TAM Checklist:                      
  Tick the TAM principles as you have discussed them in relation to your website that apply.  
  Not all virtual learners/researchers are at a state of readiness for fully self-directed knowledge acquisition. Students may be too inexperienced or too conditioned by traditional rote teaching methods to benefit from a (virtual) autonomous learning setting (Potts D. 1988). The principles of the TAM aim to support the staggered development of online autonomy:  
TAM principle 1
 
1. A student/ group profile is established. Web-based learning environment (WLE) students enter a virtual learning system with individual learning needs, prior knowledge of VLE systems and experience of on-line support tools. A student/ group profile is established  
 
2. Stakeholder (learner, academic, admin., etc) perspectives are made explicit through a needs analysis  
  (ie - Global Rich Picture: GRIP Toolkit)  
 
3. For each stage of the TAM initial orientation/induction should be offered to the WLE student to support strategies in content presentation and use of on-line communication tools.  
 
4. Applied formative evaluation (appropriate feedback opportunities) should be present in all stages of the TAM learning system.  
 
5. Content presentation ranges from a static delivery to a flexible/interactive content mode.  
  6. Communication tools support basic email to a/synchronous collaboration and argumentation.  
  7. Presentation opportunities need to be supported for collaboration. Students and researchers need online tools to present arguments.  
 
8. The VLE management system provides appropriate tools to help students/researchers organise their VLE resources and tools.  
 
9. Academic/Admin./Technical Help Desk Support (FAQ - Virtual Assistant) - click the comment link for more detail[1]  
 
10. The TAM is facilitated in a WLE by offering a spiral curriculum (Basiel 1999) as illustrated by these elements; teaching, learning methods, student / teacher role, learning environment (Basiel 2000).  
 
3 TOTAL / 10 ( total the number or ticks)  
 
 
 
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  Summary notes:  
 
  7. Because content is personal - peer review is not 'safely' working.  
  8. Yes - but from WebCT  
  9 . No simple path to help - no sustainable resolution  
  10 - no relationship between the advancement of the module and the VLE design or support tools  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Help ranges from static FAQ, to dynamic FAQ from web forms, to artificial intellegence web bot using natural language real-time response.