Welcome

This website, created in WordPress by Stephen Allen and Angela Lam, is a critical review of a scholarly article titled “Using Online Technologies to Support Problem Based Learning: Learners’ Responses and Perceptions” by Ron Oliver and ArshadOmari. The website is divided into ten sections that identify the summary, main points, arguments, and conclusion drawn by the authors. Prior to reading each segment of the article, we’ve included a few questions our peers can reflect on. Our purpose in presenting this format is to create our own separate set of problem based learning activities to engage learners’ responses and perceptions by utilizing this online WordPress environment.

How to navigate the site

To navigate through the site, ensure you are viewing each page in a sequential order. We’ve included some questions for you to reflect and comment after you read the article located at
http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet15/oliver.html
We recommend you read the whole text first, but keep it open in a separate window so you can refer back to it as you read our critique of each section.

How to comment on the site

To add comments onto the page, simply scroll down to the bottom of every page and you will see a fillable box or something that looks like this:

If you see someone has already made a comment, you can click on the commenting icon so that it expands to the fillable box like this one:

About Us:

Stephen Allen
has an extensive amount of experience in the ESL field around the world. He currently lives in Toronto, but am a native of Manchester, UK. He obtained his Master’s degree in education, with a focus on Learner motivation. He’s currently taking the MDE 601 at Athabasca due to an interest in curriculum design for distance learning.

Angela Lam is currently employed at the University of British Columbia as an Instructional Support Technologist. She provides training to faculty and staff to develop skills that will allow them to manage their websites and courses on the CMS platform. Now moving on to her 9th year of employment, she is looking to expand her knowledge and skills in instructional design.