Teaching development grants final and financial report: The integration of Virtual Tours Template (VTT) and a web-based online teaching and learning approach to enhance students’ independent learning ability in health and physical education

The purpose of this project is to integrate a Virtual Tours Template (VTT) into a web-based online teaching and learning system for current undergraduate independent learning mode, and direct-study learning mode for the Med/EdD programme. This web-based VTT online teaching and learning template will be suitable to teaching various modules in HPE programme. The web-based online teaching template includes a blended learning (combination of online learning and face-to-face guidance/supervision for undergraduate level and a total online approach for graduate level with supervision through online) approach that focuses on training students' independent self-learning ability. The use of online learning creates alternative learning spaces for both students and instructor to enhance teaching and learning opportunities. In addition, the project intends to design several teaching and learning activities to focus on students' independent self-learning skills embedded within the Blackboard learning management system. The proposed project will also provide a template which will demonstrate how to integrate a VTT into a web-based online teaching system in teaching HPE modules. Three web-based online learning activity templates (Independent Self-learning approach package, Problem Solving Learning approach model, and Online Collaboration approach model) will be designed and illustrated how to transform teacher's instructional activities into students' self-learning and collaboration activities that applicable for the alternative e-learning approach for the future.