The 2005 Australian Informatics Competition

David Clark

Australian Mathematics Teacher Vol. 62, No. 1 (2006) pp. 30–35

This article describes the Australian Informatics Competition (AIC), a non-programming competition aimed at identifying students with potential in programming and algorithmic design. It is the first step in identifying students to represent...

An Empirical Investigation of Flowchart Preference

David Scanlan; Leisa Clark

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching Vol. 8, No. 2 (1989) pp. 56–64

Studies whether students' stated preferences for flowcharts or pseudocodes match their actual behaviors. Provides a review of the literature on flowchart utility. Reports that students preferred flowcharts to pseudocodes. Lists an example of both a...

The Use of Formative Quizzes for Deep Learning

Kevin Cox; David Clark

Computers & Education Vol. 30, No. 3 (1998) pp. 157–67

Describes how to construct questions to test all cognitive levels of learning for a course in introductory programming. The framework for learning is based on Bloom's taxonomy. Practical advice is given through examples and by describing a computer...

Computing Modules That Empower Students

Kevin R. Cox; David Clark

Computers & Education Vol. 23, No. 4 (1994) pp. 277–84

Explains how modern programming systems empower beginning college students taking computer literacy courses; provides suggestions for designing courses and on the selection of appropriate software; and gives examples of course content and of...

A Comparison of Traditional and Online Formats in a Public Speaking Course

Ruth Anne Clark; David Jones

Communication Education Vol. 50, No. 2 (2001) pp. 109–24

Compares traditional and online formats in a public speaking course. Gives a description of the online format and notes factors related to selection format. Considers students' global evaluations of format and students' reports of their speaking...

Analytics and complexity: Learning and leading for the future

Colin Beer; David Jones; Damien Clark

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2012 (November 2012)

There is growing interest in the application of learning analytics to manage, inform and improve learning and teaching within higher education. In particular, learning analytics is seen as enabling data-driven decision making as universities are...

A Cybernetic Modification Scheme for an Instructional System

Mical C. Clark; M David Merrill

Educational Technology Vol. 12, No. 5 (1972) pp. 32–35

The indicators project identifying effective learning: Adoption, activity, grades and external factors

Colin Beer; David Jones; Ken CLark

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2009 (2009) pp. 60–70

Learning management systems have become almost ubiquitous as a technical solution to elearning within universities. Extant literature illustrates that LMS system logs, along with other IT systems data, can be used to inform decision-making. It also...

Academic involvement with the LMS: An exploratory study

Ken Clark; Colin Beer; David Jones

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 487–496

There is growing interest in the use of academic analytics however most of the reported work is being done at the level of institutions, and groupings of courses within those institutions.This study is an exploratory case study aimed at analyzing an ...

The IRAC framework: Locating the performance zone for learning analytics

David Jones; Colin Beer; Damien Clark

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2013 (2013) pp. 446–450

It is an unusual Australian University that is not currently expending time and resources in an attempt to harness learning analytics. This rush, like prior management fads, is likely to face significant challenges when it comes to adoption, let...

Effective Peer Interaction in a Problem-Centered Instructional Strategy

M David Merrill; Clark G. Gilbert

Distance Education Vol. 29, No. 2 (August 2008) pp. 199–207

This article suggests that peer interaction is most effective when orchestrated around a progression of problems. Problem-centered learning is enhanced by carefully structured peer interactions. Problem-centered instruction is a form of direct...

Indicators of engagement

Colin Beer; Ken Clark; David Jones

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 75–86

Student engagement has become synonymous with the measurement of teaching and learning quality at universities. The almost global adoption of learning management systems as a technical solution to e-learning within universities and their ability to...

Virginia Tech Report: CNI's Assessing the Academic Networked Environment Project

Joanne Eustis; Clark Gaylord; Eileen Hitchingham; Kimberley Homer; David Taylor

Information Technology and Libraries Vol. 17, No. 2 (1998) pp. 93–99

Describes Virginia Tech's participation in the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Assessing the Academic Networked Environment Project to field test measures of the impact of networks and networked information resources on higher education...

Professional and Parental Attitudes toward iPad Application Use in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Megan L. E. Clark; David W. Austin; Melinda J. Craike

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities Vol. 30, No. 3 (September 2015) pp. 174–181

This study explored the attitudes of parents and professionals who work with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) toward the utilization of iPads and use of iPad applications by children with ASD. A survey of parents (n = 90) and...

Bloody Good! The Impact of eLearning on Medical and Nursing Practice

David Peterson; Tracey Clark; Richard Sprod; Trudi Verrall; Louise English; Amanda Thomson

International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning (iJAC) Vol. 10, No. 2 (Nov 09, 2017) pp. 75–87

Blood transfusion is a commonly-performed medical procedure that improves and saves the lives of patients. However, this procedure also has significant risks, is sometimes used inappropriately and has substantial costs associated with the collection,...

The adoption of open educational resources by one community college math department

John Hilton III; Donna Gaudet; Phil Clark; Jared Robinson; David Wiley

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 14, No. 4 (Aug 28, 2013)

The high cost of textbooks is of concern not only to college students but also to society as a whole. Open textbooks promise the same educational benefits as traditional textbooks; however, their efficacy remains largely untested. We report on one...

Contextualizing Reflective Dialogue in a Spoken Conversational Tutor

Heather Pon-Barry; Brady Clark; Karl Schultz; Elizabeth Owen Bratt; Stanley Peters; David Haley

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 8, No. 4 (2005) pp. 42–51

In this paper we describe the ways that SCoT, a Spoken Conversational Tutor, uses flexible and adaptive planning as well as multimodal task modeling to support the contextualization of learning in reflective dialogues. Past research on human...

College instructors and the digital red pen: An exploratory study of factors influencing the adoption and non-adoption of digital written feedback technologies

Cathlin V. Clark-Gordon; Nicholas David Bowman; Alexis A. Hadden; Brandi N. Frisby

Computers & Education Vol. 128, No. 1 (January 2019) pp. 414–426

This exploratory study examined a diverse set of college instructors' (

Language: English

Pattern of Task Interpretation and Self-Regulated Learning Strategies of High School Students and College Freshmen during an Engineering Design Project

Oenardi Lawanto; Deborah Butler; Sylvie C. Cartier; Harry B. Santoso; Wade Goodridge; Kevin N. Lawanto; David Clark

Journal of STEM Education Vol. 14, No. 4 (2013) pp. 15–27

The objective of this exploratory study was to describe patterns in self-regulated learning (SRL) for both high school students and college freshmen while engaged in a design activity. The main research question guiding this study was: How did high...

Record, Replay, Reflect: Videotaped Lessons Accelerate Learning for Teachers and Coaches

Jim Knight; Barbara A. Bradley; Michael Hock; Thomas M. Skrtic; David Knight; Irma Brasseur-Hock; Jean Clark; Marilyn Ruggles; Carol Hatton

Journal of Staff Development Vol. 33, No. 2 (April 2012) pp. 18–23

New technologies can dramatically change the way people live and work. Jet engines transformed travel. Television revolutionized news and entertainment. Computers and the Internet have transformed just about everything else. And now small video...

Impact of Physician Asthma Care Education on Patient Outcomes

Michael D. Cabana; Kathryn K. Slish; David Evans; Robert B. Mellins; Randall W. Brown; Xihong Lin; Niko Kaciroti; Noreen M. Clark

Health Education & Behavior Vol. 41, No. 5 (October 2014) pp. 509–517

Objective: We evaluated the effectiveness of a continuing medical education program, Physician Asthma Care Education, in improving pediatricians' asthma therapeutic and communication skills and patients' health care utilization for asthma. ...

The Evolution of the Internet as a Global Information System

Robert Kahn; Barry M. Leiner; Vinton G. Cerf; David D. Clark; Leonard Kleinrock; Daniel C. Lynch; Jon Postel; Lawrence E. Roberts; Stephen Wolff

International Information and Library Review Vol. 29, No. 2 (1997) pp. 129–51

Provides a brief history of the Internet revolving around four distinct aspects: (1) the technological evolution that began with early research on packet switching and the ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) and continues to expand...

Australian higher education institutions transforming the future of teaching and learning through 3D virtual worlds

Sue Gregory; Brent Gregory; Matthew Campbell; Helen Farley; Suku Sinnappan; Shannon Kennedy-CLark; David Craven; Deborah Murdoch; Denise Wood; Jenny Grenfell; Angela Thomas; Carol Matthews; Kerrie Smith; Ian Warren; Heinz Dreher; Lindy McKeown; Allan Ellis ; Mathew Hillier; Steven Pace; Andrew Cram; Lyn Hay Charles; Scott Grant; Mark J.W. Lee

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 399–415

What are educators' motivations for using virtual worlds with their students? Are they using them to support the teaching of professions and if this is the case, do they introduce virtual worlds into the curriculum to develop and/or expand students' ...