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EPortfolios, Professional Development and Employability: Some Student Perceptions
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Woodley, Carolyn; Sims, Rob – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore business students' views about using ePortfolios at Victoria University (VU) in Melbourne. It also examines the extent to which students present ePortfolios to prospective employers in applying for jobs. Design/methodology/approach: This paper draws on the literature on ePortfolio use and the role…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Portfolios (Background Materials), Business Administration Education, College Students
Mobile Phone Appropriation of Students and Staff at an Institution of Higher Learning
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Karim, Nor Shahriza Abdul; Oyebisi, Ishaq Oyefolahan; Mahmud, Murni – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the adoption and appropriation of mobile phone (MP) technologies by building on the technology appropriation theories. The paper also looks into the choice of MP use through various attractors, the purposes of MP use and the extent of use of various MP applications and features by the targeted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Research Needs, Individual Characteristics
Extraneous Information and Graph Comprehension: Implications for Effective Design Choices
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Stewart, Brandie M.; Cipolla, Jessica M.; Best, Lisa A. – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine if university students could accurately extract information from graphs presented in 2D or 3D formats with different colour hue variations or solid black and white. Design/methodology/approach: Participants are presented with 2D and 3D bar and pie charts in a PowerPoint presentation and are asked to…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Graphs, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction
Course Management Software Adoption: A Diffusion of Innovations Perspective
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Kilmon, Carol; Fagan, Mary Helen – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the adoption of course management software (CMS) among faculty in a nursing program in order to better understand the consequences that result from adoption decisions. Design/methodology/approach: A case study approach was taken using a component of diffusion of innovations theory as a framework for…
Descriptors: College Students, Nursing, Undergraduate Study, Course Content
Successful Engagement in Graduate Attribute Assessment Using Software
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Thompson, Darrall – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2009
Purpose: The benefits of an educational shift to graduate attribute development have been foregrounded in the educational literature since the early 1990s. Attribute mapping in documentation with no change to assessment constitutes a surface approach. This paper aims to use as an example a deep approach that uses software to facilitate staff and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Computer Software
A Model for New Linkages for Prior Learning Assessment
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Kalz, Marco; van Bruggen, Jan; Giesbers, Bas; Waterink, Wim; Eshuis, Jannes; Koper, Rob – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is twofold: first the paper aims to sketch the theoretical basis for the use of electronic portfolios for prior learning assessment; second it endeavours to introduce latent semantic analysis (LSA) as a powerful method for the computation of semantic similarity between texts and a basis for a new observation link…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Portfolio Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials), Open Universities