Research in Distance Education 2011
This year’s Research in Distance Education conference will be held on 26 October 2011 at Senate House, University of London. We are delighted to announce that our two keynote speakers for the day will be Professor Eileen Scanlon, Associate Director (Research and Scholarship) at the Open University, and Professor Richard Noss, Co-Director of the London … Read more
Implementing Ipsative Assessment
RESEARCHERS: Dr Gwyneth Hughes, Kaori Okumoto, Elizabeth Wood Faculty of Policy and Society, Institute of Education TRA6 G Hughes (Final Report) [pdf, 786kb] SUMMARY: Distance learners rely on effective assessment and feedback for motivation and for learning. There is evidence from a previous study that an ipsative approach to assessment (assessment based on a comparison … Read more
CDE Visiting Fellow: Stephen Brown
Professor Stephen Brown, Head of School of Media and Communication, De Montfort University Stephen Brown is Head of the School of Media and Communication and Director of Knowledge Media Design at Leicester De Montfort University (http://kmd.dmu.ac.uk). His career includes course design, research and tutoring for the Open University; Head of Distance Learning, BT Training; Royal … Read more
CDE Visiting Fellow: David Baume
David Baume, Higher Education Consultant adbaume@aol.com David Baume PhD SFSEDA FHEA is an independent and international higher education researcher, evaluator, consultant, staff and educational developer and writer. His driving enthusiasm is to help to improve student learning. His methods include but are not limited to course design, teaching, assessment, accreditation, and running and evaluating … Read more
