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A teaching and learning tool to assist students in the dynamic design and analysis of buildings and their internal environments
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Dowdle, D. A teaching and learning tool to assist students in the dynamic design and analysis of buildings and their internal environments

The problem based learning aspect of the undergraduate programme in the School of Construction and Property Management, the ‘PPP’ projects, did not work as well as was hoped during the last academic session, the first year of its introduction. It... Read More about A teaching and learning tool to assist students in the dynamic design and analysis of buildings and their internal environments.

Using audio based learning activities to enhance the student learning experience
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Dowdle, D. Using audio based learning activities to enhance the student learning experience

Today’s students expect their education to be delivered to them in ways that are different to the more traditional delivery mechanisms that many of their tutors may have experienced (Coopers & Lybrand, 1998). The old ‘chalk and talk’ approach, in whi... Read More about Using audio based learning activities to enhance the student learning experience.

Improving co-learner interactions through web based online assessments within distant learning settings
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Ingirige, B., Amaratunga, R., Dowdle, D., Keraminiyage, K., Goulding, J., Baldry, D., & Lees, M. Improving co-learner interactions through web based online assessments within distant learning settings

Distance education technologies have come into prominence during the last two decades of the 20th century. Propagation of these technologies, software development and methods of computer aided assessments have been fuelled by the advances in the Inte... Read More about Improving co-learner interactions through web based online assessments within distant learning settings.