This poster will centre around presenting a multimodal poster on the development and trialing of on-line teaching and learning in a large compulsory undergraduate teaching subject. It wil present details of the incorporation of the on-line resources for the subject English & Science and technology curriculum subject (CS6) as a means of promoting flexible delivery, alternative modes of delivery and the use of email as a communication tool between students and students and lecturers.

The intitial challenge for the team was the uniqueness of the task within this institution and in particular within the Faculty of Education. The issues and areas that were dealt with by the team in this project were centered around providing students with more choice, increased student responsibility and flexibility for their own learning. To achieve this the CS6 web site was developed using Claris Home page and placed into Front Page the software of the Faculty's home page. Much time was required by the designers to learn the tools necessary to construct each node of the site - Your Concept, Factual Genres, Learning & Teaching, Programming and Planning, Assignments and tasks. Each of these nodes contained a number of pages related to the general heading of the section. The potential of the wed to demonstrate the links bewteen each section was the benefit for the designers as the integration of the two curriculum areas could be clearly made through hypertext links between pages, sections and nodes and within pages.

One of the limitations that caused some concern was the lack of expertise to create Java applets for some of the activities in the site so students could manipulate text, fill in tables on screen and email to the lecturer. AS a result students had to copy and paste the relevant table or text and redo it embedded in an email message or as an attachment. A more cumbersome and time consuming method than working on-line in the web environment. Another limitation for the site is the visual design and layout of the content which will be addressed in the near future eg changing the background of the site from default grey to something else.

Changes made to the presentation of the subject included: Attendance at tutorials and lectures was not mandatory, Content with activities and tasks for group completion were located on the CS6 site, Email groups were set up for students to send tasks and receive feedback, Each student had an email account to send and receive messages from other stduents and /or lecturers, Independent study weeks to allow students to access computers, particularly essential for those who did not have access at home, The CS6 site contained information in both curriculum areas not covered in tutorials and the 2 lectures but considered essential information in regards to the teaching and learning of these curriculum areas, Tasks were not complusory but covered areas of teaching and learning not covered in tutorials or the 2 lectures.

The flexibility of the subject in relation to the modes students could choose for learning was a key part of the evaluation of the inclusion of information technology into the subject. Students could access the site from the university or home, locate specific information to assist them in learning about both curriculum areas and how to integrate the two in a unit of work. The poster will also focus on the evaluation of the subject by the students - what they thought of the integration of information technology and the flexible delivery of the subject.

We believe that learning about technology while using technology provides a valuable learning environment for students. In this subject students learnt to construct and critique web pages as part of their assessment load, used the CS6 site to review and learn content, used information technology to communicate with others, completed activities and tasks independently, took responsibility for their own learning and incorporated the information technology into their own learning while learning about the technology.