Campus-Wide Information Systems: Volume 26 Issue 3
Table of contents - Special Issue: Selected Papers from the International Conference on Information and Communications Technology in Education (ICICTE) 2008
Guest Editors: M. Henderson, S. Shurville, K. Fernstrom
The quantitative crunch: The impact of bibliometric research quality assessment exercises on academic development at small conferences
Michael Henderson, Simon Shurville, Ken FernstromSmall and specialist inter‐disciplinary conferences, particularly those relating to technology enhanced learning such as International Conference on Information and Communications…
Assessing quality of critical thought in online discussion
Lisa Weltzer‐Ward, Beate Baltes, Laura Knight LynnThe purpose of this paper is to describe a theoretically based coding framework for an integrated analysis and assessment of critical thinking in online discussion.
Talking online: reflecting on online communication tools
Susan GreenerThe purpose of this paper is to reflect on the value and constraints of varied online communication tools from web 2.0 to e‐mail in a higher education (HE) teaching and learning…
Extraneous information and graph comprehension: Implications for effective design choices
Brandie M. Stewart, Jessica M. Cipolla, Lisa A. BestThe 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…
Accommodating the newfound strategic importance of educational technologists within higher education: A critical literature review
Simon Shurville, Tom Browne, Marian WhitakerEducational technologists make significant contributions to the development, organisational embedding and service provision of technology‐enhanced learning (TEL) environments…
Open, connected, social – implications for educational design
Alec CourosThe purpose of this paper is to describe the design and implementation of an open access, graduate education course where openness, connectivism, and social learning are guiding…
Using Web 2.0 to decolonise transcultural learning zones in higher education
Henk EijkmanThe purpose of this paper is to explain, in the context of the massification and internationalisation of higher education, how Web 2.0 and its socially oriented knowledge system…
Using learning styles to personalize online learning
Maria ZajacThe purpose of this paper is to present the results of research aimed at collecting the data necessary for preparing personalised content of e‐learning courses. Its aim is to show…