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A View Through The Long Lens: Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions Of Multi-Campus Course Delivery, Bernadette Walker-Gibbs, Louise Paatsch, Janet Moles, Bonnie Yim Dr, Terri Redpath Ms Dec 2016

A View Through The Long Lens: Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions Of Multi-Campus Course Delivery, Bernadette Walker-Gibbs, Louise Paatsch, Janet Moles, Bonnie Yim Dr, Terri Redpath Ms

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This paper explores the results of a survey that was conducted with 277 pre-service teachers studying at two regional university campuses in Victoria, Australia in 2014. Data showed that participants expressed high level of satisfaction with the quality of their undergraduate courses in education including the flexible teaching and learning experiences. However, many reported experiencing frustration with accessing cloud-based learning materials and support services, including communication with lecturers. Challenges in accessing learning materials were mainly attributed to slow internet speed which increased the time taken to download resources. Access to support services and lecturers was made difficult because many key …

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Building Staff Capacity Through Reflecting On Collaborative Development Of Embedded Academic Literacies Curricula, Linda C. Thies Dec 2016

Building Staff Capacity Through Reflecting On Collaborative Development Of Embedded Academic Literacies Curricula, Linda C. Thies

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Most Australian universities articulate some policies around the integration of graduate learning outcomes in courses. This paper draws on a Federal Government funded project that adopted a developmental approach to students’ acquisition of course learning outcomes, through the embedding of academic literacies in course curricula. The project was part of a Higher Education Participation and Partnership Program (HEPPP), which focused on courses with a high proportion of students from a low socio-economic status (SES) background. However, the project took an inclusive approach to curriculum development by focusing on the needs of all students. In describing this project, the paper aims …

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Simulations For The Discipline Specific And Professional Education Of Foreign Policy Graduates, Maryanne Kelton, Verity Kingsmill Dec 2016

Simulations For The Discipline Specific And Professional Education Of Foreign Policy Graduates, Maryanne Kelton, Verity Kingsmill

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Increasingly universities aim to provide students with opportunities to graduate with skills ready to perform in the workplace. However, workplace-based opportunities for students enrolled in foreign policy subjects are more limited due to the diplomatic and sensitive political nature of the professional work. Thus there exists a need for higher education institutions teaching foreign policy courses in generalist degrees to create innovative solutions to enable student experience of professional foreign policy practice. In this article we analyse our Australian foreign policy dual strategy teaching initiative where we deploy in-person simulations enabling students to develop both their discipline specific foreign policy …

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Evaluation Of A “Flipped Classroom” Approach In Management Education, Ole Jakob Bergfjord, Tarjei Heggernes Dec 2016

Evaluation Of A “Flipped Classroom” Approach In Management Education, Ole Jakob Bergfjord, Tarjei Heggernes

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

In this paper, a “flipped classroom” approach is evaluated using three different datasets. We use student evaluations of the “flipped classroom” in particular, in addition to regular course evaluations and exam results for the past three years in order to allow for statistical comparisons. Overall, the results are quite positive. Among the interesting effects, students report that they prepare better for lectures, are more satisfied with the course overall, and achieve slightly better grades. In particular, fewer students receive very low grades. On the one hand, we argue that our results support more experiments with technology to improve education. On …

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Communication Idol: Using Popular Culture To Catalyse Active Learning By Engaging Students In The Development Of Entertaining Teaching And Learning Resources, Tinashe Dune, John Bidewell, Rubab Firdaus, Morwenna Kirwan Dec 2016

Communication Idol: Using Popular Culture To Catalyse Active Learning By Engaging Students In The Development Of Entertaining Teaching And Learning Resources, Tinashe Dune, John Bidewell, Rubab Firdaus, Morwenna Kirwan

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Bringing popular culture to tertiary education can potentially increase student engagement with learning tasks and content, especially when the learning task has students producing the content. Using a single-group intervention plus post-test design, this study implemented and evaluated a purposely developed learning and teaching innovation capitalising on popular and consumer culture to promote active over passive learning in a large, interprofessional health science unit. Students were invited to develop educational video presentations in a friendly competition based on high-rating television musical and vocal talent quests, with cash prizes based on peer ratings, this being the intervention. From a cohort of …

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Editorial 13.5, Alisa Percy, Dominique R. Parrish Dec 2016

Editorial 13.5, Alisa Percy, Dominique R. Parrish

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

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Taking The Long Road: A Faculty Model For Incremental Change Towards Standards-Based Support For Sessional Teachers In Higher Education, Julia Savage, Vikki Pollard Dec 2016

Taking The Long Road: A Faculty Model For Incremental Change Towards Standards-Based Support For Sessional Teachers In Higher Education, Julia Savage, Vikki Pollard

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Despite decades of dependence on sessional teaching staff, universities in Australia and internationally still find it difficult to support the teaching work of this large, casual workforce. A significant consequence of casually-employed teaching staff is risk; sessional academics’ professional identity is compromised, quality assurance of students’ learning experiences is uncertain, and this in turn, jeopardises universities’ teaching and learning programs. These risks have existed in universities for decades, yet policies and practices that support the work of sessional staff remain inconsistent or absent. The implementation model for supporting sessional staff described in this paper, the Four Phase Model, (the 4P …

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The Learning Thermometer: Closing The Loop Between Teaching, Learning, Wellbeing And Support In Universities, Helen M. Stallman, Sharron King Dec 2016

The Learning Thermometer: Closing The Loop Between Teaching, Learning, Wellbeing And Support In Universities, Helen M. Stallman, Sharron King

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The increasing awareness and impact of mental health problems in university students in addition to a need for objective measures of teaching quality provide the impetus for a new approach to supporting students. There is a need for more effective tools that integrate the institutional silos of teaching, learning, support, and wellbeing to help students maximise their educational outcomes. This paper provides an overview of an innovative student-centred tool, The Learning Thermometer, as an efficient and effective way to integrate the institutional silos and embedding student support within the mainstream curriculum. The Learning Thermometer comprises four web-based surveys that …

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Developing A Conceptual Framework For Student Learning During International Community Engagement, Matthew A. Pink, Youssef Taouk, Stephen Guinea, Katie Bunch, Karen Flowers, Karen Nightingale Dec 2016

Developing A Conceptual Framework For Student Learning During International Community Engagement, Matthew A. Pink, Youssef Taouk, Stephen Guinea, Katie Bunch, Karen Flowers, Karen Nightingale

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

University-community engagement often involves students engaging with people who experience multiple forms of disadvantage or marginalization. This is particularly true when universities work with communities in developing nations. Participation in these projects can be challenging for students. Assumptions about themselves, their professional practice, and broader society are tested while dealing with the challenges of life in a developing nation. In light of this, students’ learning and their personal well-being need to be supported before, during, and after participating in international community engagement . This paper reports on the development of a conceptual framework for the support and enhancement of student …

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Teaching And Assessing Problem Solving: An Example Of An Incremental Approach To Using Irac In Legal Education, Kelley Burton Dec 2016

Teaching And Assessing Problem Solving: An Example Of An Incremental Approach To Using Irac In Legal Education, Kelley Burton

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Legal reasoning is a type of problem solving, and is situated within thinking skills, one of the six threshold learning outcomes established under the auspices of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council’s Bachelor of Laws Learning and Teaching Academic Standards Statement. The threshold learning outcomes define what law graduates are ‘expected to know, understand and be able to do as a result of learning’ (Kift et al., 2010, p. 9). The assessment of legal reasoning, and thus problem solving, should receive greater attention in legal education discourse (James, 2011, p. 15, James, 2012, p. 88). …

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Wikistudents. Teaching Consumption Through Production Hands On With Wikipedia, Roberta Sassatelli, Elisa Arfini, Valeria Piro, Laura Zambelli Dr. Dec 2016

Wikistudents. Teaching Consumption Through Production Hands On With Wikipedia, Roberta Sassatelli, Elisa Arfini, Valeria Piro, Laura Zambelli Dr.

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This paper describes and reflects on a teaching experience developed as a complimentary workshops to MA class on history, theory and politics of consumption. We used Wikipedia as a tool to consider the circuit of knowledge production in the Web 2.0 era, where consumers are no longer passive audiences but producers and consumers at the same time. We developed a collaborative team-work workshop aimed at the production of Wikipedia entries on topics related to the class content. In this note we describe the structure of such “Wikiworshops”, our teaching strategy on sources management, teamwork and group teaching, and elaborate on …

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Key Challenges For Establishing Cio Position In The Public Sector Of Ldcs: A Case Of Bangladesh, Bashir Hussain, Ahmed Imran, Tim Turner Dec 2016

Key Challenges For Establishing Cio Position In The Public Sector Of Ldcs: A Case Of Bangladesh, Bashir Hussain, Ahmed Imran, Tim Turner

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: Unprecedented growth of information and communications technology (ICT), calls for new public management, pressure from donors, citizen demand, and, above all, the government’s “Digital Bangladesh” political pledge provide impetus for integrating ICT in the public sector of Bangladesh. Despite efforts, the country cannot make sufficient progress in ICT due to the lack of IT structure led by a chief information officer (CIO) or similar leadership position. Although the literature describes various aspects of CIO including role effectiveness, competencies and structural relationship, it does not offer any prescriptive measure on how the CIO position should be established. Drawing on institutional …

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Assessing Student Engagement In Cross Campus Work In Learning: A Teaching Case In Corporate Network Management, William Tibben, Shanmuga Sundram Dec 2016

Assessing Student Engagement In Cross Campus Work In Learning: A Teaching Case In Corporate Network Management, William Tibben, Shanmuga Sundram

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: Work integrated learning (WIL) activities aim to improve future employability of graduates. Increasing internationalisation of information technology professions suggests the need for cross cultural experiences to be included within WIL in Information Systems subjects. The paper reports on one such WIL activity carried out in cross campus group work exercise between students in Australia and Malaysia undertaking a Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) degree at the University of Wollongong and partner institution INTI International College, Subang, Malaysia. The focus of the paper is on student engagement to ascertain whether students perceive value in this kind of learning activity. It …

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It’S Only Pixels, Badges, And Stars: On The Economic Value Of Reputation On Airbnb, Timm Teubner, Norman Saade, Florian Kawlitschek, Christof Weinhardt Dec 2016

It’S Only Pixels, Badges, And Stars: On The Economic Value Of Reputation On Airbnb, Timm Teubner, Norman Saade, Florian Kawlitschek, Christof Weinhardt

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: Trust is a crucial prerequisite for peer-to-peer rental and sharing. Therefore, platform operators such as Airbnb have implemented a host of trust-building mechanisms, user interface (UI) artefacts, and reputation systems. While the role of reputation systems for establishing trust is well-understood, little is known about how reputation actually translates into tangible economic value. In this paper, we thus consider the economic value of trust artefacts on Airbnb by quantifying price effects of common reputation features from a signalling theory perspective. Our analysis is based on a large-scale dataset from 86 German cities and hedonic price modelling. We find that …

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Optimising Visual Layout For Training And Learning Technologies, Bruce Hillard, Jocelyn Amarego, Tanya Mcgill Dec 2016

Optimising Visual Layout For Training And Learning Technologies, Bruce Hillard, Jocelyn Amarego, Tanya Mcgill

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: The layout and arraying of information in electronic aids used for training can affect viewer comprehension and impressions. This paper explains existing layout guidance, and defines an integrated design model for applying these recommendations. To test the efficacy of this model, experiments were conducted under Murdoch University Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval 2010/012. In these experiments two similar presentations were created, which contained the same content. However, one of these presentations applied the integrated design model to shape the positioning of the visual content, and a variant was developed that flipped the layout, so it did not conform …

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Understanding The Internet Pitchfork Mob: Internal Revolutionary Activity In Self-Regulated Online Communities, Catherine Olivia Mcrae, Jean-Gregoire Bernard, Jocelyn Cranefield Dec 2016

Understanding The Internet Pitchfork Mob: Internal Revolutionary Activity In Self-Regulated Online Communities, Catherine Olivia Mcrae, Jean-Gregoire Bernard, Jocelyn Cranefield

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: Research into organised online protest typically focuses on how digital activism empowers social movements. But what if an online community is rebelling against its platform owners? This study seeks to identify the trajectory of internally focused revolutionary activity in self-regulated online communities. Based on an analysis of three cases (Reddit, 2015; Mozilla, 2014, and Skyrim, 2015) it identifies six stages of revolution: incident, reaction, mobilization, action, negotiation, and a return to ‘normality’ with a new power equilibrium. For each stage, key events, relations between the community and platform managers, and the ways in which power is enacted through online …

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Analysing Trust Issues In Cloud Identity Environments, Brian Cusack, Eghbal Ghazizadeh Dec 2016

Analysing Trust Issues In Cloud Identity Environments, Brian Cusack, Eghbal Ghazizadeh

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: Trust acts as a facilitator for decision making in environments, where decisions are subject to risk and uncertainty. Security is one of the factors contributing to the trust model that is a requirement for service users. In this paper we ask, What can be done to improve end user trust in choosing a cloud identity provider? Security and privacy are central issues in a cloud identity environment and it is the end user who determines the amount of trust they have in any identity system. This paper is an in-depth literature survey that evaluates identity service delivery in a …

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An Information Systems Perspective On Digital Currencies: A Systematic Literature Review, Osemwonyemwen Oshodin, Alemayehu Molla, Chin Eang Ong Dec 2016

An Information Systems Perspective On Digital Currencies: A Systematic Literature Review, Osemwonyemwen Oshodin, Alemayehu Molla, Chin Eang Ong

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: Digital currency (DC) is gaining public and research attention as an alternative paradigm of currency, its value, and exchange. Because of the growing DC research in the Information Systems (IS) domain, it is necessary to appraise existing DC research coverage and identify areas for future exploration. This article offers an up to date review of IS research on digital currencies. It synthesises the locus and focus of issues, theories, methods, and findings and provides direction for future research. The study uses a systematic literature review method to examine IS articles published between 2010 and 2016. The review identified twenty …

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Course Design Principles To Support The Learning Of Complex Information Infrastructures, Corina Raduescu, Jenny Leonard, Catherine Hardy Dec 2016

Course Design Principles To Support The Learning Of Complex Information Infrastructures, Corina Raduescu, Jenny Leonard, Catherine Hardy

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: This paper presents an integrated, learning-centred course design for studying the complex, rapidly changing information infrastructures underpinning organisations and society. Students need to develop an agile, critical mindset in order to influence and be influenced by these socio-technical systems in ways which enhance information management, control and innovation. There are several challenges to developing this mindset. Students and technology vendors often expect technical training and current educational materials reinforce this approach. A silo-based structure to most degrees exacerbates the problem. The complexity of context and rapidity of change often get lost in the mix. This paper addresses these problems …

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Ict And Public Service Value Creation In Africa: Efficiency Assessment Using Dea Approach, Lucas Mimbi, Felix Olu Bankile Dec 2016

Ict And Public Service Value Creation In Africa: Efficiency Assessment Using Dea Approach, Lucas Mimbi, Felix Olu Bankile

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract Recently, researchers and international bodies have recognised the potential of ICT in public service value creation. Many countries have implemented ICT to transform public services and create public value. Citizens are increasingly demanding public value from the governments, the notion similar to return on investment from private sectors. However, little research has been conducted on ICT and public value creation. Using Data Envelopment Analysis and Cluster Analysis, data for 53 African countries were analysed. The findings indicate that for a period from 2005 to 2014, ICT has efficiently transformed public values in Africa by 5, 18, and 40 percent …

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Ict And Public Service Value Creation In Africa: Efficiency Assessment Using Dea Approach, Lucas Mimbi, Felix Olu Bankole Dec 2016

Ict And Public Service Value Creation In Africa: Efficiency Assessment Using Dea Approach, Lucas Mimbi, Felix Olu Bankole

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: Recently, researchers and international bodies have recognised the potential of ICT in public service value creation. Many countries have implemented ICT to transform public services and create public value. Citizens are increasingly demanding public value from the governments, the notion similar to return on investment from private sectors. However, little research has been conducted on ICT and public value creation. Using Data Envelopment Analysis and Cluster Analysis, data for 53 African countries were analysed. The findings indicate that for a period from 2005 to 2014, ICT has efficiently transformed public values in Africa by 5, 18, and 40 percent …

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Facebook Usage During A Flood – A Content Analysis Of Two Local Governments’ Facebook Pages, Monika Magnusson Dec 2016

Facebook Usage During A Flood – A Content Analysis Of Two Local Governments’ Facebook Pages, Monika Magnusson

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: During a disaster it is vital that government agencies provide timely and accurate information to the public. Lately, social media such as Facebook have become important channels for crisis communica-tion. The purpose of this study is to identify the types of usage and topics in which users of a local gov-ernments’ Facebook page engage, during a flood. A content analysis was carried out on two local gov-ernments’ Facebook pages during two floods in 2013; The Bundaberg Regional Council’s (BRC) and the City of Calgary’s (CC). The results show that Facebook is an important channel for spreading in-formation. Users’ engagement …

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Who Influences Information Security Behaviours Of Young Home Computer Users In Vietnam? An Ego-Centric Network Analysis Approach, Duy Dang-Pham, Siddhi Pittayachawan, Vince Bruno Dec 2016

Who Influences Information Security Behaviours Of Young Home Computer Users In Vietnam? An Ego-Centric Network Analysis Approach, Duy Dang-Pham, Siddhi Pittayachawan, Vince Bruno

27th Australasian Conference on Information Systems

Abstract: This study aims to explore the social roles of the people who can influence young home computer users (HCUs) in Vietnam, as well as the interactions that make those people influential. Since HCUs are considered the weakest link in the security chain and cyber-threats can attack organisation’s information systems indirectly via these HCUs, it is therefore necessary to identify their sources of security influence for designing effective intervention. To this end, the ego-centric network analysis approach was employed to analyse the personal networks of security influence of 116 HCUs, comprising 548 influential sources in total. Close relationships such as …

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Notes Of Contributors, Notes On Editorial Advisors, Anna Rutherford Dec 2016

Notes Of Contributors, Notes On Editorial Advisors, Anna Rutherford

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Notes of Contributors, Notes on Editorial Advisors

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'Waiting For The Rescue': A Discussion Of Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm, Dorothy Jones Dec 2016

'Waiting For The Rescue': A Discussion Of Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm, Dorothy Jones

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That's your hand sticking out of the rubble. I touch it, you're still living; to have this happen I would give anything, to keep you alive with me despite the wreckage.

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Book Reviews And Conference Papers Dec 2016

Book Reviews And Conference Papers

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Book reviews and Conference papers

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Interview, Anita Desai Dec 2016

Interview, Anita Desai

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Kirsten Hoist Petersen interviewed Anita Desai in India in July, 1984.

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Boy And Aeroplane In A London Park, Cherry Clayton Dec 2016

Boy And Aeroplane In A London Park, Cherry Clayton

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We never had much luck with kites. Caught in balls of string or tugging briefly against the hand only to fall like dead birds and cling to earth their tendency to come to ground became a symbol of all we had sought in each other and never found.

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Mamlambo, Bheki Maseko Dec 2016

Mamlambo, Bheki Maseko

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Mamlambo is a kind of snake that brings fortune to anyone who accommodates it. One's money or livestock multiplies incredibly. This snake is available from traditional doctors who provide instructions regarding its exploitation. Certain necessities are to be sacrificed in order to maintain it. Sometimes you may have to sacrifice your own children, or go without a car or clothes. It all depends on the instructions of the doctor concerned.

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Interview, Njabulu Ndebele Dec 2016

Interview, Njabulu Ndebele

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Kirsten Hoist Petersen interviewed Njabulu Ndebele at the African Writers' Conference in London in November, 1984.

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