Customising Microsoft Office to develop a tutorial learning ...

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Customising Microsoft Office to develop a tutorial learning environment ... cations (VBA), or Visual Basic in recent versions, in all Office applications. ...

 

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Customising Microsoft Office to develop a tutorial learning environment © British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, 2004. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA. Andrew Deacon, Jacob Jaftha and David Horwitz Andrew Deacon (adeacon@ched.uct.ac.za) and Jacob Jaftha (jjaftha@ched.uct.ac.za) have designed and developed the MOVES learning environment and use it in their teaching and research, while David Horwitz (dhorwitz@ched.uct.ac.za) focuses on web-based learning environments. All three are members of the Multimedia Education Group at the University of Cape Town. British Journal of Educational Technology Vol 35 No 2 2004 000 000 Abstract Powerful applications such as Microsoft Office s Excel and Word are widely used to perform common tasks in the workplace and in education. Scripting within these applications allows unanticipated user requirements to be addressed. We show that such extensibility, intended to support office automation-type applications, is well suited to the creation of learning activities and learning environments. We have developed a range of tutorial activities using Excel and Word in introductory mathematics, writing and economics courses. These tutorials have the dual purpose of teaching academic concepts and practical computer literacy skills. The software architecture of our learning environment includes a database-supported back-end to automatically record students responses, which allows for greater control over what students do. Additionally, this allows one to automate common procedures to improve usability and feedback automation to support learning. We have been applying our ideas for the last six years and currently 1,500 students are using the environment. We suggest that this pragmatic solution can provide a high degree of interactivity and flexibility in a range of learning contexts that represents a cost-effective ...

 

 

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