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Bennett, Sue; Dawson, Phillip; Bearman, Margaret; Molloy, Elizabeth; Boud, David – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
A wide range of technologies has been developed to enhance assessment, but adoption has been inconsistent. This is despite assessment being critical to student learning and certification. To understand why this is the case and how it can be addressed, we need to explore the perspectives of academics responsible for designing and implementing…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Assisted Testing, Teacher Attitudes, Interviews
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Bearman, Margaret; Dawson, Phillip; Boud, David; Bennett, Sue; Hall, Matt; Molloy, Elizabeth – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
There are many excellent publications outlining features of assessment and feedback design in higher education. However, university educators often find these ideas challenging to realise in practice, as much of the literature focuses on institutional change rather than supporting academics. This paper describes the conceptual development of a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Decision Making, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Bearman, Margaret; Dawson, Phillip; Bennett, Sue; Hall, Matt; Molloy, Elizabeth; Boud, David; Joughin, Gordon – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
There are dissonances between educators' aspirations for assessment design and actual assessment implementation in higher education. Understanding how assessment is designed "on the ground" can assist in resolving this tension. Thirty-three Australian university educators from a mix of disciplines and institutions were interviewed. A…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Interviews
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Bennett, Sue; Thomas, Lisa; Agostinho, Shirley; Lockyer, Lori; Jones, Jennifer; Harper, Barry – Learning, Media and Technology, 2011
Based on the premise that providing support for university teachers in designing for their teaching will ultimately improve the quality of student learning outcomes, recent interest in the development of support tools and strategies has gained momentum. This article reports on a study that examined the context in which Australian university…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Strategies, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries
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Chen, Rainbow Tsai-Hung; Bennett, Sue – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
International students have become an important part of many universities, both through the income they provide and the diversity they bring to student populations. Studying in a foreign country can be challenging, requiring students to adapt to unfamiliar educational cultures. With the integration of online technologies into higher education,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Bennett, Sue – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2010
Case-based learning has long been used to bring students into contact with the complexity of real-world situations. Despite this popularity and considerable history, research into how case analysis can support future problem-solving has been limited. The study reported in this paper investigated learners' understanding of multimedia instructional…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Educational Strategies, Graduate Students, Problem Solving