JOURNAL: Education and Information Technologies
VOLUME: 01
ISSUE: 01
PAGES: 0021-0041

AUTHOR: Allan Ellis, Roger Debreceny, Robert Crago

ADDRESS: Faculty of Education, Work and Training, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157.E-mail: aellis@scu.edu.au . World Wide Web: http://www.scu.edu.au/, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia. Faculty of Business and Computing, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157. E-mail: rdebrece@scu.edu.au . World Wide Web: http://www.scu.edu.au/anet/people/RogerD.html, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia. Revelation Computing Pty Ltd, PO Box 356. E-mail: reccom@powerpu.com.au . World Wide Web: http://www.powerpu.com.au/~revcom, Zillmere, Queensland 4034, Australia

ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the development and use of an audiographics program, Electronic Classroom¨, at all levels of Australian education and analyses the manner in which the rapid improvements in computing performance have allowed the technology to meet the needs of users from new areas of the curriculum; illustrates the usage of the product in a variety of educational settings by pointing to a number of case studies; discusses the educational strategies used by teachers in their use of audiographics and makes conclusions on the role of audiographics in education.

KEYWORDS: distance education, computer assisted instruction, tele-teaching