{"title":"Social media in enabling education","authors":"Susan Hopkins","doi":"10.14742/apubs.2017.751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2017.751","url":null,"abstract":"This paper argues that students from rural and low socio-economic status (LSES) backgrounds, who undertake enabling education, benefit from the social, cultural and network capital which digital, narrative and connective platforms may provide in pre-tertiary teaching and learning. In particular, this paper discusses the trial of the use of the social networking site Facebook as a learning management system within an enabling tertiary preparation program designed to raise the aspirations and widen the participation of economically and geographically disadvantaged young people. It also discusses the role of new media in an approach to Tertiary Preparation which recognises that to succeed in their university study, non-traditional students need to develop not only academic skills and confidence, but the skills and confidence to survive and thrive in the broader digital society.","PeriodicalId":475867,"journal":{"name":"ASCILITE Publications","volume":"115 39","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140986295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Framework for the analysis and comparison of e-assessment systems","authors":"P. Isaías, Paula Miranda, Sara Pífano","doi":"10.14742/apubs.2017.786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2017.786","url":null,"abstract":"The use of technology within the education sector affects many aspects of the learning process, including assessment. Electronic assessment presents many advantages over traditional paper based methods and it is being widely used by teachers and educational institutions. The progressive acceptance and use of e-assessment has resulted in the development of a panoply of e-assessment systems. This paper aims to propose a framework for the analysis and comparison of e-assessment systems, to support the selection of the most suitable assessment instruments. The proposed framework is composed of eight criteria, variety of design options, scalability, security, access and usability, feedback features, personalisation, cost and interoperability, which were overall validated by the viewpoints of educational experts via an online questionnaire.","PeriodicalId":475867,"journal":{"name":"ASCILITE Publications","volume":"120 42","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140986277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CMALT cMOOC","authors":"T. Cochrane, Vickel Narayan","doi":"10.14742/apubs.2017.793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2017.793","url":null,"abstract":"This paper outlines the design stage of a project that reimagines lecturer professional development around a network of communities of practice scaffolded by a cMOOC (connectivist Massive Open Online Course), where sustained collaborative engagement with innovative teaching practice is recognised via established international peer-based professional accreditation pathways such as CMALT (Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology). Informed by a design based research methodology, the CMALT cMOOC leverages a network of national and international collaboration and innovative teaching expertise, providing an agile and scalable framework to support the development of participants’ CMALT portfolios as evidence of critical engagement with new modes of practice and enhanced student outcomes.","PeriodicalId":475867,"journal":{"name":"ASCILITE Publications","volume":"112 45","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140986709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Sankey, S. Marshall, S. McCarthy, S. Leichtweis, R. Selvaratnam, N. Adams, L. Joubert, K. Ames
{"title":"The ACODE Benchmarks for Technology Enhanced Learning","authors":"Michael Sankey, S. Marshall, S. McCarthy, S. Leichtweis, R. Selvaratnam, N. Adams, L. Joubert, K. Ames","doi":"10.14742/apubs.2024.725","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2024.725","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000The ACODE benchmarks have been developed to assist institutions in their practice of delivering a quality technology enhanced learning (TEL) experience for their students and staff (recognising that some institutions refer to their practice with terms such as e-learning, online or flexible learning, blended, etc.). There are nine benchmarks, each of which can be used as a standalone indicator or used collectively to provide a whole institution perspective. However, where these benchmarks become even more powerful is when they are used in association with other institutions, as part of a collaborative interinstitutional benchmarking exercise that ACODE facilitates every two years. This is where one or more institutions are willing to share their practices and journey in TEL with others, based on the outcomes of their own internal benchmarking activity. \u0000","PeriodicalId":475867,"journal":{"name":"ASCILITE Publications","volume":"9 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141036886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}