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Media And Communications, Joel M. Drotts Esq. Dec 2015

Media And Communications, Joel M. Drotts Esq.

Joel M. Drotts Esq.

The media theories project.


Web-Based Student Peer Review: A Research Summary, Edward F. Gehringer Mar 2014

Web-Based Student Peer Review: A Research Summary, Edward F. Gehringer

Edward F Gehringer

Interest in Web-based peer-review systems dates back nearly 20 years. Systems were built to let students give feedback to other students, mainly to help them improve their writing. But students are not necessarily effective peer reviewers. Left to their own devices, they will submit cursory reviews, which are not very helpful to their peers. Techniques have been developed to improve the quality of reviews. Calibration is one such technique. Students are asked to assess samples of writing that have previously been assessed by experts. Students must submit an evaluation “close enough” to the experts’ before they are allowed to review …


Aceresearch : Promoting The Visibility Of Educational Research Through An Institutional Repository, Lance Deveson Oct 2013

Aceresearch : Promoting The Visibility Of Educational Research Through An Institutional Repository, Lance Deveson

Lance Deveson

ACEReSearch is the research repository at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). The author presents an overview of the evolution and development of this open access online resource.


Bolde Research Bank - Blended, Online Learning & Distance Education (Power Point Presentation), Lance Deveson Oct 2013

Bolde Research Bank - Blended, Online Learning & Distance Education (Power Point Presentation), Lance Deveson

Lance Deveson

A power point presentation describing the history and features of the Blended, Online Learning and Distance Education (BOLDE) research bank.


Database Of Research On Indigenous Education (Ierd), Lance Deveson, Gina Milgate Jun 2012

Database Of Research On Indigenous Education (Ierd), Lance Deveson, Gina Milgate

Lance Deveson

The Database of Research on Indigenous Education (IERD) is produced and maintained by staff at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). This presentation provides an overview of IERD's history and features.


Source Text Re-Use In Engineering Thesis And Dissertation Literature Reviews: A Comparison [Powerpoint Presentation], Edward J. Eckel Mr. Mar 2012

Source Text Re-Use In Engineering Thesis And Dissertation Literature Reviews: A Comparison [Powerpoint Presentation], Edward J. Eckel Mr.

Edward J Eckel

Using random samples of 150 engineering master's theses and 150 doctoral dissertations from the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database, the author conducted 30 Google searches of random seven word strings from the literature review sections for each thesis/dissertation, looking for textual matches to scholarly sources. The author then did a statistical comparison for significance between the thesis and dissertation data for the following measures: length of the longest verbatim string found for each thesis/dissertation, and the number of verbatim matches found for each thesis/dissertation. This study is designed to explore the following research question: Do engineering master's theses have more …


History Of Aei And A+ Education, Lance Deveson, Stuart Hughes Jan 2012

History Of Aei And A+ Education, Lance Deveson, Stuart Hughes

Lance Deveson

A power point presentation on the history, key features and content of the Australian Education Index (AEI) and the associated Informit database A+ Education.


Building Capacity For Assessment At Your Institution, Steven M. Culver Dec 2011

Building Capacity For Assessment At Your Institution, Steven M. Culver

Steven M Culver

No abstract provided.


The Culture Of Assessment & Assessment Quality, Steven M. Culver Aug 2011

The Culture Of Assessment & Assessment Quality, Steven M. Culver

Steven M Culver

No abstract provided.


My Resume Is Prettier Than Your Resume, Rachel White Jan 2011

My Resume Is Prettier Than Your Resume, Rachel White

Rachel White

No abstract provided.


Doing Assessment, Not Just Talking About It, Steven M. Culver Oct 2009

Doing Assessment, Not Just Talking About It, Steven M. Culver

Steven M Culver

No abstract provided.