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Collaborative Design Projects: Evaluating Students' Online Discussions, S. Lambert
Collaborative Design Projects: Evaluating Students' Online Discussions, S. Lambert
Sarah Lambert
This paper reports on the author’s work to evaluate student online discussion, a learning tool used in a face-to-face graphic design subject centred around a collaborative design project. A modified teaching and learning model with new online resources was trialled with approx 45 undergraduate design students in session 1 of 2003. The 4 students in each project team were allocated a specific role based on contemporary design studio practice. An online discussion space was set up for each project team. A number of evaluation techniques were used including a content analysis of online discussion postings on which this paper focuses. …
Minding Your Own Business: Can A Business Excellence Framework Translate To The Education Sector? , Margie H. Jantti
Minding Your Own Business: Can A Business Excellence Framework Translate To The Education Sector? , Margie H. Jantti
Margie Jantti
As the first education and training organisation to be recognised with an Australian Business Excellence Award in the Award’s 14 year history, the University of Wollongong Library has demonstrated how the principles of excellence can readily be translated to the education and service sector. Many higher education institutions are planning or preparing for the audit process developed by the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA). The audit process, particularly the internal self assessment will be firmly focussed on practices and processes aligned with the stated vision and mission of the institution; how plans and objectives are translated into operational activities; how …