ED-MEDIA 2001 Conference Paper

ED-MEDIA 2001 is the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications. Held at the University of Tampere in Finland, 25-30 June 2001, and organised by AACE, the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

Authors: Claire Bradley and Tom Boyle

The development of an online course for a virtual university

Abstract
Universities are under increasing pressure to develop a virtual presence in the face of widespread global competition. Large-scale online courseware development and delivery presents many exciting opportunities, and brings with it a number of challenges to be overcome. This case study describes the experiences of the EU funded TISCAM project, which has developed an online masters-level course in supply chain management for work-based learners. The issues and challenges faced by the project will be discussed, and resulting lessons presented.