MOVING TO THE WEB USING ELF POWER

Don Sheridan

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 1999 (1999) pp. 1338–1339

The University of Auckland with an enrolment of 26 000 students shares with other tertiary educational institutions the vision of providing life-long learning for its students while attempting to deal with the current restraints on budget and a...

Topics: Educational Technology, Schools, Business, Students

Moving from Hard Copy to Online Marking Made Easy

Chun Li; Don Sheridan

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 137–142

This poster session illustrates the steps in turning students’ hard copy assignments and assessments into digital images that can be processed using various devices and technologies. The emphasis is on using readily available or low cost solutions...

Topics: Infrastructure, Technology & Techniques, Exemplary Projects, Usability/User Studies

Low-Cost High-Impact Process Reengineering for Assessments

Don Sheridan; Lesley Gardner

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 364–369

This is a report about how the management of assessments can be improved at very low cost using readily available technologies. It began with pilot studies using classes with relatively small enrolments (100 – 200) and has now been successfully...

Lecture Recording Analytics: Extracting Meaning from Big Data

Lesley Gardner; Don Sheridan

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 154–164

This paper describes a large lecture recording installation of 110 theatres and the process of deriving meaning from the data collected. The process of accessing and merging related data sources is described. Examples of reports for administrative...

Topics: Exemplary Projects, Usability/User Studies, Evaluation of Impact

The Transition to Online Marking in Large Classes

Andrew Eberhard; Don Sheridan

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 136–141

The prospect of business as usual given shrinking budgets, increased enrolments and an emphasis on an integrated approach to instructional design, delivery and finally assessments creates opportunities to consider systemic solutions such as...

Topics: Exemplary Projects, New Roles for Teachers/Learners, Instructional Design, pedagogical issues, Business

Eye-Tracking: A Cost-Effective Workstation for Usability Studies

Andy Nguyen; Don Sheridan

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 430–435

Eye-tracking has been found increasingly useful in interdisciplinary academic research and commercial practice. Recent developments in eye-tracking have been impressive in reducing the cost of eye-tracking systems. In this paper, we produced a cost...

Topics: Evaluation of Impact, Exemplary Projects, Usability/User Studies

Visualising and inferring LMS discussions

Don Sheridan; Stephen Witherden

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2007 (2007) pp. 1134–1139

Rubric Marking “Out of the Box”: Saving Time & Adding Value to Teaching & Learning

Lesley Gardner; Don Sheridan; Nina Andreas

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 391–400

Abstract: This paper describes how Goggle Docs can be used to create a rubric marking system with ‘out-of-the-box’ features a simple form with radio buttons or Likert scale to record the student’s marks for each assessment item, and the total...

Perceptions of ICT: An Exploration of Gender Differences

Lesley Gardner; Don Sheridan; Xinzhuo Ella Tian

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 120–129

Abstract: This paper describes a study which addresses the aptitude and aspirations of both genders when choosing an information and communication technology (ICT) career. While it is widely understood why females do not choose ICT careers, we have...

Topics: pedagogical issues, Country-Specific Developments, New Roles for Teachers/Learners

Curriculum mapping: An automated solution

Lesley Gardner; Andy Nguyen; Don Sheridan

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2016 (Jun 28, 2016) pp. 325–330

An institution that maintains a triple crown accreditation will incur ‘license’ fees of US$265K per five-year cycle plus even more annual, internal costs associated with administrators, unique quality assurance processes, data capture, collection,...

Topics: Design Principles, Exemplary Projects, Usability/User Studies

Models for Curriculum Mapping

Don Sheridan; Kevin Morris; Viral Shah

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 370–375

Mapping a curriculum can be approached from various perspectives, the student, the institution, the profession and accreditation organisations. Each stakeholder has their own expectations about how the curriculum impacts on themselves now and...

A framework for applying learning analytics in serious games for people with intellectual disabilities

Andy Nguyen; Lesley A. Gardner; Don Sheridan

British Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 49, No. 4 (July 2018) pp. 673–689

This paper proposes a systematic framework to integrate learning analytics into serious games for people with intellectual disabilities. Serious games for an inclusive learning environment need to be prudently designed with adaptive and measurable...

A Layered Model for Extensible Mobile PRS - Using Design Science Research Methodology to Improve the use of Mobile Technology

Koro Tawa; Don Sheridan; Lesley Gardner

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1737–1746

Abstract: Current personal response systems (PRS) commonly referred to as ‘clickers’ are not part of a common communications platform. PRS and other telecommunications devices owned by the students and in the classroom with them use mutually...

Where has all the noise gone - self motivation in peer support through social media

Don Sheridan; Lesley Gardner; Nitin Agarwal; Mark McMahon; Robert Newell

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 1455–1460

Our analytics indicate the University's LMS discussion forums are quiet, seldom used; in fact, many staff now do not even switch them on. This in comparison to five years ago when these forums were overwhelmed with content and questions is an...

The Crisis of Delivering Tertiary Education: An ED-MEDIA Collective Response

Don Sheridan; Tom Boyle; Maggie McPherson; Vinny Lohan

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 1799–1802

Abstract: This symposium provides an integrated potential solution to providing a technology supported learning environment for students who have no other hope of achieving a tertiary education. The impending crisis in accessing tertiary institution ...