Computer supported learning. A large-scale, web-based learning and assessment system to support flexible education

With the increase in cost and resources constraints experienced by many tertiary institutions globally, the pressure to find alternative methods to deliver teaching and assessment increases. Whilst mindful of the learning experience of the individual, the need to manage the numbers, resources and assessment provide an administrative overhead and headache to every professor who has ever taught. With this predicament in mind the computer supported learning system (CSL) is a web-based teaching and learning resource and administration system, developed by the Business Education On-Line Unit of the Auckland Business School, at the University of Auckland (New Zealand). We call it Cecil. The paper describes the Cecil structure and discusses the potential benefits that a university wide resource management system may have in terms of the educational flexibility and resource sharing.