Theory and Practice in Web-Based Delivery
Tim S. Roberts
As web-based delivery ofhigher education courses rapidly becomes ubiquitous, many thousands ofindividual case studies have been reported in the literature. However,comparatively few researchers have attempted to compare different models ofweb-baseddelivery, andfewer still have attemptedto seriously relate educational theory to practice. Thispaper aims to fill a small part ofthat gap, and discusses current theory andpractice in asynchronous web-based teaching and learning, usingfour models - the naive model, the standardmodel, the evolutionary model, andthe radical model-first described by Roberts, Romm, and Jones (2000).
Tim S. Roberts is a senior lecturer with the Faculty of Informatics and Commnnication at the Bnndaberg campus of Central Queensland University. Hehas coordinated andtaught a variety of computer sciencesubjects, including Programming Atomorethan1,000 students located tbrough-outAustralia and overseas, many of them studying entirely online. In 2001, together with Lissa McNamee and Sallyanne Williams, Dr. Roberts developed theOnlineCollaborative Learning inHigher Education website at http://musgrave.cqu.edu.au/clp. Hewas awarded the Bnndaberg City Conncil's prize for excellence in research in 2001, and the Dean's Award for Quality Research in 2002.
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