ORCID Profile
0000-0002-0567-3736
Current Organisation
University of Tasmania
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Historical studies | Australian history |
Publisher: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
Date: 15-10-2023
DOI: 10.14742/AJET.7615
Publisher: ANU Press
Date: 21-12-2019
DOI: 10.22459/AH.43.2019
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-2013
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-07-2021
Publisher: Office of the Academic Executive Director, University of Tasmania
Date: 12-12-2021
DOI: 10.53761/1.18.8.1
Abstract: In this Editorial, we stay committed to the objective of the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice regarding sharing, evaluating, and developing stronger evidence-based practice papers by focusing on the topic of national and institutional student evaluations. We create an important theoretical and practical foundation for authors considering publishing with our Journal on studies that utilise student surveys as their primary method of data collection. The editorial begins by providing a comprehensive overview of the history and emergence of student evaluations dating back to medieval times, we trace the evolution of student evaluations to present day looking at the rationale behind the induction of such tools. Following this, we discuss the validity of student evaluations through an exploration of factors such as student satisfaction, the timing of when student surveys are administered, and the idiosyncrasies regarding paper-based and online evaluations. We then further discuss the reliability of student evaluations by contextualising what student evaluations do not say and uncover how various forms of bias can influence the ways student evaluations are both completed and interpreted. Through this we assert that due to confounding factors of bias that influence the results of student evaluations, they cannot always be thought of as wholly objective data collection tools. This then leads into our discussion of the contemporary social contexts within which student evaluations are situated and how both micro and macro dynamics influence student experiences of teaching and learning, where we contest that broader external factors experienced by students can skew the ways teaching is both perceived and evaluated. We conclude our Editorial by critically envisioning a new direction for future manuscript submissions to our Journal. We assert that although the use of student evaluations as evidence of teaching practice may be inherently flawed, there nonetheless remains merit in their use following critical and reflexive engagement throughout the research process. As such, we are hopeful that our critical review of student evaluation-based scholarship may be utilised to leverage higher quality research output.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 2014
Publisher: Project MUSE
Date: 2012
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-04-2021
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-07-2020
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Date: 2017
Publisher: ANU Press
Date: 07-06-2018
DOI: 10.22459/IM.06.2018
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 10-2019
Abstract: A rapid increase in the availability of digitized archival resources of relevance to family historians together with increasing in idual fascination with genealogical research led to the University of Tasmania introducing a fully online Diploma of Family History in 2016. The course’s emphasis on authenticity through a variety of modalities and the sense of immediacy with which its online learning environment is imbued combine to engage and retain students’ interest as they focus on locating and contextualizing their own ancestors as research subjects. Permeating family history with academic skills promotes best practice in locating, analyzing, storing, and publicly presenting family-centric research materials for the edification of current and future generations.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-10-2021
Publisher: ANU Press
Date: 20-12-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-10-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2018
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2020
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-07-2017
Start Date: 2023
End Date: 12-2025
Amount: $209,744.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
View Funded ActivityStart Date: 2016
End Date: 2016
Funder: University of Tasmania
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