Research news
Ms Heather Brown's article is now published...
'Who Guards the Guards; Meeting the Challenges of Digital Preservation' has just been published in the peer reviewed journal World Digital Libraries Vol. 2 issue 1 June 2009 (published by TERI, Delhi, India).
Dr Simon Shurville's newly published papers...
Henderson, M., Shurville, S. and Fernstrom, K. (2009). The quantitative crunch: the impact of bibliometric research quality assessment exercises on academic development at small conferences, Campus-Wide Information Systems, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 149-167.
Shurville, S., Browne, H. and Whitaker, M. (2009). Accommodating the newfound strategic importance of educational technologists within higher education: A critical literature review, Campus-Wide Information Systems, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 201 - 231.
Campus-wide Information Systems Journal
Campus Wide Information Systems have just published
'Educational and Institutional Flexibility of Australian Educational
Software', a viewpoint paper which I wrote with Barry O'Grady and Peter Mayall of Curtin Business School.
"Well-designed educational software can be a key enabler for flexible
education, although embedding it at an institutional level brings its own
demands for change management. Here we define flexible educational software
to mean applications that provide both educational and institutional
flexibility. Educationally flexible software should enable educators to
design and manage effective learning experiences and materials and provide
an interface that is appropriate for educating. Meanwhile it should provide
students with opportunities to learn at their convenience and provide an
interface dedicated to learning. Institutionally flexible software should
provide institutions and their developers with facilities to adapt and
integrate the product with local administrative processes, IT platforms and
teaching culture. It should also help universities to join effective
federations and partnerships with other institutions, which requires
adherence to open standards and tolerance of diverse coding languages and
platforms, including those that are popular in other nations." (Shurville,
O'Grady and Mayall, 2008, p 76).
The paper is part of a special issue on Australasian E-Learning which I
co-edited with Professor Ken Fernstrom (University College of the Fraser
Valley, British Columbia), Dr Michael Henderson (Monash) and Barry O’Grady
(Curtin)
Reference
Shurville, S., O'Grady, B. and Mayall, P. (2008) 'Educational and
Institutional Flexibility of Australian Educational Software', Campus-Wide
Information Systems, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp 74-84.