Originality and Plagiarism Resources for Academic Staff Development in the Era of New Web Authoring Formats

Kathleen Gray

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 2404–2411

This paper focuses on academic integrity and plagiarism implications of extending the conventions of academic writing to accommodate the growing public use of a range of widely available web authoring methods, such as wikis and blogs, social...

Education as eHealth Infrastructure: Considerations in Advancing a National Agenda for eHealth

Sonya Hilberts; Kathleen Gray

Advances in Health Sciences Education Vol. 19, No. 1 (March 2014) pp. 115–127

This paper explores the role of education as infrastructure in large-scale ehealth strategies--in theory, in international practice and in one national case study. Education is often invisible in the documentation of ehealth infrastructure....

Topics: Health

“If Many Were Involved”: University Student Self-Interest and Engagement in a Social Bookmarking Activity

Kathleen Gray; Matt Carter

International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design Vol. 2, No. 4 (October 2012) pp. 20–31

There is interest amongst educators in engaging university students in learning communities through social web technologies. Asking students to create and share content through social bookmarking is often suggested. However there are few evidence...

Emphasising assessment 'as' learning by assessing wiki writing assignments collaboratively and publicly online

Anne Davies; Kerry Pantzopoulos; Kathleen Gray; Kathleen Gray

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 5 (Jan 01, 2011)

The use of Web 2.0 communication practices in assessment may offer a new approach to assessment 'as' learning, a goal for assessment that is more highly valued than assessment 'of' and even 'for' learning in the literature. This paper describes a...

Language: English

Ethics of Research into Learning and Teaching with Web 2.0: Reflections on Eight Case Studies

Rosemary L. Chang; Kathleen Gray

Journal of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 25, No. 3 (December 2013) pp. 147–165

The unique features and educational affordances of Web 2.0 technologies pose new challenges for conducting learning and teaching research in ways that adequately address ethical issues of informed consent, beneficence, respect, justice, research...

Emphasising Assessment "as" Learning by Assessing Wiki Writing Assignments Collaboratively and Publicly Online

Anne Davies; Kerry Pantzopoulos; Kathleen Gray

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 27, No. 5 (2011)

The use of Web 2.0 communication practices in assessment may offer a new approach to assessment "as" learning, a goal for assessment that is more highly valued than assessment "of" and even "for" learning in the literature. This paper describes a...

Making E-learning More Effective

Kathleen Gray; Jim McGovern; Gail Hart

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2005 (October 2005) pp. 310–325

The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology participated in a major national e-learning survey in September and October 2004 sponsored by the five universities in the Australian Technology Network (ATN). Participation in the ATN e-learning survey...

How social are social media technologies (SMTs)? A linguistic analysis of university students' experiences of using SMTs for learning

Celia Thompson; Kathleen Gray; Hyejeong Kim

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 21, No. 1 (April 2014) pp. 31–40

This study investigated how 20 university students described their collective and individual learning experiences using social media technologies (SMTs). Data consisted of transcribed focus group discussions, which were analysed for students' use of ...

Language: English

Quality, Viability and Relevance: A Strategic Framework for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mixed-Mode Teaching and Learning in an Undergraduate Biotechnology and Biomedical Science Degree

Kathleen Gray; Terrence Piva; Angela Nicolettou

Educational Media International Vol. 41, No. 3 (January 2004) pp. 219–231

RMIT is a major Australian university of technology based in central Melbourne with regional and international reach. It has made both online education and programme quality two central planks in its teaching and learning strategy in recent years....

Use of Social Web Technologies by International and Domestic Undergraduate Students: Implications for Internationalising Learning and Teaching in Australian Universities

Kathleen Gray; Shanton Chang; Gregor Kennedy

Technology, Pedagogy and Education Vol. 19, No. 1 (March 2010) pp. 31–46

Much research into the use of online information and communication technologies for the internationalisation of learning and teaching has focused on established web technologies. This paper considers the possible internationalisation implications of ...

Web 2.0 authorship: Issues of referencing and citation for academic integrity

Kathleen Gray; Celia Thompson; Rosemary Clerehan; Judithe Sheard; Margaret Hamilton

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 11, No. 2 (2008) pp. 112–118

Web 2.0 authoring forms such as wikis and blogs, social bookmarking, and audio and video podcasting pose a challenge to academic authorship traditions. This paper reviews the provisions made in major academic referencing and citation style guides...

Language: English

Digital divides? Student and staff perceptions of information and communication technologies

Jenny Waycott; Sue Bennett; Gregor Kennedy; Barney Dalgarno; Kathleen Gray

Computers & Education Vol. 54, No. 4 (May 2010) pp. 1202–1211

This paper reports qualitative findings from a study that investigated Australian university staff and students’ perceptions and use of current and emerging technologies both in their daily lives and in teaching and learning contexts. Forty-six...

Language: English

Transforming assessment in higher education: A participatory approach to the development of a good practice framework for assessing student learning through social web technologies

Jenny Waycott; Celia Thompson; Rosemary Clerehan; Judithe Sheard; Joan Richardson; Margaret Hamilton; Kathleen Gray

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2010 (2010) pp. 1040–1050

Social web technologies, such as blogs, wikis, social networking and photo/video sharing sites, are increasingly being used in innovative learning activities in higher education. While there has been much discussion about the pedagogical rationale...

First year students' experiences with technology: Are they really digital natives?

Gregor Kennedy; Terry Judd; Anna Churchward; Kathleen Gray; Kerri-Lee Krause; Kerri-Lee Krause

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2008)

This paper reports on a study conducted in 2006 with more than 2,000 incoming first-year Australian university students. Students were asked about their access to, use of and preferences for an array of established and emerging technologies and...

Language: English

Immigrants and natives: Investigating differences between staff and students' use of technology

Gregor Kennedy; Barney Dalgarno; Sue Bennett; Terry Judd; Kathleen Gray; Rosemary Chang

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2008 (2008) pp. 484–492

Worth It? Findings from a Study of How Academics Assess Students' Web 2.0 Activities

Kathleen Gray; Jenny Waycott; Rosemary Clerehan; Margaret Hamilton; Joan Richardson; Judithe Sheard; Celia Thompson

Research in Learning Technology Vol. 20, No. 1 (2012)

Educational commentators have offered many pedagogical rationales for using Web 2.0 to support learning in higher education, and academics are being encouraged to find ways for their students to use social web technologies. Questions arise as to the ...

Students as Web 2.0 authors: Implications for assessment design and conduct

Kathleen Gray; Celia Thompson; Judithe Sheard; Rosemary Clerehan; Margaret Hamilton; Margaret Hamilton

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 26, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2010)

Students now have at their disposal a range of Web 2.0 authoring forms such as audio and video podcasting, blogging, social bookmarking, social networking, virtual world activities and wiki writing. Many university educators are interested in...

Language: English

The net generation are not big users of Web 2.0 technologies: Preliminary findings

Gregor Kennedy; Rosemary Chang; Anna Churchward; Kathleen Gray; Terry Judd; Jenny Waycott; Barney Dalgarno; Susan Bennett; Karl Maton; Kerri-Lee Krause; Andrea Bishop

ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2007 (2007) pp. 517–525