Re: [LINK] Australian University Rankings

2020-09-08 Thread David Lochrin
On 2020-09-09 08:49, Tom Worthington wrote: >> ... a successful IT project only requires knowledge of the technology (i.e. >> vocational training) and strict adherence to the correct project methodology >> ... I'm most certainly not advocating that idea!! > No, as I tell my students, most IT

Re: [LINK] Australian University Rankings

2020-09-08 Thread Tom Worthington
On 7/9/20 10:54 pm, David Lochrin wrote: On 2020-09-06 09:57, Tom Worthington wrote: Palali, Van Elk, Bolhaar & Rud (2018) ... Did the undergrads actually receive significantly ~lower~ grades? Yes, that was my reading of the research. ... a successful IT project only requires knowledge

Re: [LINK] Australian University Rankings

2020-09-07 Thread David Lochrin
On 2020-09-06 09:57, Tom Worthington wrote: > No, what makes a teacher is teacher training. > > Palali, Van Elk, Bolhaar & Rud (2018) found students taught by academics with > good publication records got higher grades, but only for masters level > students, not undergraduates. Did the

Re: [LINK] Australian University Rankings

2020-09-05 Thread Tom Worthington
On 4/9/20 10:37 am, David wrote: ... Staff with a funded research interest probably make more informed & involved teachers ... No, what makes a teacher is teacher training. Palali, Van Elk, Bolhaar & Rud (2018) found students taught by academics with good publication records got higher

Re: [LINK] Australian University Rankings

2020-09-03 Thread David
On 4/09/2020 8:53 am, Tom Worthington wrote: > But with this [a requirement to do research] comes the inefficiency of > institutions which can't specialize in a particular field of research, or  > focus on education. All true, but I think there's another side to the argument. Staff with a

Re: [LINK] Australian University Rankings

2020-09-03 Thread Tom Worthington
On 2/9/20 10:29 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote: Record number of Australian universities crack world's top 200 By Natassia Chrysanthos September 2, 2020 https://www.theage.com.au/national/record-number-of-australian-universities-crack-world-s-top-200-20200902-p55rlv.html ... experts warn their

[LINK] Australian University Rankings

2020-09-02 Thread Stephen Loosley
Record number of Australian universities crack world's top 200 By Natassia Chrysanthos September 2, 2020 https://www.theage.com.au/national/record-number-of-australian-universities-crack-world-s-top-200-20200902-p55rlv.html A record number of Australian universities have been ranked among