This study evaluates the impact of delivering fire investigation studies utilizing a 'reusable learning object' in the form of a CDROM with embedded virtual fire scene scenarios. The learning outcomes of four student cohorts are studied and quantitative and qualitative data collected which provides an evaluation of the students' learning experience.Preliminary evaluation of the impact of learning fire investigation skills via the online and virtual environment indicates support for this mode of learning delivery. Unique characteristics of the virtual environment in fire investigation studies...
This study evaluates the impact of delivering fire investigation studies utilizing a 'reusable learning object' in the form of a CDROM with embedded v...
Population ageing is projected to affect all countries across the world in coming decades. The current rate of population ageing is unprecedented in human history with population projections indicating that this will be an enduring trend. Moreover, population ageing is spatially pervasive, affecting every man, woman and child. This has considerable implications for policy responding to the economic, social and healthcare outcomes of population ageing. The potential economic implications have been likened to those of the 2008 global financial crisis. This book examines the patterns and...
Population ageing is projected to affect all countries across the world in coming decades. The current rate of population ageing is unprecedented in h...
This book highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cities. The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic and social impacts have been felt around the world. In large cities and other urban areas, the pandemic has highlighted a number of issues from pressures on urban labour and housing markets, shifts in demographic processes including migration and mobility, changes in urban travel patterns and pressures on contemporary planning and governance processes.
Despite Australia’s relatively mild COVID exposure, Australian cities and large urban areas have not been immune...
This book highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cities. The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic and social impacts have been ...
This book highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cities. The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic and social impacts have been felt around the world. In large cities and other urban areas, the pandemic has highlighted a number of issues from pressures on urban labour and housing markets, shifts in demographic processes including migration and mobility, changes in urban travel patterns and pressures on contemporary planning and governance processes.
Despite Australia’s relatively mild COVID exposure, Australian cities and large urban areas have not been immune...
This book highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cities. The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic and social impacts have been ...
