Campus-Wide Information Systems: Volume 26 Issue 3

The quantitative crunch: The impact of bibliometric research quality assessment exercises on academic development at small conferences

Michael Henderson, Simon Shurville, Ken Fernstrom

Small and specialist inter‐disciplinary conferences, particularly those relating to technology enhanced learning such as International Conference on Information and Communications…

Assessing quality of critical thought in online discussion

Lisa Weltzer‐Ward, Beate Baltes, Laura Knight Lynn

The purpose of this paper is to describe a theoretically based coding framework for an integrated analysis and assessment of critical thinking in online discussion.

Talking online: reflecting on online communication tools

Susan Greener

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the value and constraints of varied online communication tools from web 2.0 to e‐mail in a higher education (HE) teaching and learning…

Extraneous information and graph comprehension: Implications for effective design choices

Brandie M. Stewart, Jessica M. Cipolla, Lisa A. Best

The purpose of this paper is to examine if university students could accurately extract information from graphs presented in 2D or 3D formats with different colour hue variations…

Accommodating the newfound strategic importance of educational technologists within higher education: A critical literature review

Simon Shurville, Tom Browne, Marian Whitaker

Educational technologists make significant contributions to the development, organisational embedding and service provision of technology‐enhanced learning (TEL) environments…

Open, connected, social – implications for educational design

Alec Couros

The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and implementation of an open access, graduate education course where openness, connectivism, and social learning are guiding…

Using Web 2.0 to decolonise transcultural learning zones in higher education

Henk Eijkman

The purpose of this paper is to explain, in the context of the massification and internationalisation of higher education, how Web 2.0 and its socially oriented knowledge system…

Using learning styles to personalize online learning

Maria Zajac

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of research aimed at collecting the data necessary for preparing personalised content of e‐learning courses. Its aim is to show…