There are inclinations amongst some at my university, as with many others, to move onto a different learning management system (LMS). Which creates n important questions – which new LMS? We shouldn’t worry. At least that’s one possible conclusions to be drawn from Black et al (2007). The argument is that there are so few […]
Monthly Archives: September 2007
A meeting with the PhD supervisor must mean a new planned timetable for completion of the PhD. In order to maximise fear of embarasement if/when I miss the timelines I’m making it public. It also serves the purpose of helping people understand why I might be ignoring them over the next 8 months or so. […]
You know someone is procrastinating when they take these sorts of tests.
I’ve previously written here about the value I believe which diffusion theory brings to helping understand, design and support the implementation of e-learning within a university context. Diffusion of Innovations theory has been “>used significantly within the information systems research community. That research has consistently found that three perceived characteristics of an innovation are important […]
I currently work in e-learning for which I use the OECD definition – “the use of information and communication technologies to support and enhance learning and teaching”. My original discipline as an academic is the information systems discipline. To some extent, I believe this background provides some useful insights that help with the implementation of […]
Yippee!! Some actual thinking and writing about thesis related material. Origins My PhD thesis is titled “An information systems design theory for e-learning” (PDF of recent paper) and positions itself as an example design research within the information systems discipline. It seeks to generate a design theory for aiding universities with how they should implement […]
I’m lucky enough to be involved with a Carrick funded project looking at how to integrate 3D immersive technologies into university education. My fellow project team members have already been put through the uplifting experience that is my pessimism. I’m quite sure that experience was enough for them to reconsider the value of having be […]
The modeller-broker orientation Here at CQU there is a mindset amongst a surprisingly large number of folk that align closely with a quote from Land (2001) I think we work much more effectively by working with departments we know are active, then try to get some examples out to other people. They see that it […]
