What constitutes an effective and workable teaching method?
– is being addressed in a long term action research study and is associated with collaborative projects at the university: HEI work-based e-learning and Computer Supported Experiential Learning. This paper describes the methodology and presents interim results from the research project which takes place in an HE engineering faculty, teaching business subjects to around 200 first year undergraduate students on technology courses. The study investigates an environment that delivers an effective blend of dynamic adaptive technology with face-to-face team teaching. A large survey with 60 Likert scale questions in nine groups including motivation, online technology, teaching and support, was obtained with informed consent from 100 students. Using SPSS, Chronbach’s Alpha (Gliem, 2003) test, with a cut-off at 0.73, determined that only 40 questions were reliable and together with 68 valid cases these were then analysed using Principal Component Analysis with Varimax rotation. Two components a
