PP654 UniSa Freney - Final Report Feb 2010.pdf - Office for ...

The staged trials of the system were beneficial in terms of limiting the inevitablefrustrations and problems evident in early versions of the system to a couple of staffwithin the lead institution who were willing to tolerate the imperfections. Gradually, asproblems were resolved, more staff became involved. The final goal was to trial withstaff from other universities once it was working effectively within the lead institution.However, as outlined above, the authentication issues meant that this goal could notbe realised within the life cycle of the project.10.0 DisseminationA variety of methods were employed to disseminate information and engageacademics directly in the project. The leadership of team members Martin Freney andDenise Wood has resulted in many of their colleagues embedding CAFAS into theirpractice. For example, the majority of staff (seven out of eight) in the Industrial Designprogram, School of Art, Architecture and Design, are now using CAFAS regularly,demonstrating a high level of acceptance of the system by Freney’s colleagues.A website has been created to disseminate information about the project throughoutthe tertiary education community. The site contains links to conference papers, journalarticles and posters that have been presented throughout the course of the project. Italso contains over an hour of video tutorials on how to use the system (categorised intodiscrete lessons of approx 10 minutes each) and a wiki facility to enable feedback inrelation to enhancement requests and bug reporting. Links to both systems (Online andExcel versions) enables visitors to use CAFAS and download the source code forfurther development under the open-source licence agreement. The URL for theCAFAS Project website is: http://cafas.pbworks.com/HomeDuring the three year term of the project there were a number of publications andpresentations, which are listed below. More are planned to disseminate findings arisingfrom continuing research into the system as the current ethics approval within the leadinstitution is valid until December 2010 giving ample opportunity to extend the researchstudy.Poster Presentation at the ALTC Assessment Forum 2009A poster presentation was on display at this event, 18 November 2009.Poster Presentation at the ATN Assessment conference 2009A poster presentation was on display at this event, 19-20 November 2009.Poster Presentation during the UniSA Celebration of Teaching Week,2009A poster presentation was on display at this UniSA event, 10-13 November 2009.Presentation to staff in the Division of Education, Arts and SocialSciences, UniSA, 2009On 20 July 2009, the project leader presented to approximately 15 academic staff fromthe Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences to demonstrate the system andoffer an invitation to participate in trials of the system.Presentation to ALTC Assessment Forum, 2008On 19 November 2008 the project leader presented to 48 people representing 24institutions at the ALTC Assessment Forum at UniSA. The presentation focused onComputer Aided Feedback & Assessment System (CAFAS) 41