Abstract

Abstract
Higher Education institutions increasingly are
employing information systems to support
learning and assessment. In particular, a great
deal of interest has been expressed in intranethosted
learning environments that support the
educational experience. At the same time,
university curricula and student assessment
are increasingly defined and driven by
learning outcomes. Most intranet-based
learning environments use modules of study as
the fundamental unit of construction. This
results in a failure to record performance by
learning outcome. There is therefore a
mismatch between current educational
thinking and the information systems that
support the processes.
This paper presents the findings of a pilot
project that focuses on the building of a virtual
learning environment that utilises learning
outcomes in framing the delivery model and
assessing student performance. Early feedback
from the pilot project suggests that benefits for
students and staff, and improvements in
institutional quality, might be obtained from
this novel delivery and assessment
methodology.
This paper further develops ideas that were
presented at SITE2003 and includes the results
of student feedback and evaluation.