Volume Two - Academic Conferences

Iain Stewart et al.
(Note: To ensure that the students were not disadvantaged by the work, all of the previously
described resources were made available as in previous years).
The integrated framework was structured to allow access to the content on a theme basis rather than
splitting the content up into individual lectures. A typical unit would comprise:
Captured videos and slides (one set per lecture) merged into a single “presentation”. This content
can be navigated linearly.
Tutorial questions which allow the user to jump to the relevant content directly
Exam questions with links to relevant past paper questions and solutions as well as allowing the
application to navigate directly to the appropriate presentation elements.
Student FAQs which allow questions to be raised and solutions posted.
Additional Materials is where other materials that extend the interaction (eg online experiments or
demonstrations).
Further reading is linked to a range of relevant electronic articles and websites and downloadable
files.
The majority of these sections allow the students to add comments and feedback on the content and
to discuss the particular topic (Figure 4)
Figure 4: Screenshot of the prototype showing the linking of questions to content and the addition of
comments
4. Results from the prototype
Information was gathered from the student body after the assessment period to allow for the full
utilisation of the content. The students were asked to fill in an online questionnaire which had many
of the same questions as in the previous year but with an additional section on the integrated
resource. The survey was fully anonymous and used a token based system to ensure that only one
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