He received his PhD from the Texas Christian University in 1988. His research and teaching focus on the creation, exploration, and evaluation of web and new media technologies.
This paper surveys Australian literature regarding the publication of literary journals and the qualitative costs and benefits of their production. The survey was undertaken as part of a research project to develop a literary journal for Australia's Northern Territory, which has been without a substantial journal of its own since 2000. As part of the project, the researchers also surveyed public attitudes towards a literary journal, interviewed key industry stakeholders, and commenced business planning for a journal, all framed by the overview of literature. While only the literature review is reported on here, the attitude surveys, interviews, and business planning may form the subject of future papers. Called The Borderlands Project, the research was begun as part of a 2018 strategic arts project jointly funded by Arts NT and Charles Darwin University to develop a literary journal of the Northern Territory in three phases. This paper outlines the purpose of the project and describes preliminary results from the literature survey, including comments on funding, journal format, content, how to address the problem of prosumerism, and future directions for the research.
There is a growing need for teaching Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in engineering disciplines, such as environmental. However, there has been limited focus on GIS in undergraduate programs, since it's difficult to fit a GIS class into the large number of class requirements already included in engineering curricula. The purpose of this research is the evaluation of web-based learning module created by a multidisciplinary team at a Midwestern technological research university, which allows instructors to integrate GIS instruction into existing courses. This module is one part of a large scale National Science Foundation funded project in which GIS modules are being developed for several areas in civil engineering. The principal goals of this evaluation are to determine the overall effectiveness of the module, identify the factors that mediate the effectiveness, and to determine ways in which the module can be made more effective. Data were collected from 56 students, 28 in an experimental group and 28 in a control group. Students in an experimental group participated in a laboratory session, which utilized the module, to solve a problem on urban ozone events and census tract analysis; whereas students in a control group attended a class lecture covering the same information. Students in the experimental group completed a questionnaire and students in both groups completed a quiz over the material. Quantitative analysis was carried out on the quantitative portion of the scale for the experimental group, and for both groups on the quiz. A qualitative analysis was applied to the open-ended questionnaire items for the experimental group. Students in the experimental (learning system) section scored significantly higher on the quiz. Students in the learning systems group rated the laboratory session as significantly more effective for learning, and more motivational than the class texts. They also rated the lab significantly more applicable to real world engineering than both their text books and class lecture. The qualitative analysis revealed a number of ways the system can be further improved to make the module more effective.
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