Humanising the technology landscape through a collaborative pedagogy

A major shift in educational paradigms from a competitive model to a more c ollaborative model is now under way in higher education. Using collaborativ e theories espoused by Freire, Bruffee and other scholars working outside t he discipline Of geography, this paper presents an argument for integrating their collaborative approach into distance education courses at the postgr aduate level. The Step Up to Geography Through Distance Learning project is used to provide one innovative model that integrates nor only the collabor ative method of instruction, bur also the use of a multi-layered system of instructional technologies including use of desktop videoconferencing and t he Internet.