Author Archives: matthewbower

http://www.researchprofessional.com/ Everything in the database has been filtered so that we are eligible to apply for it. Can login as mbower or matt.bower@mq.edu.au and password. Team of 12 people searching for funding opportunities across the world and uploading them within … Continue reading →

http://heppell.net Stephen inspires about the ability of learning to astonish, engage, the joyfulness of learning. Simple but deep ideas like children taking socks off to feel more at home, students who are caught being good and add what they’ve done … Continue reading →

A couple of interesting papers in the most recent release of Computers and Education: An assessment of the influence of perceived enjoyment and attitude on the intention to use technology among pre-service teachers: A structural equation modelling approach Original Research … Continue reading →

This semester the Macquarie University School of Education is trialing Moodle 2.0 for a couple of its units. I’m a great believer in Moodle and its potentials, and am looking forward to the promises of Moodle 2.0. However moving from … Continue reading →

Publishing and Perishing: The critical importance of educational research design Tom Reeves, Susan McKenney, Jan Herrington [Get slides if possible – excellent!] Tom provides a range of evidence for why traditional controlled experimental approaches won’t work in educational research. Payne … Continue reading →

Lookup review of Higher Education report by Denise Bradley · The best behaviour management strategy is an excellent lesson · Join the Second Life Educators mailing list · Virtual Worlds Ideas: o A virtual worlds lab (physical) where students can … Continue reading →

How does pre-service teacher preparedness to use ICTs for learning and teaching develop during the first two years of teacher training. Lincoln Gill, Barney Dalgamo Uses Steketee (2005) and Taylor (2004) to describe students’ progression between levels. Mid semester 1: … Continue reading →

Shirley Alexander Tim O’Reilly slide share presentation “Working on the stuff that really matters” Shirley #1: How to design learning to meet the diverse needs of students in contemporary social contexts? Jan Herrington Jan Herrington’s Authentic Learning work has won … Continue reading →

Musing: I think there will be a big future for networked approaches to research, that enable researchers (and people) from around the world to collaboratively and often publicly perform research analysis. For instance, if a dataset can be placed on … Continue reading →

Two main databases are: Scopus Web of Science Also see http://libguides.mq.edu.au/bibliometrics for references. Scopus is better for Education than Web of Science. Can also analyse journals, eg Scopus SJR ratio.