Digital Lectures: If You Make Them, Will Students Use Them?
Constraints on Effective Delivery of Flexible Learning Systems
Tim Bell, University of Canterbury
Andy Cockburn, University of Canterbury
Bruce McKenzie, University of Canterbury
John Vargo, University of Canterbury

Tim Bell
Department of Computer Science
University of Canterbury, Christchurch
New Zealand
tim@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Dr. Tim Bell is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department in Computer Science, at the University of Canterbury. He holds a B.Sc (First Class Honours) and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Canterbury. He is a member of the IEEE and ACM. His research interests include text compression, computers and education, and computers for music.

Andy Cockburn
Department of Computer Science
University of Canterbury, Christchurch
New Zealand
andy@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Dr. Andy Cockurn is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Canterbury. He holds a B.Sc (Hons) from the University of York, England and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Stirling, Scotland. He is a member of the ACM. His research interests are in a wide range of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) areas, including web-usability, the usability issues of moving from two- to three-dimensional visualisations, and the educational benefits and costs of groupware.

Bruce McKenzie
Department of Computer Science
University of Canterbury, Christchurch
New Zealand
bruce@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Bruce McKenzie received a B.Sc. (Hons) in 1975 and a Ph.D. in 1978, both from the University of Canterbury. He joined the Department of Computer Science of the same University in 1980 and was Head of Department for seven years from 1991. His research interests are mainly in the broad areas of compiler construction, formal language theory, compression and HCI.

John Vargo
Department of Accountancy, Finance and Information Systems
University of Canterbury, Christchurch
New Zealand
j.vargo@afis.canterbury.ac.nz
Dr. John Vargo is a Senior lecturer in Information Systems at the University of Canterbury. He holds a Masters Degree in Business from the University of Santa Clara, California and a PhD in Information Systems from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand. His research interests include effective use of Education Technology, E-Commerce Systems, and Strategic Information Systems.

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