[Herdsa] Wed 28 Jan News

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Dear List Members

This week
*Notice of conference on improving learning in the UK
* Database of Research on International Education .
* Contents of the latest issue of Assessment in Education: Principles,
Policy & Practice
* Job opportunity in Wellington NZ
* The AVCC website
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Chris Rust sent notice of this year's Improving Learning conference. It
should have gone out last week-sorry Chris, can you offer an extension on
the final submission date for papers?

This is just a reminder that the closing date for submissions for the
 12th Improving Learning Symposium to be held on the 6-8 September 2004
 at The Jury's Inn Hotel, Birmingham, is the 31st January 2004.

 The title is 'Improving Student Learning: Diversity and Inclusivity'

 For further details visit our website:

 http://www.brookes.ac.uk:80/services/ocsd/1_ocsld/isl2004/
 callforpapers.html
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Stuart Hughes from the Australian Council for Educational Research sent the
following:

96 new records have been added to the Database of Research on International
Education for January.

They can be browsed at:

http://aei.dest.gov.au/general/research.htm

Highlights this month include discussions of issues in intercultural
communication, online learning and educational technology, and international
student transition and re-entry.
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Editorial. assessment for the digital age
p. 261    

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The horseless carriage stage: replacing conventional measures
p. 267    
Nicholas Raikes, Robert Harding

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Computer-based testing and validity: a look back into the future
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Michael Russell, Amie Goldberg, Kathleen O'Connor

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Automatic essay assessment
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Thomas K. Landauer, Darrell Laham, Peter Foltz

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Using computers to assess new educational goals
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Jim Ridgway, Sean McCusker

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Computer-based assessment of problem solving competence
p. 329    
Joachim Wirth, Eckhard Klieme

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Assessing complex problem solving performances
p. 347    
Randy Elliot Bennett, Frank Jenkins, Hilary Persky, Andy Weiss

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Issues in the computer-based assessment of collaborative problem solving
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Harold F. O'Neil, San-Hui (Sabrina) Chuang, Gregory K. W. K. Chung

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Notes on contributors
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Designing assessment of learning with technology
p. 389    
Edys S. Quellmalz, Robert Kozma

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Mapping learning potential: students' conceptions of ICT in their world
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Bridget Somekh, Diane Mavers

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Reflections on technology-enhanced assessment
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Eva L. Baker

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