This document summarizes and evaluates two digital artefacts about Australian history. The first artefact discusses exclusion in Australia, presenting information over 11 slides about why certain immigrant groups came to Australia and attitudes towards non-white immigrants. It provides primary sources but lacks interactivity. The second artefact is an interactive simulation where students help a fictional boy decide whether to enlist during WWI. It includes audio interviews, maps, and opportunities to learn more by clicking on items. Students must analyze arguments for and against enlistment before advising the boy. This keeps students engaged through interactive elements. Both artefacts provide educational value by exploring historical attitudes, but the second is praised for its hands-on, interactive

1. EDUC 1751 Digital ArtefactsAlesha Roche3062888Tues 4 - 6History

2. Artefact 1 - Discovering Democracy: Exclusionhttp://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L10395/index.html

4. Key learning objectives that this artefact demonstrates areStudents investigate some of the reasons why people from the Pacific Islands and from Asian countries, such as China and Japan, came to Australia in the 19th century.

5. Students identify some common attitudes of white settlers to non-white immigrants.

6. Students investigate the various kinds of legislation used by colonies to keep certain immigrants out.

7. Students interpret information from a range of primary sources. Educational value The artefact describes the role immigrant groups that were later excluded played in the economic life of the colonies, as well as measures taken to limit their numbers.

8. Outlines reasons for the arrival of some immigrant groups that were eventually excluded from Australia.

9. Outlines some prevalent attitudes of non-white people to Chinese and other Asian immigrants and to Pacific Islanders.

10. Presents some prevalent attitudes of non-Indigenous Australians to Indigenous Australians.

11. Provides a range of primary sources including images, political cartoons, statistics and maps.

12. Provides a related student task. Artefact 1 has 11 slides with each containing information about exclusion in Australia. In this artefact the information is broken up into sub-topics making the information easier for students to understand. Each slide also contains a picture which relates to the information being discussed.

13. This artefact doesn’t contain any voices or any interactive features that would keep students interested for a longer period of time. By having just information and pictures with no interaction students could get bored and off task very easily.