Ten Challenges for Introducing Web-Supported Learning to Overseas Students in the Social sciences

Abstract

This article documents the experiences of a group of MBA students undertaking one module within the School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham. At a university level, teachers are being asked to adopt one particular piece of commercially available educational software; WebCT. As a result, the learning experience was equally important for the university, the lecturer and the students themselves. The class itself consisted of a group of around 35 overseas post-experience students with a wide variety of insight and experience. The article uses a literature set that is different from ‘normal’ evaluation approaches, instead drawing on the experience of computer-supported cooperative work analysts to provide a different insight into the use of the Internet in educational support.