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Osborne, Kristen; Fowler, Craig; Circelli, Michelle – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2018
This discussion paper explores the possibilities and risks that data linkage presents for the vocational education and training (VET) sector. Along with a broad overview of the nature of data linkage, it highlights possible applications for data linkage in the VET sector and examines the key challenges associated with its use. A number of case…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Data Processing, Educational Research, Information Networks
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Ribbe, Joachim – Teaching Science, 2016
This paper aims to introduce an activity for teachers to assist in meeting learning outcomes as defined in the earth and environmental science units of the Australian Curriculum. The focus of the classroom tasks is on a global ocean feature referred to as El Niño. This phenomenon is part of the El Niño Southern Oscillation, which is largely…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Environmental Education, Earth Science, Oceanography
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Chen, Ling; Liu, Yang; Gallagher, Marcus; Pailthorpe, Bernard; Sadiq, Shazia; Shen, Heng Tao; Li, Xue – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2012
The demand for graduates with exposure in Cloud Computing is on the rise. For many educational institutions, the challenge is to decide on how to incorporate appropriate cloud-based technologies into their curricula. In this paper, we describe our design and experiences of integrating Cloud Computing components into seven third/fourth-year…
Descriptors: Computers, Schools, Foreign Countries, Computer Science
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Hourigan, Clare – Journal of Institutional Research, 2011
Academic standards and performance outcomes are a major focus of the current Cycle 2 Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) audits. AUQA has clearly stated that universities will need to provide "evidence of setting, maintaining, and reviewing institutional academic standards and outcomes" (2010, p. 27). To do this, universities…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Admission Criteria, Program Improvement, Data Analysis
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Zoanetti, Nathan – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
This article presents key steps in the design and analysis of a computer based problem-solving assessment featuring interactive tasks. The purpose of the assessment is to support targeted instruction for students by diagnosing strengths and weaknesses at different stages of problem-solving. The first focus of this article is the task piloting…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Uses in Education, Problem Solving, Evaluation Methods
Queensland Library Board, Brisbane (Australia). – 1979
Currently being developed by the State Library of Queensland, Australia, ORACLE (On-Line Retrieval of Acquisitions, Cataloguing, and Circulation Details for Library Enquiries) is a computerized library system designed to provide rapid processing of library materials in a multi-user environment. It is based on the Australian MARC format and fully…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computers, Data Processing, Flow Charts
Landford, R. R. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1979
Computer developments that might concern educational administrators are outlined, including physical size, processing performance, peripheral performance, cost of computation, and software development. Computer development and advances in data processing technology are expected to continue to be as dramatic in the 1980s as they have in the past 25…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computers, Data Processing, Educational Administration
Findlay, A. W. – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1979
The computer is seen as a powerful tool that offers great potential for administrators in tertiary institutions. The impact of the computer on processing data, database concept, computer communication, utilization of operations data for analytical reports, use of management science tools, and evolution in administrative data processing are…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computers, Data Processing, Databases
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Tobin, Kenneth – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 1984
Presents a sample lesson plan (suitable for grades 6-10) and examples of other problems useful in teaching data processing skills. The plan (focusing on planning investigations, data collection, and data processing) is based on the Data Processing Operation Guide, a 10-step model of intellectual operations that can be used in problem solving. (JN)
Descriptors: Data Processing, Elementary School Mathematics, Intermediate Grades, Lesson Plans
Steel, Mike – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1990
The role of the central university computing center in the age of personal computers includes custodian of the administrative database, provider/coordinator of network services, provider of expertise on end-user computing, provider of large scale computation, coordinator of computing in the institution, and a scholarly workstation. (DB)
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Centers, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
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Beauchamp, K. G. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1982
Discusses developments in computer education at the elementary secondary level in Tasmania, South Australia, and West Australia. Six references are listed. (LLS)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Programs, Computers
Draper, Penny, Ed. – 1979
Selected papers and reports on discussions from a Conference of University Administrators are presented. Contents are as follows: "Performance Assessment and the Management of Universities for the 1990s"--extract from a paper by J. Sizer; "Opportunities to Assist the Career Development of Administrators in British…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, College Administration, College Admission