinking university teaching: A framework for the effective use of educational technology (Routledge: London) 1993

Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative, Information Handbook, LTDI, Jan 1995

Leiblum, M D Implementing CAL at a university, Computers Educ, 18, 109-118, 1992

McNiff J, Teaching as learning - an action research approach, Routledge, 1993

Middlehurst, R Leading Academics, SRHE & Open Univ Press, 1993

Schoen D, The Reflective Practitioner, Basic Books, 1983

Scott, R (1996), Robinson, B, Managing technological change in education, - what lessons can we learn? Computers Educ 26 (1-3), 131-4.

TLTP, Teaching & Learning Technology Programme, HEFCE, May 1993

TLTP, Teaching & Learning Technology Programme Phase II, HEFCE, Nov 1993

TLTP, Institutional Case Studies, HEFCE, 1994

TLTP, Copyright Guidelines for TLTP, HEFCE, Nov 1994

TLTP, Report on a workshop on the implementation and distribution of courseware across a university campus, HEFCE, Nov 1994

Trapp.A, Hammond N, Lucas L, Educational technology in UK university psychology departments: Part II - Enabling and inhibiting factors, Psychology Software News, 5-9 (1) ISSN 0985-8671 Aug 1994

UFC Information Systems Committee Courseware Development Working Party, Beyond Lectures, CTISS, Jul 1992

Working Party of the Committee of Scottish University Principals, Teaching and Learning in an Expanding Higher Education System, ("the Macfarlane Report"), SCFC, 1992

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