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Direct linkHughes, Clair – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2009
The assessment-related activities of academic development units (ADU) are driven not only by institutional initiatives and the pursuit of particular research interests but also by less predictable factors including the emerging needs of faculty members and external funding opportunities. When not located within a strong classification framework,…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Assessment, Higher Education, College Administration
Download full textBuchan, Janet – Journal of Distance Education, 2010
In a case study of a large Australian university the metaphor of panarchy is used as a means of describing and understanding the complex interrelationships of multi-scale institutional projects and the influences of a variety factors on the potential success of e-learning initiatives. The concept of para-analysis is introduced as a management…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Figurative Language, Educational Technology, Prediction
Birch, Dawn; Burnett, Bruce – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
Rapid advances in educational and information communications technology (ICT) have encouraged some educators to move beyond traditional face to face and distance education correspondence modes toward a rich, technology mediated e-learning environment. Ready access to multimedia at the desktop has provided the opportunity for educators to develop…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Barriers, College Environment, Teacher Attitudes
Ward, Mary-Helen; West, Sandra; Peat, Mary; Atkinson, Susan – Journal of Distance Education, 2010
The University of Sydney is a large, research-intensive, campus-based Australian University. Since 2004 a strategic initiative of project-based eLearning support has been creating teams of non-academic and academic staff, who have worked together to develop online resources to meet identified needs. The University's aims in continuing to provide…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Online Courses, Educational Change
Tynan, Belinda; Adlington, Rachael; Stewart, Cherry; Vale, Deborah; Sims, Rod; Shanahan, Peter – Journal of Distance Education, 2010
This paper will detail three projects which focussed on enhancing online learning at a large Australian distance education University within a School of Business, School of Health and School of Education. Each project had special funding and took quite distinctive project management approaches, which reflect the desire to embed innovation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Instructional Design, Distance Education
Peer reviewedJohnston, Sue – Studies in Higher Education, 1995
A program in the School of Education at Queensland University of Technology (Australia), designed to improve the experience of graduate students in a research-based master's program, is described. Strategies for overcoming problems of student isolation and building a sense of belonging are highlighted. It is argued that graduate students need…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Environment, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students
