[chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Two IDG presentations by Dip Nandi and Geoffrey Findlay

[Nilma Perera]

(apologies for cross posting)


You are cordially invited to the IDG Seminar ...
*** Please note that there will be two presentations this week. Read on for
more details. ****


(Presentation one)

PRESENTER:  Dip Nandi

TITLE: Evaluating quality in online asynchronous interactions on online
discussion forums between students and students¹ facilitators


VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA LAB, level 4, 111 Barry Street,
Carlton

DATE and TIME: Friday 24th October  2008, 3-4 pm
 

ABSTRACT:
The advancement of technology and improvement of computer skills of students
has made it possible for online learning to develop quickly. The increasing
use of information technology in providing education means that the
interaction between teachers and learners are now happening increasingly
online. Because of its potential benefit online discussion forums are
becoming a common feature even in university courses as it allows students
and instructors to interact with each other regardless of time and space.

This presentation will discuss the set of criteria depending on which
participation in discussion forums can be evaluated. In doing so it will
discuss the findings from a case study carried out for this research and how
it matches and differs from the analysis of literatures.

BIO:
Dip Nandi is doing a Masters in Information Systems in the University of
Melbourne. He is doing this research as part of the course requirement of
615-690, Minor Research Project in IS and wants to undertake a PhD in the
areas related to interactions in online learning in the future.

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(Presentation two)

PRESENTER:  Geoffrey Findlay

TITLE: Engagement in HCI: An Investigation into the effect of individual
factors on Engagement

VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA LAB, level 4, 111 Barry Street,
Carlton

DATE and TIME: Friday 24th October  2008, 3-4 pm
 

ABSTRACT:
In this seminar Geoffrey Findlay will present his honours project on
Engagement in HCI using a physics learning activity. A physics learning
activity was selected because of its amenability to creating a program where
individual factors could be isolated, as well as providing a population who
would be interested in the program, namely physics students. An experiment
was conducted, with the program used specifically created for it by the
researcher and corrected after a short pre-test.

The experiment involved 15 participants completing two series of tasks based
on projectile motion: one with a written task description; the other series
of tasks consisted of targets on the screen to hit. There were three
experimental groups with the independent variable being the interface with
varying levels of immediacy of feedback: continuous path, discrete path and
no path. Analysis consisted of mix of quantitative and qualitative measures,
namely on-screen video of participant¹s interaction, a brief questionnaire,
and semi-structured interview. The findings and their implications will be
discussed.

BIO:
Geoffrey Findlay is an IS honours Student, whose background includes a
Bachelor of Science (Physics major) / Bachelor of Information Systems. He is
supervised by Dr. Jon Pearce and Dr. Wally Smith.

Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome.
http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.htm
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Nilma Perera
PhD candidate 
Interaction Design Group
Department of Information Systems
The University of Melbourne
VIC 3010
   




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